It has happened to me and probably has happened to you.

Who has never been judged by the way they look or dress or where they come from?

My name is Luiz and I am a 19 year old person living in England. I wasn’t born in England and i didn’t grow up here either, but now after 2 and a half years living here i can say how difficult it is being a young person. I grew up in Brazil and we don’t have this issue as strong as we have over here.

A lot of people think that if you wear a tracksuit and a hood you are a bad person, and you probably will do some harm to them.

I already lost count of how many times people crossed to the other side of the road just because i was wearing a hood. I don’t mind it anymore, I kind of got used to it, but it’s not the solution.

I don’t want to pass on the idea that there aren’t bad young people out there because there is and unfortunatelly the young people are affected as a whole.

If we as young people don’t take a stand, this wrong idea of us, will be spread to the whole World and it will be harder and harder for us to find a good place as a young person in our society of today.

I just ask God to have mercy upon our lives, and show us a way to change this situation once and for all.