1A Remaking America: What's Weighing On High Schoolers' Minds?
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🗓️ 27 October 2022
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
According to PEW research, Gen Z – those born between 1996 and 2012 — are the most racially diverse generation. They're also the first generation of so-called "digital natives" to grow up with smartphones.
These same young people can also be those most vulnerable to society's most pressing issues, like gun violence, poverty, sexual assault, and addiction.
We hear from high schoolers across Louisville, Kentucky and their concerns as we near the midterm elections. We also discuss the recent school shooting in St. Louis, Missouri.
This conversation is part of our Remaking America collaboration with six public radio stations around the country. Remaking America is funded in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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| 0:00.0 | There is another shooting in a school in the United States. |
| 0:10.3 | This time at a high school in St. Louis, Missouri. |
| 0:12.9 | A teacher and a student were shot dead and police killed the 19-year-old shooter. |
| 0:17.1 | At least seven others were physically injured. |
| 0:19.6 | According to Education Week, there have been 40 school shootings in 2022 that resulted in |
| 0:24.4 | injuries or death. |
| 0:26.2 | That includes the attack in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 children and two adults were killed |
| 0:30.9 | at Rob Elementary School in May. |
| 0:33.3 | Uvalde was the third deadliest school shooting on record. |
| 0:36.5 | Each of these raises questions that have become all too familiar. |
| 0:39.6 | How does this keep happening and what are we doing about it? |
| 0:42.3 | We'll discuss the latest on the shooting in St. Louis and we'll hear from high school |
| 0:45.6 | students in Louisville, Kentucky about how gun violence and other issues are affecting |
| 0:50.1 | their generation. |
| 0:51.1 | I'm David Gura, InfraGen White. |
| 0:53.4 | We'll be listening to the 1A podcast where we get to the heart of the story. |
| 0:56.3 | We'll be back with more in just a moment. |
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