The Humanity of the Neglected
It is always an interesting phenomenon when the image of something is drastically different than the reality. Especially when that reality is one as easy to observe as homelessness. It is because of this dichotomy that I have chose to produce an expositional piece on the real circumstances of three homeless people. This is not a huge undertaking, consisting of countrywide statistics and preaching stances. This is simply a look at whom these people are and what they think of their situation, why they think they are there and how they feel they got there. I will frame my questions, observations and conclusions through the lens of Human Rights, specifically those exhibited in the mainstream treaties and declarations adopted by the United Nations. I have decided to do this because I see the way that our society portrays the homeless is a caricature of how they really are. Perhaps unconsciously, we are conti...