Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me.
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" - Emma Lazarus .
Engraved upon the pedestal of America's prominent symbol of freedom and equality – The Statue of Liberty – are these lines from Emma Lazarus' distinguished poem, "The New Colossus." Lazarus' words embody the sentiment of generosity and compassion that has made our Republic one of the most altruistic societies in the world. Our citizens fight for equality and tolerance regarding matters of race, sex, employment, marriage, education, religion, wages, and freedom for all. Our hearts bleed and our wallets open at the slightest provocation to help others all over the world to live a better life. In fact, in 2013, the United States led the world in humanitarian aid donations (GHA). Nevertheless, one group continually falls through the cracks – the American homeless. Due to their transient lifestyle, it is impossible to get an accurate count of the homeless. Nevertheless, estimates of the homeless population in the United States in 2013 range from 610,042 people (Henry, et al.) to 3.5 million people (NSCHH). However, between the common misconception that the homeless somehow choose or deserve to be so and misplaced confidence in the government and private charities to handle the load, the majority of Americans either decide not to act or remain unaware of the need. .
Meanwhile, we shuffle our homeless from place to place; we illegally deprive them of property and liberty for committing unavoidable minor infractions; and they face dehumanizing discrimination both on the streets that they call home and within our justice system. Now, we are criminalizing the blessed few people who do reach out to the homeless as well. Fort Lauderdale, Florida lawmakers put one such ordinance in place on October 22, 2014.
Command does not only involve thinking but actions. ... It's very easy to feed a person who you know in return will do the same. ... Does He still want us to feed His sheep? ... A Christian can not say, "Yes, Lord, I love you" and shrug a shoulder to a homeless person. ... They can not say, "Yes Lord, I love you" and not help a brother or sister out of wrong doing. ...
(Kindle Locations 267-268) " Rousseau describes that in the state of nature, mankind has complete freedom to do whatever he or she pleases, which Rousseau describes as natural liberty. ... This should not be mistaken for the freedom of the state of nature, or doing whatever you desire. ... Kant firmly pressed the idea that freedom is not doing whatever an individual pleases, because this would be an example of succumbing to unnecessary desires instead of following moral law. ... Kantian ethics are also challenged because he does not make note of the tension between desires and morality. ... An...
There are many homeless families that live in the United States. ... They never think of the families that they are trying to feed. ... Is it because they disgrace are sweet and precious nation, or is it because people really do not see these sight for themselves and do not believe they exist? ... Well, those people must not be from America. ... The freedom to say and do as we please. ...
However, when looked at in a global context, this aspect of the fantasy also has another dimension, since it sharpens Vanishing Son's ability to travel and appeal to audiences who may not be so eager to be assimilated into American culture. ... By being persona non grata in both countries, Jian-Wa need have loyalty to neither, and he, as Aihwa Ong might say, becomes a "flexible citizen- [3] able to negotiate transnational culture in a way a rooted, law-abiding, character with a legal visa or green card may not. Within the Chinese diaspora, the unpopularity of many of the People'...
