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PATH PartnersFor more than a year now, homeless advocates have been complaining about the popular teen show, iCarly, and its depictions of homeless Americans. Nickelodeon, the network that airs the show, recently pulled all references to “hobo” off their online media outlets and has committed to no new episodes referring to “hobo”. A few weeks ago, [...]
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Bad Joke: Nickelodeon Show Makes fun of Homelessness
Feb 21, 2011 – 4:14 am
When I was 19 years old, I was organizing my college friends to help tutor children of Southeast Asians who found refuge in America, and was delivering donated food to hungry Americans stuck in impoverished neighborhoods in Southern California. Decades later, I empathize with young Egyptians who put their ideals of justice into actual action. [...]
