Stigma Of Homelessness

I also have a negative bias towards the homeless population. Both of my parents believe in helping by providing money for organizations such as Catholic Charities to help people in have more disadvantages, but avoid helping when direct contact is required. My parents have believed that most people who are in lack of a home are lazy and have an addiction. In the media people who are homeless are presented as a disgrace of society. One experience that reinforced these ideas that are insensitive was that one time my family gave some money to a person who asked for it and looked like needed the money, but after saw him buy beer with that money in the market. My brain tells me

For Father’s Day this past year my family and I treated our Dad to a Houston Astros baseball game. The game was held at Minute Maid Park in the heart of Downtown Houston. We were running late for the game and it began to rain. While driving around I witnessed more homeless people on the streets than ever. As we walked to the stadium after parking, I could not help but think about each of their (the homeless) situation. It was daunting to me that they were spending a holiday alone and it was a norm for them. Homeless people are often not given the time of day by everyday citizens. Chris Hadfield explains that when a problem exists, human nature causes us to bolt from the situation rather than approach it immediately (Hadfield 55). Currently (2016) there are approximately two million Houstonians (Suburban Stats) and of those, more than 5,000 citizens are homeless (Homeless Houston). It is easy to forget about the homeless because they are neglected from society. If homeless people were given a purpose, then they would not be occupying space on the streets.

Homelessness is a serious issue that is looked down upon within my community. Many homeless die when it’s too hot, too cold, or too wet. The New Orleans Mission sees this a huge issue and argue that homeless people are real people who need real resources, like shelter, food, and clothes. In addition, they have found that, without supportive services, housing is often not enough to end homelessness. From helping homeless youth, to providing assistance in obtaining disability benefits, to providing transportation, to offering intensive job training assistance to homeless veterans. The New Orleans Mission operate a number of innovative

The first thing we as people need to do, is really educate other younger and older people on the homeless. People don 't have a clear insight into who homeless people are. For example, I went and asked several young kids in my neighborhood who they think the homeless are and for the most part they said they are drug addicts and people who just don’t want to live within society. People have so many misconceptions about homeless people they judge them so harshly. Yeah,

People become homeless for a number of reasons. These reasons are that create the stereotypes against those who have nothing in life. To judge people by what they do is normal. After all, what better way is there to judge a stranger by his words and his actions. The problem is when the homeless get judged wrongly, they are also treated unfairly. These stereotypes prevent the government and the society from giving the homeless the type of assistance that best suits to them. In order to clarify my thinking of homeless I have read three articles by different authors and they have different cases. These three articles discussed below and provide understanding on how the stereotypes of the homeless could be changed.

Homelessness is a serious societal problem affecting our communities. Katel of Housing the Homeless says “about 1.5 million Americans use a shelter in a given year- and advocates for the homeless say that figure badly understates the problem.” Yet, society looks down at these people, not doing anything to help them. They are judged, criticized, and bombarded by false assumptions everywhere they go. I have heard people say “they are like that because they chose to” or “they are lazy and don't want to work.” This is not true in most cases. The reality is life can go wrong at any moment for anyone. For some people there is no one there to help them and their only option is living on the streets or a shelter.

Why should we care about homeless people? That’s the kind of attitude you can witness that people have towards the homeless. Homelessness is a pretty common occurrence which might be a reason for people’s indifference towards it. People are unaware of the circumstances surrounding the homeless, which can lead them to believe their situation is like that because of their own personal choice. That is not entirely true and it’s an issue that should be addressed properly. Everyone should have the right to a stable place to live in that meets a their needs. Society’s attitude towards the homeless needs to change. They need to realize how serious being homeless is and look for ways to end it, such as taking an initiative and volunteering and or donating to shelters.

People drive or walk past a homeless person almost every day without thinking twice about the plight of that person or they may even unconsciously turn their heads the other way in disgust. Homelessness simply put, means without a home - therefore homelessness is an equal opportunity state that can happen to anyone. Even though we have seen some economic prosperity over the years, statistics show that the number of homeless remains very high. With this in mind, communities need to come together at the state, city, and individual level to come up with solutions to mitigate the spreading of this problem.

For my project I have decided to do a painting. My painting represents stereotyping in our society today, and what Shattered has shown us about the homeless people. Stereotypes generally are formed when there is an assumption made and it is passed on through to people. Homeless people are viewed as gross dirty worthless bums living on the street. This is where the hierarchy comes to play there will always be a person that is viewed to be higher than the other. Homeless people would be at the bottom of the social hierarchy there are some assumptions that are set so strongly towards the homeless that the people that are trying to help have started to believe. Homeless people are thought to have been criminals or done something to be put on the

This case study examines homelessness and some of the difficulties encountered when trying to solve this problem. The woman in the story, Tracy, works for Fairmont Christian Housing Alliance. Tracy does not support the new panhandling legislation, which allows police the power to give citations for intimidating conduct if it is accompanied by an act of solicitation (Pg. 93). She does not feel that further criminalization of homeless will stop their panhandling and will not promote positive change. Unfortunately, due to the possible loss of funding sources, her employer and other service providers have chosen to publicly support the new law. Tracey wishes to truly help her clients in a compassionate manner, rather than just hiding them away

And lastly, let’s change the way we think and act towards the homeless in our neighbourhoods, suburbs, cities, and country. By, treating them with respect, dignity and

We as people stereotype a lot. One of the things we like to stereotype is the way we see homeless people. When we think of them, we typically think of no-good, drug addicted, dirty, and disabled people. That’s just the way we see them. So if we see homeless people just sleeping on the sidewalk, we are not thinking if they are dead or alive. All we’re thinking about in our brain is the stereotype we see them as. And because of this we just walk by them. We’re reminded that they are no-good, drug addicted, dirty, and disabled people. But those are only assumptions. If it was a child sleeping there, we would have more sympathy for them. We think that because they are just children and they are harmless so they shouldn't deserve this. We see people

Many people think that homeless people are dirty, lazy, drug addicts, or nasty, but those are stereotypes. In fact, many of them became homeless due to natural disasters, unemployment, or debts. Each year, the homeless is increasing steadily which affects the society. For example, the homelessness does not have easy access to sufficient medical care. This can cause health care issues such as HIV/AIDS, drug addiction, and other long term health issues. Right away, these issues should be dealt with, but the government is too busy spending millions of money on nuclear weapons. It is disappointing that there are plenty of money for war, but not for its own people that are struggling everyday just to make a living. If we want a change,

On Wednesday, August 5th at around 2pm, Mario and I went to reach out to a homeless individual who is located on the corner of Sunset Blvd and Maltman.

Homelessness is becoming a rampant issue in Chico. As a community, Chico should feel strongly about helping people in need, instead of treating the homeless population like second class citizens. Not allowing the homeless population in Chico to use the twenty-four hour restrooms and the passing of the sit-lie ordinance are not examples of us accepting the homeless population. Every day, I always see the same homeless people in the same spots near the Chico State campus, Annie’s Glenn, as well as Camellia Way. It makes me feel powerless knowing that I can’t solve the issue of homelessness without help from the government.