The Lack of Opportunity

   Unlike the youth of middle and upper class, which has no great difficulty in getting jobs or internships, youth from the suburbs generally do not have formal jobs, most do any nozzles. Trafficking and other illegal activities - always more present than for other social groups - they can make more money in less time. "The question I raised was: why these young people risk their lives to earn money and spend on things that seem superfluous, as branded shoes, clothes, parties and clubs?" Asked the researcher.
   The answer is that these young people are particularly stigmatized as outcasts, did not work. There is thus a very strong bias in society in general, but is unaware that they have a much greater victimization than other age groups and sectors of society. For example, Brazil has a homicide rate of about 48 violent cases for every 1,000 deaths in the general population. On the outskirts of Sao Paulo, among young males, this rate rises to 106 cases.
   The field research showed that when young people leave the suburbs, they suffer from discrimination that look. "A typical example is when he goes to the mall security and the addresses wondering what he's doing there," said Paula, "thinking about it, I realized that consumption is directly linked to prejudice." The attempt to change the appearance is also an attempt to escape this negative stigma that exists in relation to the young of the periphery.
   Thus, the initial question is answered, because the young privileges apparently unnecessary consumer goods? The survey showed that clothing and appearance are not discretionary spending for the young of the periphery, far from it. "Because they are rejected by society, living without security, health and education, the possibilities to build a future are far away. In this context, the consumption for appearance brings quicker results and evident, "explains the researcher.
   Instead of building a training, the young, to escape the stereotypes and be accepted into their group, tries to look closer to something that society accepts and values. Paula explains that "the youth in this age group is weak and the need for recognition and acceptance. And that recognition is given by the young person has materially, because we live in a consumer society. " 
   According to the sociologist, the government lacks not only educate the young so that it uses its limited resources on something more constructive and necessary, but mainly to build better education, health, food and housing. Society demands that it be inserted into this social imperative, and it would be unreasonable to require that the youth from the periphery swim against the tide of consumer society and still win the many prejudices that suffers.




Aluno : Pedro Sá