Skid Row.. The Dangers of "The Single Story"

I chose to write about Skid Row for many reasons. One particularly because I was fascinated by the fact that people chose to live there instead of finding a new life. Many people look down on the impoverished lifestyles of the homeless who lives in Skid Row. Skid Row provides a home for many people. The things that people only understand, is that one "single story", how the civilians of Skid Row were all unsuccessful, crazy and uneducated. However, behind the curtains, there were much meaning behind the poverty of Skid Row. Also, learning that some people enjoyed living in Skid Row and rather not move to elsewhere shocked me. I realized that people around the world were all different, that they sought for different dreams and knew how to sacrifice other necessary possessions.

In the movie, it introduces eight characters and the documentary displays their lifestyle. It pained me to see the ill-treatment they received. As if the people considered them as not equal, they were discriminated and threatened to the point of fatal injuries and sometimes death. As a viewer of this documentary I realized that only judging by the exterior is very wrong. Just like this documentary, I learned to always try to read between the lines, question the different perspectives and understand the story in every level.