This is so sad. Tears running down her face in her booking picture. //Shanesha Taylor, a 35-year-old mother of a 2-year-old and 6-month-old, from Scottsdale, Ariz., was arrested on March 20. She now faces two felony counts of child abuse for leaving her children in the car while she interviewed for a job. Taylor was also homeless and living out of the car with her children. In a world that not only looks down on single parents, but one that looks down on the poor, it was a shock to read the polarizing opinions about Shanesha, from describing her as a hoodrat to just another f--ked up single mother. I had to ask myself, when did compassion leave the hearts of so many people? Or was it ever there to begin with? Raising two kids, being homeless and looking for a job, Shanesha is the face of many Americans today. Women are nearly two-thirds of minimum-wage workers (pdf) in the U.S., and among all homeless women, 60 percent have children under age 18. The face of homelessness and poverty is women and children.// theroot/articles/culture/2014/04/homeless_mom_finds_support_from_donors_and_single_moms.html
Posted on: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 03:15:15 +0000
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