Posted on September 26, 2014 by Derrick Clifton in Identities.Mic Identities.Mic, By Derrick Clifton Public officials and the relatively financially secure have long been guilty of turning the homeless and the poor into scapegoats — and making examples of the people perhaps in most need of compassion and help from their neighbors. It happens everywhere in America. And it’s also become all too common in most Western countries around the world.