Impacts on Individuals Experiencing Homelessness. Individuals experiencing homelessness are a particularly vulnerable outgroup of society. There are overlapping group categorizations of these individuals that can result 000 Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx. “Selective Moral Disengagement in the Exercise of Moral Agency.” Page 109. 000 Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx. “Selective Moral Disengagement in the Exercise of Moral Agency.” Page 116. in disrespect and dehumanization based on their race, class, gender, age, and housing status. Many of these individuals have multiple groups that they are identified with by others or that they identity with themselves, many of which frequently face discrimination and exclusion.116 These individuals experience discrimination in numerous realms; there is extensive research on the existence of housing discrimination especially against African American women and single mothers, as well as limitations and obstacles to education and employment opportunities.117 Barriers to necessary services and resources force these individuals to continue living in undesirable or dangerous locations and limits their ability to gain access to resources and opportunities that would help better their circumstances and allow them to move forward. By dehumanizing individuals, through indifference, acceptance, or promotion of damaging views, those deemed the outgroup are denied the respect and ethical treatment entitled by their human dignity and are excluded from the protection of the larger moral community.118 This denial and subsequent exclusion can lead to community and societal level conflicts as well as individual xxxxx; they impact all levels of society. There are numerous negative impacts that result from dehumanization, many of which impact the health and wellbeing of those being dehumanized, including loss of 116 Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, and Xxx X. Xxxxxx. “Discrimination and Well-Being amongst the Homeless: The Role of Multiple Group Membership.” Frontiers in Psychology 6 (June 1, 2015). xxxxx://xxx.xxx/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00739. 117 “Discrimination | The Homeless Hub.” Accessed July 26, 2020. xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxx.xx/about- homelessness/legal-justice-issues/discrimination.
