The Participation of Negro Youth in Community and Educational Programs

Of the 21,200,000 youth in 1937 in the United States it is estimated that 3,900,000 were unemployed and seeking work. Of this number 2,400,000 were boys and 1,500,000 were girls. The youth in school numbered 5,200,000 and other young people were partly or wholly employed. Roughly one-twelfth of the youth mentioned were Negro boys and girls. All were in need of or engaged in some sort of recreation. Both rural and urban youth depend largely upon movies, dance halls, automobiles and poolrooms for recreation. In these days of uncertainty youth may find some sense of success, self-confidence, and selfrespect in recreational activities. Security and self-respect are essential to mental well-being.' Leisure, unprofitably used, is often psychologically disastrous to the individual. If undirected, leisure results in increased instability, lowered morale, and resort to added indulgence in escape mechanisms-movies, alcohol, sex, and other outlets which tend to destroy personality and social responsibility. Frequently these conditioned habits of response to the stimuli of undisciplined use of leisure make readjustment difficult and the enforced unemployed tend to become permanent unemployables. For youth who work, study, or who

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