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    There are multiple reasons why there is an increase (1)of homeless people in the city of Houston . Poverty , substance abuse , someone running away from home , etc . I will apply cognitive dissonance , social comparison and self-concept to focus on the external attributions ; instead of internal and figure out a possible explanation to this phenomenon . When we feel a dissonance towards our decisions , we tend to grow anxiety and a feeling that something is not right . For example , if a person…

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    Nowadays, the problem of homeless people is rather a pressing one, and unfortunately, is widespread all over the world. You can’t go anywhere in a large country without people holding a sign saying “homeless, please help!”. Most of them are an effect of mental illness, poor survival skill, and drug abuse which makes it very difficult and not easy for them to restart their live and get a job. They are out of control for knowing what they should do, what they need, and what they have to do. They…

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    Prior to the documentary workshops, I initially felt that all homeless people were on the streets because they had done something unacceptable and ‘deserved’ to be there, such as alcohol abuse or drug addiction, and when passing them on the street I would not really care about their situation because I had been taught as a child to stay away from strangers, so I chose to stay clear of them. When I was told that the drama workshop was about homelessness, I was a bit disappointed because I was…

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    It’s sad that there are so many homeless people. Every where you go, you see at least one homeless person on the side of the road holding a sign saying, “Need Of Food. Anything Will help.” It’s a huge probem for the society. If they were to get sick then they might not be able to go to the doctors unless they were dying. If they were to get stabbed or shot when no one’s around, then peope wouldn’t notice, even when the body is found. If you were a homeless person, how would you feel? Would you…

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    and the people here are super rude, just vanished. None of this mattered to me anymore. The excitement I had pre 30 blocks rushed back up my spine. I was about to enter the New Amsterdam Theater! As the 51 of us crammed into a small, slightly air conditioned space, the more my feelings began to overwhelm me. I gave the man my ticket from my sweaty…

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    In this article, homeless people who are in the low-income and unequal treatment in the society. The reason of homeless increasing is poverty issue and one lack of education, the dominant group might use the power of privilege to limit one’s abilities. Therefore, low-class people feel stress since the society do not give them an equal treatment for them. In fact, homeless people who most desire is warm and equality support. People and the society should maintain a sense of the responsibility…

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    Homeless individuals across the country are being set on fire, raped, beaten, murdered, and harassed. Violence among the homeless continues to be an issue in San Bernardino County. According to the National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH), hate crimes are popular amidst homeless. They are not committed by specialized groups, but by individuals who hold a strong resentment against these individuals. There are three different types of attackers, according to NCH. “Mission offenders”…

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    When we envision a homeless person, we often think of people that we find lying on Speer, grocery cart filled with who knows what close by, hair strangled, dirty skin, and most of the time a stinky aroma drifting around them. How does an individual become homeless? Any working person can find themselves without a home quicker than we think. Situations such as an unexpected illness or lay off may lead people without a job. This soon leads to no paychecks. Without paychecks we know that we are…

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    Homeless people are ubiquitous in the world. From financial problems to indecisive personal arguments, adequate homeless people are struggling to live on the streets because they are prejudiced with their appearance: muddled clothes, massive necessary survival items, and unclean face. Not only they face prejudice, they also face abusive because of people’s judgement of stealing items or walking in a building unwelcome and uninvited. Like homeless people’s hardships, numerous people are…

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    programs however are for those homeless people whom have mental-illnesses that can not survive out in the normal world without some type of medication. Panhandling is very common in the streets; this would be the act of begging for money out on the corners of streets. Homeless people unlike us have to look for these resources for survival, if they did not exist they would either die of hunger or people would mostly likely kill them. You would think the homeless people do not have rights but…

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