A video was watched in class about homelessness and it really was hard to watch. A man is running for a seat in council in Santa Monica, thinking this will help the homeless and working poor to be heard. Multiple times during the movie the way most people speak on is so rude as if they don’t deserve their life. I remember one man saying since these people cannot feed themselves maybe they should starve. I wonder if people still have the same thoughts on homelessness in that region compared to now. A law was trying to place in Santa Monica to not allow people to feed them so they would move out of the region, since santa monica is more tourist area homeless didn’t help with business. Police were on the homeless like they had nothing better to do. Constantly giving them tickets knowing they couldn’t or wouldn’t pay and making them move from location to location with no warning. I remember watching when the police forced them to move promising they had shelters when in reality they didn’t and one of the women began crying and I couldn’t help but cry myself

Many assumptions are around the homeless the one that bugs me the most is saying they are criminals and should be looked at more for the crimes that are commited. After gaining some knowledge about this topic a majority of them are focused on getting themselves through the day. Only in the true rock bottom will they commit crimes such as robbery. Every incounter I have ever had with the homeless is never as horrid as it made to be, people look at them as another species sometimes forgetting they are one of us. It hurts my heart so much 🙁  THANKS FOR COMING TO MY TEDTALK