The morning didn’t start out well for Mary. Just the night before, she had broken up with her boyfriend, a homeless man named Greg. She had gotten up early to pick up her possessions from his tent, hoping that he would be asleep. He woke up, of course. So they...

Ron Ferber was attacked. That is how he felt, and there was nothing he could do to stop it. He was a homeless man who dealt with mental health issues and mostly kept to himself. He dumpster dived for a living, recycling cans and bottles and eating what decent food...

Almost every person who is homeless goes through a process of dehumanization. Here are some of the ways homeless people are dehumanized in many cities in the U.S. Segregated The homeless become homeless because they are separated from their family and friends, not allowed space in their social network to...

“Loss of human characteristics; brutalization by either mental or physical means; stripping one of self-esteem.” —(Online Medical Dictionary) Dehumanization is: Taking away the rights of some that most have This is to offer rights to most citizens, but to deny those same rights to other citizens. This is to create...

However, in almost all American societies, the homeless are treated as less than people, with some communities trying to refuse the right of the homeless to sleep, to go to the bathroom or even to receive food or adequate health care. The United States have gone through a process of...