Assignment #9(Semester One Final): Social Justice and Peace in the World:


I decided to take this image because I always see, and partake in, ignoring the homeless. I don't have an answer as to why society does this, but it happens. In the candid image that I was able to capture, the homeless man looking up to the distracted pedestrian. Those in poverty or who are homeless don't need to be shunned or ignored. In our social justice class, we are taught that as a community we need to lift the impoverished up and help them strive. Personally I can relate to the issue that I bring up because I have found myself doing the same thing. With this piece I want people to be affected, I want the take-away to be a change in order for pedestrians to smile, say hello, or give money to those on the streets, in hopes of freeing them of their poverty.

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