Author(s): Kevin Johnson / Language(s): English
Issue: Special/2019
Chronic poverty is a worldwide epidemic, and communities must take
a proactive approach to assist the poor by extending a hand to lift them up and
not hold them down. Tribulations are part of life, but are some afflictions selfimposed, escalated, or reinforced by living in deprived contextual
environments. Poverty-stricken people experience more trauma throughout
their lifetime; they are less educated than their counterpart, causing them to
become targets in school, increasing their chances of being bullied and
demoralized. Bullying is not a rite of passage, and it has lifelong effects that
reveal itself in adulthood by strengthening generational curses, oppressing
families and communities, expanding the educational gap, and reinforcing the
cycle of chronic poverty. The research depicted in this article explores the
correlation between poverty, human development, trauma, pedagogical
implications, and bullying, characterizing the detrimental ramifications in
adulthood. The paper analyzes bully symptomology, the etiology of traumatic
experiences, and how the consequences of chronic poverty affect human
development that expands the educational gap between minorities and white
students. Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy is an effective
empirically-based treatment modality to combat the symptoms of
posttraumatic stress. School systems must do a better job of educating
traumatized children living in poverty. The research ventures to explain
chronic poverty's role in human development, traumatology, and education,
taking an inclusive approach to providing solutions to create a cultural shift
that will change the contextual environment and propel people to become selfsufficient, more educated, and equipped to break the generational curse of
chronic poverty.
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