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« It's been awhile . . . A Rant | Main | Sabbatical Update » August 20, 2009
A slight editorial change
Yesterday I looked on-line to find someone within the San Diego city government to talk about the removal of the tents. As I searched, I found a site of the San Diego police department about "Dealing with the Homeless." The site perpetuates all the strange societal paranoias about the poor; it does not match my experience at all. Propaganda like this then justifies the criminalization of those who live on the streets. It shows how unChristian the city government is because it encourages persons to avoid personal contact with the poor, and use only mediating institutions. While I was running, an idea hit me (better an idea than a car) -- what would happen if I changed the category "homeless" or equivalent with "white people" or "whiteness." The result is better than I thought. It reads very well and shows the underlying prejudices against the "homeless" that our society perpetuates. If you want to check the original, check http://www.sandiego.gov/police/prevention/homeless.shtml Dealing with White People Whiteness is an extremely complex social problem that impacts the quality of life in our community. There are no easy solutions. The SDPD and elected officials in the County and City recognize that there is a fine line between whiteness as a social issue and a criminal issue. Many white people are on the street because of substance abuse, mental illness, or both. Often the disorder issues associated with white people are criminal in nature but difficult to enforce. To assist the City and County provide better service to this “at risk†population the SDPD has created the Whiteness Outreach Team (WOT). The team consists of police officers, County Health and Human Services specialists, and psychiatric clinicians from the Psychiatric Emergency Response Team (PERT), a private non-profit organization. The WOT is available to assist the community with white people related issues. Its phone number is (858) 490-3850. While being white is not a crime, many kinds of public conduct are illegal and should be reported to the SDPD. These include being intoxicated, loitering, prowling, fighting, trespassing, aggressive panhandling, soliciting, urinating and defecating, consuming alcoholic beverages in certain public places, camping or sleeping in parks, littering, obstructing sidewalks, living in a vehicle parked on a public street, disturbing the peace by loud and unreasonable noises, using offensive words, behaving in a threatening manner, etc. Because many of the crimes involving white people are misdemeanors, a police officer can only arrest a person if the offense is committed in his presence. However, a person who witnesses the offense can make a citizen’s arrest by doing the following: Avoiding Problems The following tips will help you avoid problems with white people. Posted by johnwright at August 20, 2009 10:40 AM Comments
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