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myrna minx

(22,772 posts)
Thu Apr 24, 2014, 06:52 PM Apr 2014

Powerful Ad Asks: What If Your Loved Ones Were Homeless On The Street?

http://designtaxi.com/news/365215/Powerful-Ad-Asks-What-If-Your-Loved-Ones-Were-Homeless-On-The-Street/

From the link -

If you’ve ever walked past a homeless person begging on the street and pretended not to see them, this powerful ad for the New York City Rescue Mission will make you think twice about your actions.
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Brilliantly conceived and executed, the ad reminds us that it could be anyone’s loved ones who are on the streets, and that the homeless people we walk past everyday are human beings who deserve dignity and respect too.

http://www.makethemvisible.com/


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Powerful Ad Asks: What If Your Loved Ones Were Homeless On The Street? (Original Post) myrna minx Apr 2014 OP
Very Powerful ! n/t jaysunb Apr 2014 #1
Good message, bad psychology Ruby the Liberal Apr 2014 #2
Exactly so. Why is it surprising that people don't recognize someone they know when they are, Jgarrick Apr 2014 #3
I think the point was that most of us are so predisposed to ignoring the homeless Live and Learn Apr 2014 #5
Thank you. That is the message I took away as well. myrna minx Apr 2014 #6
I passed a guy on the street who was trying applegrove Apr 2014 #4

Ruby the Liberal

(26,217 posts)
2. Good message, bad psychology
Thu Apr 24, 2014, 07:39 PM
Apr 2014

If the brain is predispositioned to know that a loved one isn't homeless, it likely isn't going to connect the face that quickly.

 

Jgarrick

(521 posts)
3. Exactly so. Why is it surprising that people don't recognize someone they know when they are,
Thu Apr 24, 2014, 08:44 PM
Apr 2014

in essence, disguised?

Live and Learn

(12,769 posts)
5. I think the point was that most of us are so predisposed to ignoring the homeless
Fri Apr 25, 2014, 05:58 AM
Apr 2014

that we wouldn't even recognize our own loved ones if they became homeless.

I am sure their are plenty of people that have simply lost touch with loved ones that they never even knew became homeless.

And the meaning of the video was that the homeless are people too and deserve to be cared about and helped.

applegrove

(118,024 posts)
4. I passed a guy on the street who was trying
Fri Apr 25, 2014, 01:48 AM
Apr 2014

to sleep. I was once an alcoholic and asked myself what I would want if I was laying there on a nice suuny day. I would want to be left alone. His eyes were open in annoyance at all the pedestrians walking by. So I let him sleep. Poor guy, there were police all over that neighbourhood today as people of armenian descent had been demonstrating. I'm sure he he didn't get much sleep in the end.

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