We live in a place where when a homeless man or women calls out you pretend not to hear. You keep walking. You have to keep walking homeless equals crazy doesn’t it? Dirty faces equals bad. These people made a mistake, something happened it might not even be there fault, but who cares it’s not your problem, right? My song is called “Another Day in Paradise ” by Phil Collins. Lyrics, http://www.lyricsfreak.com/p/phil+collins/another+day+in+paradise_20108035.html I almost cried when I read the first four lines. They read,
“She calls out to the man on the street
“Sir, can you help me?
It’s cold and I have no where to sleep
Is there somewhere you can tell me?”
That is not the bad part though.
“He walks on, doesn’t look back
He pretends he can’t hear her
Starts to whistle as he crosses the street,
Feels embarrassed to be there.”
What makes this so terrible is it’s true. We walk away. Don’t act justified every single person who is reading this now, has ever read this and will ever read this has done it will do it or is doing it. Listening to this song pushes you over the edge though. Listen you will see, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt2mbGP6vFI Watching the music video there is a slideshow, one of the signs says and I quote, “Please, DO NOT FEED THE BEGGERS, it cause traffic problems.” This is just another kind of segregation. We ignore them, we joke about them, we wish they were not there, but there just as human as us. No one is asking you to do anything. Not to give money but to not treat them like something dirty. I know that there have been times on the train when I have wished the man in the corner in his underwear in January was not there. Why have I wished that though? Is it because he is not as fortunate as me? Or is it because we have been taught that they are bad unhuman things that do not deserve our compassion.
What makes this so terrible is it’s true. We walk away. Don’t act justified every single person who is reading this now, has ever read this and will ever read this has done it will do it or is doing it. Listening to this song pushes you over the edge though. Listen you will see, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt2mbGP6vFI Watching the music video there is a slideshow, one of the signs says and I quote, “Please, DO NOT FEED THE BEGGERS, it cause traffic problems.” This is just another kind of segregation. We ignore them, we joke about them, we wish they were not there, but there just as human as us. No one is asking you to do anything. Not to give money but to not treat them like something dirty. I know that there have been times on the train when I have wished the man in the corner in his underwear in January was not there. Why have I wished that though? Is it because he is not as fortunate as me? Or is it because we have been taught that they are bad unhuman things that do not deserve our compassion.
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