Why You Aren’t Homeless: How Privilege & Fortune Shape the Shelter Census

Artist Group: Not an Alternative
History of Homelessness in NYC

Posted by Midori Yamamura on July 16, 2020 in Media Coverage, Teaching Resources

a pie chart of Race of heads of households in the New York City shelter system.

“A simple question, “Why aren’t you homeless?” forces us to consider a complicated, and often unexamined, set of personal circumstances — from our own personal safety nets to our favored identities within deeply unjust and racist social structures.” (City Limits, 2020)

Read the story: https://citylimits.org/2020/07/13/why-you-arent-homeless-how-privilege-fortune-shape-the-shelter-census/