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The Invisible Society Interviews 7/11/2009 5:52:26 AM
I make more sincere friends in a homeless drop-centre than anywhere else. This is what happened during the interviews. It angers me that there is so much stigma, discrimination and unwarranted fears of those with mental illness, addiction and homelessness. They are a tight knit family who really care about each other. The staff is doing a great job running a tight ship. It is well organized and orderly. The misconceptions about our most vulnerale is slanderous, discrimitory and ignorant.
You can't paint a picture with a single brush stroke. Not everybody is a saint, but there are quite a few who are pretty close to it.
The problem is that society is so quick to cast judgement without taking the time to find out the truth. This ignorance then develops into harsh discrimination.
The public does not even consider them as being human in which they believe that our most vulnerable don't deserve, respect, human rights or compassion.
Everyone has their own ideas about the homeless burnt in their brains and don't care if it is true or not. Organizations like Bipolar Babe is focusing on providing awareness about the fact about mental illness to our children in their most formative years before they develop, hate, fear and discrimination towards this marginalized population.
We consider dirty clothes, unshaven faces and greasy hair is a reason to hate another human being. As a society, we sure have a lot to learn.
"The City of Gardens Collection" had no choice but to defend the homeless and give them a voice. This injustice is visible in the medical, judicial and social systems including government.
The sad part about it is that society does not see anything wrong with it. They still have the gull to go to church every Sunday and spit on a homeless person on the way home.
The book series does not pull any punches. I hit back just has hard as what society has done to our mentally ill, addicted and homeless. My writings are harsh, direct with the intent to hurt. This is not revenge, but act as a slap in the face to make people pay attention to the facts.
The world of misconception is hurtful, heart wrenching and unforgivable. We believe that homeless people have a bad attidude, members of my own family have pure hate in their hearts and refuse to listen to reason. This is very common for most families in Canadian cities.
There is one book series that is not afraid to examine the truth and take those facts and shove them up the backside of our society. Society is afraid to find out the truth for there is the fear that they have to sdmit that they are wrong.
