SOC 2070 Lecture 10: 2070nov9HOMELESS
10 Mar 2017
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Visible homeless is the typical homeless you know of (on the streets) Invisible homeless are usually found in hotels etc. not on the streets . Why are the visible homeless deviant (in general) Treated as social outcasts in most spaces. But, in certain spaces they are especially deviant have money to go around but still homeless. Our capitalist system and, thus, our culture values a certain kind of citizen. Visible homeless symbolically violate these norms and values. Industrious demonstrate hard work (never gives up) Violate intended function of spaces )ex. use them for other purposes) Negative reactions to visible homeless range from: Goffman"s (cid:498)non-person(cid:499) treatment (cid:523)people walk by acting like the homeless doesn"t exist people don"t care(cid:524) Homeless especially deviant in (cid:498)gentrified(cid:499) urban spaces. Dominate groups can navigate those spaces with ease. Some marginalized populations violate spatial norms just by being.
