Day 12: Unhoused 

For the next few days we will explore the issues of intersectionality.  Intersectionality definition: the interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class, and gender as they apply to a given individual or group, regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage. 

We tend to think that homelessness and housing insecurity are simply caused by poverty, that they are simply due to a person’s inability to pay rent. Of course, there is more to it than that.  

CHALLENGES 

OPTION 1: Homeless in College. Read: This Is What It's Like To Be Homeless in College 

OPTION 2: Legacy of Racism. Read: Black, Homeless and Burdened by L.A.’s Legacy of Racism by the New York Times. 

OPTION 3: Listen to the March 3, 2020 podcast “Affordable Housing for All” from C4 Innovations. The entire list of podcasts on this page are focused on racial equity and housing.  

OTHER RESOURCES