Stereotypes Of Homeless People Essay

People ignorant about the struggles of homelessness and would rather make homeless people “disappear” than help them

Homeless people are widely known in the United States, as much as in any other parts in the world, where it is also a common issue. The issue is so common that when people drive or even walk through the streets they see many homeless people with no roof, and no food. People often see other people like this no matter where they are at, giving them the thought of what if they were the ones going through that. Most of the time when they view stuff like this it leads them to having a feeling of sorrow. In the Public Service Announcement (PSA), “Homelessness,” produced by the Yakima Valley Community College, the college student’s presentation of pathos overshadows their less successful representation of logos and ethos concerning the topic of homelessness.

A man on the street, sitting on the landing in front of a business, a woman on the side of the street begging for a job, meanwhile her family is sleeping in their car, an individual standing by the interstate hoping for a ride - all these images may represent many thoughts of homelessness. Stereotypes. Society places so many stereotypes for the homeless because individuals placed in these difficult situations do not measure up to society 's idea of success.

Another stereotype that has established itself in society’s mindset is that all homeless people are criminals. In the online Huffington Post article, “10 Facts About Homelessness,” written by Bill Quigley, the author asserts that “Jerome Murdough, a homeless former Marine, was arrested for trespass in New York because he was found sleeping in a public housing stairwell.” In all reality, if any homeless individual commits a crime, they are not dangerous crimes rather they are status crimes. Status crimes include trespassing, loitering, or sleeping on public property. Nonetheless, if a criminal had committed serious crimes such as murder or involvement in drug, they would be behind bars, not lurking on the streets. In her online article called

There are many circumstances that lead to homelessness. Homelessness has an issue in today’s society and is largely ignored. Everyplace you see around out urban society, parks and streets it is likely that you will witness a homeless person struggling to survive. Over the years, homelessness in the United States has become a dangerous social problem because of the choice made by a person, unemployment and lack of education, and addiction. In Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls explains how her parents led them to live a homeless life. Homelessness is something that we as a community need to address and get rid of completely.

The issue of contemporary homelessness has took a huge shift from the common perception of homeless people. I am witnessing a shift from the image of ‘homelessness’ being a physically dirty, pan handling, poor, uneducated individual who does not have a physical home for shelter. Initially, I failed to recognize that ‘homelessness’ can be a temporary state on can live in. Not all homeless people are homeless by “choice”, sometimes people are homeless by “force”. Events such as natural disasters or even death of a parent/spouse are uncontrolled

The story “Unemployed and Working” from Simon Wykoff shows his conventional thinking by writing to influence readers to reimagine the stereotype of the “lazy bum” commonly given to homeless people. The author explains how homeless people work to accomplish the most important job to humans, surviving, which can be just as difficult as a conventional job. Wykoff gives his own personal testimony about the life of his homeless father and the daily struggles and process he went through. He first explains his father’s decision of not using services for homeless people, and how he coped with that while living on the streets. He then goes through each task done by his father in a day, starting with saying how there was often a good chance that something of his was stolen while he was asleep and elaborating on how his father would buy himself food if he had made enough money, but if he had not then he would have to check dumpsters to satisfy his hunger. By saying how his father had usually tried to locate a paper to look for job opportunities and had applied for jobs often, this supports the author’s idea that not all homeless people are lazy bums. He explains the difficulty of his father having to use a bike to get around the city while being homeless (which he would also use to carry around items found by dumpster diving to sell), and how he would play music on the side of the street for income before finally having to dangerously look for a place to sleep at night.

We’ve all been down on our luck before, but some are dealt a worse hand than others. Usually in these situations no one is to blame, and yet this mode of thinking doesn’t seem to extend to the homeless: a person becomes homeless due to their poor decisions. But why do we blame homeless people for being homeless? Negative stereotypes regarding homelessness are pervasive in our culture. In today’s society, it is too easy to look down upon those who’ve lost their houses and livelihoods. America’s promise to its citizens is that if you work hard enough, then you will be successful and prosperous. With a perspective like that in mind, it’s easy to see how people can believe that those who aren’t successful must not work hard. People naturally assume

Have you imagined yourself being a homeless in a rich country or a city? Well, most of the answers will be no, because we do not wish to live in a miserable life that we see and know about homeless people. A newspaper reporter by Kevin Fagan in his article, “Homeless, Mick Dick was 51, Looked 66.” This article was taken from Cengage Learning Online digital database. In this piece, Fagan examined the main figure which was a homeless man named Mike Dick. Fagan and his partner interviewed and documented his story from his early background struggles with addiction and abuse. Mike had been a homeless on the streets of San Francisco since the 1980s and the fatigues made his physical appearance looks bad. This is why many social researchers call this to be “street 66”

In, “Part four: New York City”, while getting ready for school, Jeannette listens to a radio report of a shabby van breaking down on the highway. Later she learns it is her parents ' van and that Mom and Dad have decided to move to New York City to be near the family. They moved to a flophouse to Lori 's apartment as their inability to pay rent catches up with them. Brian, on seeing Lori stressed out by life with their father, lets him move into his apartment. However, he refuses to live under Brian 's "no alcohol" rules and Lori can 't handle their mother 's hordering lifestyle and so finally they end up living on the street. Mom and Dad claim to like homelessness, spending their days going to free events around the city and seeking out shelters and soup kitchens. Jeannette is torn by the adjust in her parents ' lives. While speaking in a class discussion about the causes of homelessness, Jeannette claims it is a matter of preference, or a series of choices, but is unable to admit that she is claiming this based on personal

The issue of homelessness in America has been evident since the early 1600’s. Across the country men, women and children spend their nights on the streets not knowing when or if they will ever find a permanent home. States and federal officials or city councils have tried to alleviate or at least reduce the number of homeless over the last several decades at a city, state or national level but it continues to be an ongoing problem. There is a multitude of factors that account for the growing homeless population that affects each state in the country differently. Though there are many contributing factors that contribute to the amount of people living on the street at any given night in the U.S. An effective way to address the problem of homelessness in America is to continue creating affordable housing, maintaining assistance programs, and continue creating workforce

It is hard to imagine life as a homeless family. I hope that I’ll never have to move my family from shelter to shelter as some families must do every day. According to the essay “Homeless” by Anna Quindlen, we should take more time in our lives to see the pain that homelessness creates. I agree with Anna Quindlen’s assertion that a home is everything. A home can provide certainty. A home can provide stability. Lastly, I agree with Quindlen because a home can provide privacy.

In this essay, I am analyzing one picture for the topic of homelessness. This image illustrates homelessness in a grey setting with an emotional landscape of a teenager pant’s from the waist down displaying a styrofoam cup between the teenager’s sneakers. A cardboard sign that states, “Homeless. Hungry. Sick & tired. Anything helps. I have no one. From my heart, I thank you.” The image grabs my attention because this caught an emotional side, yet this makes me wonder what could I do to help someone that is in this position?

Homelessness is a struggle that most people don’t know, or that people ignore because they frown on homeless people. These people frown on homeless people because the homeless are often unshaven ruff looking people that had a bad turn in life, this life changing event that turned them into what some people frown upon. These people are frowned upon by so many but the people that frown upon them have no idea what their going through.

The book that I have chosen was “A Place on the Corner”. It was published in 1981 by Elijah Anderson through University of Chicago. In the book we learn some of the inner workings of shelter life, and we ultimately learn why homeless people are homeless; they lack housing. While reading the book the thesis that Anderson introduces is- to prove to the reader that the homeless are not homeless necessarily because they are crazy, maladjusted, drug/alcohol addicts, etc. Instead, they have reached circumstances beyond their control in which they have no place to go other than the streets or shelters. Throughout the book Anderson uses his primary information that he gathered at the shelters in order to support his thesis. In his research, Anderson established Jelly's as a place in “three different ways: a physical place, place in a social class system, and place as a psychological position” (Anderson, p. 8). He uses these three aspects of place at Jelly's to study and observe group life at