Editing Jacob Riis (section)

==Social attitudes==
[[File:Sleeping, homeless children - Jacob Riis.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Street Arabs in the Area of Mulberry Street]]'' (c. 1890); sleeping homeless children, photographed by Riis]]
Riis's concern for the poor and destitute often caused people to assume he disliked the rich. However, Riis showed no sign of discomfort among the affluent, often asking them for their support.<ref name="alland25" /> Although seldom involved with party politics, Riis was sufficiently disgusted by the corruption of [[Tammany Hall]] to change from being an endorser of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] to endorse the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]].<ref name="alland32" /> The period just before the [[Spanish–American War]] was difficult for Riis. He was approached by liberals who suspected that protests of alleged Spanish mistreatment of the Cubans was merely a ruse intended to provide a pretext for US expansionism; perhaps to avoid offending his friend Roosevelt, Riis refused the offer of good payment to investigate this and made nationalist statements.<ref>Alland, p. 33.</ref>