When He Says, ‘I’m A Human Being,’ I Tear Up, Too

“It’s really humiliating to be shaking a cup 24 hours a day and people just look at you like you some kind of little bum. … I have had people that walk past me and say, ‘Get a job, bum!’ And I say, ‘Wait a minute — I’m not a bum, I’m a human being.’”…

“It’s really humiliating to be shaking a cup 24 hours a day and people just look at you like you some kind of little bum. … I have had people that walk past me and say, ‘Get a job, bum!’ And I say, ‘Wait a minute — I’m not a bum, I’m a human being.’”

See the rest of his story here:


https://youtube.com/watch?v=q-j36_9xPGY

Now’s probably a good time to remind ourselves that many of us are not that far from being in a similar boat. Here’s a graphic from the National Coalition for the Homeless:

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