Homelessness In America Research Paper
Homelessness in America brings images of an alcoholic man passed out in a doorway with a bag of booze in hand or a woman dressed in layers pushing a shopping cart, with all her worldly possessions, down the street. It is estimated that 41% of homeless people are single men, 40% are families, 14% are single women and 5% are youth.
Homelessness is on the rise. In 1998 an estimate of between 500,000 and 600,000 people were homeless. By 1999 over 700,000 were estimated on a given night and up to two million people who experienced it during a year.
Homelessness doesn't mean to only sleep on the street and eat from trash cans. Many work at jobs but can't afford housing due to high rents and low wages. They sleep in their cars or shelters (National Law Center on Homeless and Poverty, via the National Coalition for the Homeless).
In my search for effective messages I came across a slide show I found to be well thought out. The slideshow accompanied by the song "It Ain't Pretty but its Beautiful" by Clay Walker is a good …show more content…
Without seeing the next picture, some people might think it is a picture of an attractive woman, or even a child, but it was a picture of a woman who has a crooked smile, bad teeth and wrinkles of a hard life surround her eyes. This woman might not be attractive but she is human and grateful to the person photographing her. The photos are mostly black and white indicating to me that their life is hard and not to fun. The black and white photos are effective in portraying the hardship of life on the streets. To homeless people, life and basic needs are black and white. Often the sort of things we take advantage of, housing, clothes, food and often health care. The photos of the dolls are in color showing how beautiful it is for a child to have something to love, a child with
Homelessness is on the rise. In 1998 an estimate of between 500,000 and 600,000 people were homeless. By 1999 over 700,000 were estimated on a given night and up to two million people who experienced it during a year.
Homelessness doesn't mean to only sleep on the street and eat from trash cans. Many work at jobs but can't afford housing due to high rents and low wages. They sleep in their cars or shelters (National Law Center on Homeless and Poverty, via the National Coalition for the Homeless).
In my search for effective messages I came across a slide show I found to be well thought out. The slideshow accompanied by the song "It Ain't Pretty but its Beautiful" by Clay Walker is a good …show more content…
Without seeing the next picture, some people might think it is a picture of an attractive woman, or even a child, but it was a picture of a woman who has a crooked smile, bad teeth and wrinkles of a hard life surround her eyes. This woman might not be attractive but she is human and grateful to the person photographing her. The photos are mostly black and white indicating to me that their life is hard and not to fun. The black and white photos are effective in portraying the hardship of life on the streets. To homeless people, life and basic needs are black and white. Often the sort of things we take advantage of, housing, clothes, food and often health care. The photos of the dolls are in color showing how beautiful it is for a child to have something to love, a child with