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I See the Kids in the Street with Not Enough to Eat. Who am I to be Blind? Pretending Not to See Their Needs

By sawaboof - Posted on May 16th, 2008

I know it's easy to make judgmental statements about homeless people:

Get a job.
They brought it on themselves.
Why should I contribute a quarter to someone's drug habit?

Generalizations don't make for very good arguments in other situations; why should it be any different for the homeless population?

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Child Abuse in the USA: Homelessness and Prostitution

By Kiota - Posted on March 16th, 2008

Tagged: AIDS • assault • child abuse • drug use • effects of abuse • homeless shelters • homeless youth • Homelessness • iv drug use • physical abuse • prostitution • Rape • runaways • Sexual abuse • street kids • survival sex • thrownaways • USA • youth at-risk • Broad prosperity • Shared responsibility • Better future

This is the continuation to http://www.progressiveu.org/224151-child-abuse-japan-part-ii, and is part of a research paper about child abuse.

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