Recently I was on Twitter, and I saw a post about the homeless in San Francisco. It was a post talking about how badly of an “epidemic” homelessness is in the area. I would have thought nothing on it, it was a post on someone explaining how San Francisco has a housing crisis. However, it was killing me seeing that this person created a thread of videos attached to his post, of homeless people on drugs, using drugs, excreting, and sleeping in the streets. He had videos upon videos, calling the acts disgusting, and harmful for the surrounding environment. While this is an issue that does need to be addressed on how to help with these issues, we need to realize that it isn’t something that these people choose to do. They were put into this situation because of a system which is broken, and needs fixing. It helped me feel better seeing people comment in the chat underneath, saying they were feeling discomfort about the videos being put up. They also were creating conversation about how this is a problem of a broken system, and not the people’s fault. It made me concerned about how we as a people view poverty in America, but seeing others rise to the challenge of having these difficult talks and educating each other helped remind me that we can change this issue.