I was homeless; 'the look' judged me worthless

Michael Sullivan said that when he was a child and was being raised that he looked at homeless people as not being human but thugs and murderers. Until he found himself living on the streets and receiving "the look" from people that made them feel apart from society.

I was desperate. I begged and applied for any part-time or temporary job, even washing my hair in a toilet at a nearby university, using the soap in the dispenser so I would look presentable for an interview.

Its very upsetting to hear of people that judge someone by their looks and feel that a homeless person is an alien to society and therefore deserve to be treated differently. But as Americans we should be accepting of anyone because we are a country of immigrants and have a huge range of different people. Its terrible to hear of people like these but those people just need to be educated to at least be respectful towards those with misfortune.