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Because the lack of housing should not be an identity that we assign to the women, men and children who happen to be going through a rough time in life. They ar
by athenot 5y ago
Because the lack of housing should not be an identity that we assign to the women, men and children who happen to be going through a rough time in life. They are—first and foremost—human beings. Losing sight of that can lead to dehumanization which can then exacerbate the issue.
- jaywalk 5y agoTo say someone is homeless is not assigning an identity, it's just describing the state they're in. I'm overweight. To describe me as overweight is accurate, and I wouldn't think you were saying that it's my identity. To describe me as "experiencing obesity" just sounds silly and changes absolutely nothing.
- aaron-santos 5y agoThe English copula is frankly a mess that does among other things, assign identity and class membership. It's completely ok to use a verb which specifically indicates class membership in an unambiguous way.