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As a law student I got the tag as being a liberal. That was because I went to school with a lot of young republicans. Do you remember that term? When I would argue in class that some cases should be determined by social justice concerns and not always law courts I heard fellow classmates mockingly say I should become a lawyer for social work agencies.
I do not consider myself a liberal in any sense of the word. But if you remember the term young republicans, you will have an idea of the guys I went to law school with. Although my minor study in college was sociology. So I do know the principles of sociology and know why conservative called me a social worker anytime I argued a legal case from a caring and relative standpoint.
If you see some of the movies from the sixties and fifties where a social worker, usually an attractive young woman who is trying to help the young handsome man with his anger toward society. He is angry because society simply has not given him a fair deal. That is why he is such a rebel. Marlon Brando played a biker who would disrupt society everywhere he went. The movie goers felt his pain and sided with his rebel ways.
Conservative minded people both politically and socially argue that everyone, even handsome young movie stars, as a right of self responsibility. If your life is tough then you made it tough on yourself. Do not blame society and certainly do not blame your environment.
However, the modern student of sociology takes into account the environment a child is raised in and believes that one is naturally affected by, thereby makes decisions based upon, the environment one grows up in. If you grow up in an area run by drug dealers, pimps, and prostitutes then this will have a negative influence on your development. Compared to a child in lives in a nice part of town, the child in the ghetto has a disadvantage.
I worked the ghetto as a sales representative. I worked the rich side of town as a sales representative. Guess where I would choose to grow up or raise a family. Listen no matter how driven a child is, no matter how smart a child is, growing up in the ghetto is not easy compared to growing up in an upper class area with two parents.
I do believe in self responsibility though. If you choose a life of crime no matter what side of the city you live in, it is your choice and you cannot blame anyone else. But social workers are insulted when they are referred to as bleeding heart liberals by conservatives or anyone who does not think they serve a valuable role in our society.
Many young people live in crime infested jungles. They live in area controlled by drug dealers. They do not want to hear about how their environment is holding them back. They simply want out. And social work agencies can help them get out.
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