Homeless and Poverty in Chicago

The main point of the documentary was about how homeless, and poverty has grown in Chicago, and how individuals in this society are forced to live by these deprived conditions. Not many were born fortunate, thus, the circles of poverty keep going. Chicago has a long history of segregation and classism that still decide where people live, study, and work. In addition, the ethical issues addressed the absence of social justice, economic inequality.

When watching the video, I was feeling upset to see many of these unfortunate homeless individuals living in a such deprived situation, however, it did not surprise me. Homelessness and poverty inundate America and everywhere else in the world. What surprised me is there was short of support for those who really need.

I think there is such a large gap between the richest and poorest in society. As I mentioned, not many individuals were born fortunate like most of us, once someone is trapped in the circle of poverty, it's really hard to escape. In fact, as the circles continue, the poor getting poorer while the rich getting richer generation by generation. I also think this is due to were lack of opportunity level and injustice that people are living through.

The documentary presented the issues in an unbiased way. As everything was based on true stories and facts. I think the documentary pointed out that Chicago has not applied enough effort to repair the poverty and homeless issues. I also think the agenda of the documentary are indicating that drug addiction, poverty, and homeless are terrible situations to live with and should be solved. Besides, they also show us the difficult life of poor people and how they are actually living.

The ethical response to the issues and situations is more an active role for the government should initiate and address the lack of social justice programs in Chicago. I think if they could provide better facilities like clinics to treat people who are addicts to a drug, giving jobs, and housing for those who are unfortunate would be a great start to fix the issue. We as a society should try to solve and provide backup job prospects and equal education for all. I believe social justice systems have been trying to accomplish this for many years. Social justice is often focused on distribution of goods among people in society, with an emphasis on minimizing inequalities across social classes and social order is one that ensures all people have fair and equitable opportunities to live decent free from burdens and deprivation (Mackinnon and Fiala 2018, 350).

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