Hidden delinquency in school by black youth in the 1960’s as reflected in Amiri Baraka’s play the toilet

Oleh :
Ronny Yulianto Kurniawan - C0395060 - Fak. Sastra dan Seni Rupa

ABSTRACT The aim of this thesis is to reveal and discuss about black youth’s hidden delinquency in school in the 1960’s as reflected in Amiri Baraka’s play The Toilet (TT). In order to get an easier way to achieve this aim, the researcher formulates a problem as stated in problem statement as focus of research. The problem statement is to know about the hidden delinquency acted by black youth in the school. Since this research applies library research under the framework of American Studies, so the researcher needs interdisciplinary approaches as the helpers to reveal and discuss the topic. This means that in this research, the researcher uses more than one approach as the supporting role for American Studies. As TT is a literary work, literary approach cannot be avoidable to be used. Besides, the researcher also uses sociological approach to analyze the issue of hidden delinquency in school. The hidden delinquency as a kind of delinquency which is done but invisible is real in the life of teenagers because we can see that kind of action in any kind of situations without limitation of time and place. The school organization with its counseling program is aimed to prevent the probabilities of delinquency acts. If the students are influenced by negative things around them, the existence of helpful program is needed to solve the problems. But there are many factors that can influence the effectiveness of this program and one of them is the environment of the students. This thesis will focus on how is the hidden delinquency in school and the reasons behind the students’ negative actions