Why is that? There are things happening in Darfur that make the war in Iraq look like an underaged frat party being broken up by the cops.
First a warning to anyone that has grown accostomed to my more "light hearted" rants. This isn't one of them. Something occured to me the other day that makes me angry. VERY ANGRY. Take a look at the big home page websites today, or any other day and you'll see what we've all gotten used to seeing.
Mike Vick and his dog fighting troubles
The woes of the American auto industry.
Paris Hilton is still a stupid ditz.
Brittany is still a trailer park ho.
Lindsey ain't much better
The current financial standings or latest blurb of the 2008 Presidential Candidates.
News about China or another rich Asian Country.
And for gods sake let us not forsake Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, or any other oil rich country.
But no one cares about Africa.
Today at http://www.msn.com/ the leading headlines were:
How to date if you both have kids
Has shark week jumped the shark
10 things your bartender won't tell you
The freaky history of Christian Rock
A stall in the negotiations of the Terror Bill
A healing diet for dogs that may suffer from Cancer
A check on how your local bridges rate on the national scale, oh and apparently
Paris Hilton is making a move on a Nascar star
But no one cares about Africa.
At http://www.cnn.com/ we finally learn that:
Anne Hatheway knows she's a good celebrity
A couple welcomed their 17th child (that's just irresponsible)
Someone was mauled to death at Ving Rhames' home
A missing UK girl was seen in Belgium
An earthquake in Russia left 2,000 people homeless
Even the section of headlines dedicated to Africa is devoid of any news on Darfur
Why does no one care about Africa?
MSNBC...nothing
Fox news...zip
ABC news...nada
No one cares about Africa.
The numbers - The lowest estimate of deaths since 2003 in Darfur is 200,000 at a minimum and some estimates have reached as high as 2 million. To put this into perspective the total casualty rate of every country involved in the Iraq war is at 135,000. This includes military and civilian.
Thousands of Africans are raped and murdered every month. The UN claims that despite the many deaths there is no intent to commit genocide. And isn't that a relief to all of us.
Darfur, not Iraq, is the defining moment of this decade. It will not be more than a footnote in our history books but make no mistake it is the one tragedy that can be stopped. It is a chance for not just America but for the world to stand together united in a fashion that has not been seen since the days of Adolf Hitler.
Did the images above shock you? Make you turn away? Good. It means you have a pulse. It means you're part of the collective that is the Human Race. It means that perhaps the people of the Sudan may out live this tragedy because somewhere there are enough people that were shocked and ashamed enough into action.
Want more?!?!?
3 comments:
A post in 2007..here I am looking at a report saying about 800 people died in west africa in the unrest. No, the talk is all about the middle east and north africa.
It is almost unreal..like bizzaro.
It is now March 2012. 5 years later..
You’re right, no one cares about Africa. But I do, I really genuinely do. But what can I possibly do about it except feeling bad, sad, angry and frustrated about this unbelievably absurd situation.. All I get to do is hate on this selfish, greedy and indifferent world and their lear leaders…
Clearly, it will take a major disaster to unite everyone and to put all of us on the same prospective..
If anyone would care, then you would have a bunsh of commoms and people would constantly fly to africa adopt kids and give money, no one does the little box in the supermarkt does not count you put a couple cents in there and then for a couple seconds you feel like you did sth good and then you have already forgotten about it. noon cares and that is a shame, stupid selfish society
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