Watching “Taylor’s Campaign” in class was a big eye opener for me. This documentary was released in 1998 and showed how a homeless man wanted to run for city council in Santa Monica. Ron Taylor was an ex-truck driver who showed us the stories of just a few homeless people in Santa Monica whom are potentially representing the rest of the country. Even though Ron Taylor was unsuccessful with his campaign, it was astonishing how much knowledge I have gained through watching this video and getting a better perspective of how the homeless live. These hard working homeless people live their lives in a way that I never imagined they would. Questions came up such as “Are homeless people human beings?” However, with this video it made me question if “we” the society/government/cops are human beings. The way that these homeless people are being treated is not fair. The video showed us how these people would find an area where they could stay and live and they would basically set up their camp but it wouldn’t be long before they were asked to leave by the police and potentially be cited for something. From the video, I did not see any harm that these people were causing for staying in the places they were, and for cops to come in and make them leave is a question that sits in my mind. It is as if our society makes these homeless people feel like they are a burden to the society as if they are a waste, however, I believe that society needs to remind themselves that they are human beings too.

Here is a quick video clip from the documentary: