Goyal Nikhil
Goyal Nikhil - Live To See The Day Coming Of Age In American Poverty - Hardcover
Goyal Nikhil - Live To See The Day Coming Of Age In American Poverty - Hardcover
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Description: An indelible portrait of three children struggling to survive in the poorest neighborhood of the poorest large city in America Kensington Philadelphia is distinguished only by its poverty. It is home to Ryan Giancarlos and Emmanuel three Puerto Rican children who live among the most marginalized families in the United States. This is the story of their coming - of - age which is beset by violence the violence of homelessness hunger incarceration stray bullets sexual and physical assault the hypermasculine logic of the streets and the drug trade. In Kensington eighteenth birthdays are not rites of passage but statistical miracles. One mistake drives Ryan out of middle school and into the juvenile justice pipeline. For Emmanuel his queerness means his mother's rejection and sleeping in shelters. School closures and budget cuts inspire Giancarlos to lead walkouts which get him kicked out of the system. Although all three are high school dropouts they are on a quest to defy their fate and their neighborhood and get high school diplomas. In a triumph of empathy and drawing on nearly a decade of reporting sociologist and policymaker Nikhil Goyal follows Ryan Giancarlos and Emmanuel on their mission plunging deep into their lives as they strive to resist their designated place in the social hierarchy. In the process Live to See the Day confronts a new age of American poverty after the end of welfare as we know it after zero tolerance in schools criminalized a generation of students after the odds of making it out are ever slighter.
Title: Live To See The Day Coming Of Age In American Poverty
Author(s): Goyal Nikhil
Publisher: Henry Holt And Co.
Barcode: 9781250850065
Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 8/22/2023
Category: Poverty & Unemployment
Description: An indelible portrait of three children struggling to survive in the poorest neighborhood of the poorest large city in America Kensington Philadelphia is distinguished only by its poverty. It is home to Ryan Giancarlos and Emmanuel three Puerto Rican children who live among the most marginalized families in the United States. This is the story of their coming - of - age which is beset by violence the violence of homelessness hunger incarceration stray bullets sexual and physical assault the hypermasculine logic of the streets and the drug trade. In Kensington eighteenth birthdays are not rites of passage but statistical miracles. One mistake drives Ryan out of middle school and into the juvenile justice pipeline. For Emmanuel his queerness means his mother's rejection and sleeping in shelters. School closures and budget cuts inspire Giancarlos to lead walkouts which get him kicked out of the system. Although all three are high school dropouts they are on a quest to defy their fate and their neighborhood and get high school diplomas. In a triumph of empathy and drawing on nearly a decade of reporting sociologist and policymaker Nikhil Goyal follows Ryan Giancarlos and Emmanuel on their mission plunging deep into their lives as they strive to resist their designated place in the social hierarchy. In the process Live to See the Day confronts a new age of American poverty after the end of welfare as we know it after zero tolerance in schools criminalized a generation of students after the odds of making it out are ever slighter.
Title: Live To See The Day Coming Of Age In American Poverty
Author(s): Goyal Nikhil
Publisher: Henry Holt And Co.
Barcode: 9781250850065
Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 8/22/2023
Category: Poverty & Unemployment
