Displacement

I chose the article, “How NYC’s homeless ‘charities’ cash in — ruthlessly” by Seth Barron because it discusses the corruption of government affecting life chances of homeless people. Money given to homeless services has increased by 1 billion and many citizens are expecting the decline of homeless people sleeping in the streets. However the homeless service providers aren’t fulfilling their expectations, but instead companies are profiting from the distributions. I relate his article to “displacement” because there are people living in New York that are in an unpleasant environment and don’t feel safe. As much as I would love for everyone to live in a home, it’s nearly impossible due to how the constitution is structured. By the rule we follow in society, we all have different life chances. As for a homeless person, it would be much harder for them to overcome the struggles because society hasn’t helped them prosper but instead manage to keep the same pace. By this I think of the quote “The rich get richer and the poor get poorer” due to the outcome of society. Thus, displacement for the homeless separates and diminishes humanity because we aren’t valued equally. The role for a homeless person created an stereotype that they are poor because they didn’t apply themselves to do better. This leads to people usually judging the homeless and the people with the higher authority created laws to keep them out of the nice places. People with the higher authority would have this mindset and instead of using the funds in the budget to help them, they rather not contribute. Homeless people struggle everyday deciding on their next meal or places to sleep. The homeless begs to us in trains and public because some really just hit rock bottom and need help. Once again, this is all because of how our constitution is built due to social norms.

https://nypost.com/2020/02/07/how-nycs-homeless-charities-cash-in-ruthlessly/