Everyday its help Liberian children or build a school in Africa as if the children here have the help they need. If you are a have-not in America you are pretty much nothing. They say go to school when schools are being shot up, when you can't go to school without fear of being robbed or killed for your jacket or shoes. How can you concentrate on Mathematics when you go home and don't have anything to eat. There is no welfare system anymore. Unemployments at a high yet all you here about is how Lucy Lui wants to save the children overseas or how Oprah feels American students don't want to participate. Ask her has she ever had a gun to her face or had a friend murdered and see if she can still participate. What do you think?
2007-02-02 17:53:03 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
So So true, why are we building schools in Iraq and Africa when they are closing 50 schools in Detroit for lack of funding!!! That is a very valid point
2007-02-02 18:09:00 · update #1
I agree and I've often wondered this myself. Don't get me wrong, helping anyone - anywhere who needs it is a very nobel thing and should not be looked down upon in any way shape or form. However, there is SO MUCH that needs to be done here as well, and too often I see stories relating how local charities geared at helping those in need here are in dire straits, right alongside the story of a celebrity who just gave millions of dollars to a foreign cause. Or, a story about how 50 schools are about to close in Detroit due to lack of funding right alongside the story about how the pres. needs another few billion in order to build schools in Iraq.
We need to get our priorities back in order.
2007-02-02 18:03:47 · answer #1 · answered by freyas_kin28 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-16 20:02:33 · answer #2 · answered by forgach 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I totally agree......American celebrities "forget" to help their own because that would not grab headlines as doing so abroad does. They are trying to promote themselves to a larger audience and market. This also explains why they are not patriotic or loyal to their own country. Their interests are global.
2007-02-02 17:58:18 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. US of A, Baby! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
very true, it's the old 'not in my backyard ' denial mentality.
the celebrities want to choose something that will ge the most media attention
2007-02-02 17:58:16 · answer #4 · answered by onemark1966 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is the best question I've seen! I totally agree.
2007-02-02 18:14:27 · answer #5 · answered by kastoo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋