The heartrending yet clarifying moment occurred in South Carolina when I witnessed a seven-year-old white girl by the name of Samantha eating in a cafeteria among the rest of us broken souls. Seeing such a young child having to endure poverty and eating donated food deeply impacted me, I cried uncontrollably for nearly twenty minutes.
In that instant, I shed tribalism from my eyes and learned to have empathy for others irrespective of their differences. Before I met Samantha and prior to experiencing destitution, I used to view life through the prism of the very divisions I now actively campaign against. I fell into the trap of identity and ideologically based politics as I clapped on the Democrats, bashed Republican voters and collectively placed the ills of the world at the feet of white people.
Homelessness opened my eyes to the deception of our political system and how...continued...
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