In Imagining the Urban: Politics of Race, Class and School, the urban jungle is described as follows: "The black, brown and yellow bodies, which are poor and dirty, criminal and dangerous, violence and drugs. linked to the images of the majority of city dwellers. Leonardo (2007) This perception of the urban fails to look beyond its own stereotypes and assigns certain perceptions of character to describe a group as a whole. The media also plays an important role in our representation of the urban: men and women who live within city walls are seen as villains. An example of this is in the 2015 film Fast and Furious described by IMDb as a "crime/thriller film". Here we see an increasing majority of characters being men of color and the themes of the film were fast cars, foul language, violence and gang affiliations. The media constantly shows in the news that the answer to dealing with the bad guy living in an urban environment is jail or death. The end result, for most teachers who view the urban this way, considers teaching students from these different demographic groups to be “wasteful and despairing.” This perception by policymakers and teachers attributed to what Brenzel and Kantor (1945-1990) described as a "crisis" that must be resolved: "urban schools receive insufficient funding and have dilapidated facilities, which leaves them well below the funding level.” achievement gap and increasing their dropout rates. This was the case in the 90s and it is still the case today, 25 years later. In conclusion, our perception as educators has a real impact on all students, the way we see them early and interact with their urban environment can save them from prison and/or death. It's difficult to fully invest and truly help children if you don't trust them. As future and current teachers, we owe it to our students to think beyond the media and our own.