People are just people

I wrote this blog on my myspace page...and decided I would transfer it over here, even thought it's a little old.

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I'm reading Sidewalk (thanks Jesse!), a book about the NYC street vendors, panhandlers and homeless, and the society and structure they have created for themselves. It's an amazing book that really allows you to see the differences between class, race, and gender from all perspectives.

Some perspectives I really sturggle with. One man that is fighting to "clean up" the streets says, "Where I think there should be a change in the law is that I don't think that the First Amendment should protect people who are street people. They are not homeless. These people never had homes." - Honi Klein.

Sooo...people who have not conformed to what we consider "societal norms"...should not be considered people.

On a more positive note, I am also listening to an amazing artist, Regina Spektor, who smashes the previous quote with a more simple...

"Cause people are just people,
People are just people,
People are just people like you." _Regina Spektor, Ghost of Corporate Future

I had to share, so that I don't suffocate in ignorance by myself over here...
I think thats enough reading for tonight. Maybe more music.