Teenage Discrimination
@mysticdragon999 (112)
United States
March 22, 2009 9:57pm CST
Okay.I don't think I spelled "discrimination" right.Oh well.Anyways,is it just me or are all teenagers treated the same.I always feel like when I walk into a store they're watching me like I'm going to do something wrong.I was walking with my baby sister to get a paper,and people give you a "arent-you-too-young" look.And I always hear people talking about "teenagers" as a whole.It's like,woah! Back it up there.If you look enough,there are a lot of decent teenagers out there.I don't know.Mabey I'm just paranoid.What do you think?
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@Canellita (12029)
• United States
23 Mar 09
If you are not one of those trouble making teenagers then you have nothing to worry about and you should not be self-conscious about people being on their guard when you enter a store. You can easily put them at ease by selling hello and showing them you are polite and not there to make trouble. If these places are stores you frequent regularly like the place you got the paper you can develop a relationship with the workers and proprietors.
@mysticdragon999 (112)
• United States
23 Mar 09
I know,it just seems to me that everyone thinks teens are "monkey-see monkey-do".And my moms the talkitive one,lol.
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@Canellita (12029)
• United States
23 Mar 09
You just have to lead by example and get your fellow teens to follow suit :-)
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
25 Mar 09
Thanks for the best response! Good luck getting the adults on your side.
@crazyredhead (954)
• United States
25 Mar 09
People do get over suspicious of teenagers. But I work in a grocery store/hardware store - truthfully I am more suspicious of the adults sometimes but I do agree - I get the same looks. I am more suspicious of the 20 year olds and around there.
@smithy92 (1)
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23 Feb 10
my name is Daniel Smith, and im representative of T.A.D; which stands for Teenagers Against Discrimination. Im omly 17... but myself and a group of friends havve set up T.A.D to try and remove the very discrimination you are mentioning. You are right, the Adult perspective of us is not fair or just.
Please check out or website, and register for free if you agree with our cause!
http://teenagerism.tvreactions.co.uk
I promise you, we are going to make a difference. we have already got ourselves in our local paper and contacted our local council. now we want to branch out.
