Re: Katrina - one American's perspective

Posted by alexandra_k on September 13, 2005, at 20:13:22

In reply to Re: Katrina - one American's perspective, posted by alexandra_k on September 13, 2005, at 19:17:51

for me...
it is about compassion.
i will never know what it is like to be another human being.
i will never know what it is like to be them.
i will never know that their struggle is like.
but the point that i got to experience life in this body is arbitrary - it could have been otherwise.
the fact that i got this body as opposed to yours as opposed to oprah's as opposed to some black kids living in harlem is a matter of dumb luck.
some people are born to wealth and some are not
some people are born to families who care about them and some are not
some people are born and are nurtured and encouraged in school and encouraged to become a productive member of society and some are not
and those things have a considerable influence on what it is that those kids turn out to be
and yeah some people beat the odds
but the odds are the way they are because we have noticed a pattern...
people tend to perpeptuate the cycle unless there is intervention
and imagine yourself...
imagine that you are some black kid in harlem with parents who are addicted to drugs and get by via crime. parents who don't give a sh*t about you. and you aren't so smart and because you are hungry and hurting and people keep telling you how stupid you are you probably aren't going to go so well in school. imagine that you find yourself a job long long hours. you are treated like sh*t being yelled at and you are still struggling to make ends meet. no prospects for improvement.
do you want a little help or do you think it is fair for people to let you fend for yourself and to ultimately condemn you as you turn to drugs and crime to get through the day in a more palatable way.
i don't want to live in a world where people blame the victim. where people don't think they should help. its about compassion.
and it could have been me.
thats what i think...
it could have been me.

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