Blog #2- Taylor’s Campaign

The film, Taylor’s Campaign, introduces the story of one homeless man who decides to actually fight for the rights that should already be given to the homeless community naturally as all humans deserve these rights. Throughout the film, the audience can visually see the life of the homeless throughout Santa Monica and how society throughout the city handles this type of “community”. The film portrayed the acts against feeding the homeless, implemented by their very own city’s council. How can homeless citizens continue to have the willpower to live when the city in which they reside in constantly dehumanizes them? The council’s defense against feeding the homeless was the act itself allowed the homeless community to gather together to receive food, thus creating a “disturbing” sight. Instead of the government creating policies to help these citizens get off the streets and into a safe living environment, the council attempts everything possible to get these “humans” as hidden from society as possible. Tourists do not want to go on a weekend getaway and be surrounded by the one community who cannot afford or even dream about experiencing a weekend getaway. This scene of the film truly opened my eyes to the fact that the majority of everyday society is aware about the homeless community, but instead of creating useful and practical policies, we decide to blame these individuals for doing something so bad in their lives that they end up alone and homeless. In reality these individuals experience multiple factors that could have led them into poverty, but who says society needs to automatically assume they deserve the life without constant food, water, shelter, and a safe sleeping environment?