Article: COLUMN: Treat homeless people as humans

Luke Fischer
University Wire
03-06-2008
(Daily Nebraskan) (UWIRE) LINCOLN, Neb. -- With all the recent controversy surrounding State Sen. Mark Christensen and resolution LR233CA, which proposed to eliminate race-based affirmative action in Nebraska, there has been a lot of discussion around campus about the problems of discrimination and prejudice.

Regardless of your thoughts on the bill, the fact that this was even proposed has given us a great opportunity to take a hard look at some really difficult issues. However, it would be a great loss if we do not go deeper than the specific case brought up by the bill.

There are types of discrimination that still exist in our society, ones which are ...

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