8 months ago

Thank you all so much for watching this video essay (this is my last video essay, until I just start making commentaries and rants again).
This took me a long time to make as a video, the research, the editing, the background music choice, etc.
Homelessness is just a social status, not a political issue...my video essay here is going to demonstrate how and why.

(1) Add And (Broke For Free) - Binging With Babish Background Music
(2) The Age Of Wood - Savfk
(3) Phoenix - Scott Buckley
(4) Everybody - Dutty Moonshine And Kid Casino
(5) Hidden Agenda - Kevin MacLeod
(6) Screw On The Loose - Tony Lowry (High Pitched)
(7) Rue De La Paix - Laurie Johnson
(8) Roman March - Robert "Bob" Sharples

General Sources:
(1) https://www.statista.com/statistics/555795/estimated-number-of-homeless-people-in-the-us/
(2) https://www.statista.com/statistics/205637/percentage-of-poor-people-in-the-top-20-most-populated-cities-in-the-us/
(3) https://www.statista.com/statistics/200463/us-poverty-rate-since-1990/
(4) https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/07/why-poverty-might-be-far-worse-in-the-us-than-its-reported.html#:~:text=There%20are%2037.9%20million%20Americans,to%20the%20U.S.%20Census%20Bureau.

Sources for reported incidents of lethal hate crimes towards the homeless:
(1) https://www.nationalhomeless.org/publications/facts/hatecrimes.html
(2) https://www.nationalhomeless.org/publications/hatecrimes/comparison.html
(3) https://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/2009-was-worst-in-decade-for-homeless-hate-crimes/
(4) https://www.nationalhomeless.org/publications/hatecrimes/hatecrimes2010.pdf
(5) https://nationalhomeless.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Hate-Crimes-2013-FINAL.pdf
(6) https://nationalhomeless.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/HCR-2014-151.pdf
(7) https://nationalhomeless.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/hate-crimes-2016-17-final_for-web.pdf
(8) https://nationalhomeless.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/hate-crimes-2018-2019_web.pdf
(9) https://projectcoldcase.org/cold-case-homicide-stats/