Adolescence is one of the most difficult times of life for all ethnic groups. The stress of this transitional period can be rooted in a plethora of distinguishing elements, ethnicity being only one. This 10 page paper explores the issue of depression in the African American adolescent population. Bibliography lists 21 sources. Examines the choice of some homosexuals to keep their homosexuality restrained.
Invisibility is as much victimization as is a hate crime which targets homosexuals.
It is, however, a victimization in which the victim is also the perpetrator. Bibliography lists 3 sources. A 3 page essay discussing the causes and 'cures' of scapegoating. It is essentially posited that those individuals who create a scapegoat to serve as the focus of their aggression, guilt, or fear are acting on the basis of needing to assign blame and vindicate themselves from any implication of wrong-doing or responsibility. Such ultimately self-defeating behavior is fundamentally a primitive reaction and reflects a certain level of blindly selfish avoidance of simple reality.