over 60% of homeless are male, most are black, not 90% and the reason there are less female homeless is due to more homeless women have children than men, and the shelters take children first. Fathers with children are given the same priority, so it isn't a matter of " male or female" but whether or not they are accompanied by children.Zontar said:Aside from the greater number of benefits homeless women have, 90% of homeless people are men, there is a massive imbalance in the funding for programs which, I'll be frank, dwarf all others which I am aware of in terms of sheer scale.Lil devils x said:The difference is he is STILL more privileged than a homeless black woman. Privileged isn't look at this guy with money and this guy without money. A wealthy black woman is still not as privileged as a wealthy black man as well.Zontar said:Aelinsaar said:I want to be clear, it's reasoning like that which gets the laughs, or the crying victimhood of people doing better than almost anyone else.![]()
Sorry, but just because there are some white rich men, does not mean every white man is rich, and your acting like it is is frankly quite insulting.
And no, he is not more privileged then a black woman in the same situation. A homeless white man has literally no privilege. This is a clear cut case of a black woman in this case being the more privileged one, and to say otherwise is a categoric rejection of reality.
http://homeless.samhsa.gov/ResourceFiles/hrc_factsheet.pdf
A homeless white man DOES have more privilege the homeless black woman is far more likely to be raped. In fact, they are far more likely to be raped by homeless men.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/11/skid-row-sexual-assault_n_5668853.html
http://joh.sagepub.com/content/25/2/351.full.pdf
http://www.homeless.org.au/people/melissa.htm
http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/local/northshore/2015/02/24/homeless-man-accused-of-kidnapping-raping-woman-for-days/23964725/
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jan/27/homeless-women-in-melbourne-raped-and-abused-by-men-who-offer-shelter