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It is certainly not our hope that people use this as an avenue to dehumanize the unfortunate. But is it more acceptable to see the unfortunate clearly wearing
by jinpan 14y ago
It is certainly not our hope that people use this as an avenue to dehumanize the unfortunate.
But is it more acceptable to see the unfortunate clearly wearing thin clothing when it's 20 degrees out and maintain the idea that they are people who must maintain their pride, or offer them the chance to sell out? It's a hard question to answer, but I think society has already answered that for us. Fast food restaurants already offer young professionals a chance to sell out by offering higher wages than many starting jobs in alternative industries [1].
1 - http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/25/magazine/skills-dont-pay-the-bills.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/25/magazine/skills-dont-pay-t...
- bradleyland 14y ago> It is certainly not our hope that people use this as an avenue to dehumanize the unfortunate. There is no way to use a homeless person as a prop that doesn't dehumanize them. > But is it more acceptable to see the unfortunate clearly wearing thin clothing when it's 20 degrees out and maintain the idea that they are people who must maintain their pride, or offer them the chance to sell out? I wholely reject this line of thinking. Doing one thing right does not absolve a wrong. By that line of reasoning, the people in the Bum Fights videos were better off, because they were paid. Net positive, am I right!?