The Online Journal of Urban Youth Culture

Dr. Carl S. Taylor

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VIDEO: Dr. Carl S. Taylor on Youth Culture, Hip-Hop, Positive Youth Development and The Journal of Urban Youth Culture

Dr. Carl S. Taylor of Michigan State University and editor of this online Journal of Youth Culture offers his view on topics of concern:

What is urban youth culture? (00:30)
Are hip-hop and urban youth culture only for African American youth? (00:57)
What does hip-hop offer? (01:00)
What does hip-hop have to say to young people about violence? (00:49)
What does hip-hop have to say to women? (01:10)
How does hip-hop maintain authenticity and integrity in a commercial world? (01:43)
What is positive youth development? (02:32)
What does positive youth development's emphasis on assets mean in a low-income neighborhood? (01:36)
Do the criminal and juvenile justice systems have answers in preventing a disproportionately large percentage of minority males from doing time in our jails and prisons? (02:32)
What changes are needed in the juvenile justice system? (01:48)
Where are we heading? (01:16)
Where are the ladders for kids to climb out of poverty today, as the military and factories provided for previous generations? (03:29)
Will hip-hop become political? (03:29)
Why a Journal of Urban Youth Culture? Why online? Does research matter? (01:14)
What kinds of contributions do you want for the Journal? (00:59)