This above statement may be true to a minority of these schemes however if we apply our sociological imagination to this statement we can see that this may be a rather unreasonable bias collective view. This rather stereotypical view seems very likely to have been made by someone who has never experienced this way of life... so who are they to judge on something they have know prior knowledge of. Yes, many of these schemes may have some people like this living there, but could they not also be found all over the world? I can understand why many people may have this view as I know that I (like a vast majority of Britain) am quick to judge. So maybe if we stopped being so judgemental and acting like we are any better than them... maybe if we took some time out of our "perfect" way of life to listen and understand the different circumstances in their lives... the next time we seen a pregnant teenage girl walking down the street we might actually think before we open our mouths and discriminate.
Even if this fact was entirely true then why would it be this way? What is being done to help people like this? Is it right to leave them to their own devices or presume that they done not want to be helped? A recent BBC1 documentary "The Scheme" was cancelled after only two episodes apparently because people of authority within Kilmarnock felt it was a negative portrayal of the town. Which it was but it was also a realistic portrayal of this specific area, so it seems to me that even though we are aware of the problems within certain schemes instead of helping them the people in charge are doing all the can to sweep it under the carpet. It might not be an easy task but is not at least worth trying?
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