Do we honestly see each other caring about poverty in Africa years later. Didn't we have similar charitable fads with Asia a decade back?
2007-12-21 05:24:32 · 10 answers · asked by Ahm 1 in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
Europeans in general & Americans in particular have always been big on helping others. Until recently the idea was to help them by forcing our culture & religions on them... as we considered our way as superior to those of other cultures & something leading to peace & prosparity.
Recently we've determined that to be successful we need to help them develop an economic engine so they can help themselves. However telling a starving man to plant corn or rice doesn't work, because he will be long dead by harvest time. The current challenge is to keep them alive while they learn to fight disease & starvation in the future. That is much more of a challenge than feeding them for several years. I hope this is not just a fad, because if it is, all hell will break loose in Africa.
A big problem in Africa is their culture of corruption... common in most 3rd World countries. If we can get past that, maybe they have a chance.
2007-12-21 11:56:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a number of on-going charity and relief efforts. They're been in place for many years. This time of year you'll get flyer's in the mail or see "Save the Children" TV ads.
Periodically there's a disaster, famine, war, drought etc that makes the news. This if followed by relief efforts and you see the "Save Africa" push that you mentioned. Perhaps less a fad then a response to a crisis.
Agreed, "Save Africa' may be pushed off the headlines by "Save Bangladesh" or "Save the victims of the Tsunami " where you again see relief efforts and called for monetary support. You may term it a fad but I'd prefer to call Paris Hilton's promise to go to Africa a "fad."
A note of caution. Investigate relief agencies before donating. Some give little money to what they collect for, spending more on money raising and salaries.
2007-12-21 09:45:42 · answer #2 · answered by icabod 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you will look at history you will see that in the late 60's there was a war on poverty in this country. There were people living like the 3rd world here. It has gotten better but there wasn't really a homeless problem then and now there is. I know there was Save the Children or something like in the 70s which helped children all over the world. A lot of the wealth in this country has come from wealthy people from all over world moving here. Americans are so diverse that you can't say that we are just a few groups. The only thing that most of us have in common is love for this country.
2007-12-23 21:16:14 · answer #3 · answered by Heart of man 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I hope you are not correct, in saying it is a short term fad. I feel that there are a lot of ( all colors) American people,who would give or share the last of thier food, with any starving person,especialy a child. It doesn't matter what country,It is Save Africa,because of the number of starving children there.How can a person set down to a meal, and enjoy it, knowing, a childs life could be saved with just the scraps thrown away.
2007-12-22 00:11:49 · answer #4 · answered by Dustndwind 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i do not imagine that's a fad, and that's surely no longer made from in uncomplicated words white human beings. maximum folk of human beings have continually cared, yet were both no longer knowledgeable about the topic matters in Africa or were basically uncertain of strategies to assist. With advances in technologies which includes the internet, human beings, and in reality human beings international can do some thing from signing petitions on-line to donating money over the internet. I do imagine that we are able to proceed to have lots of those who will prefer to assist Africa interior the arriving many years. there would properly be sessions of enhance and reduce in interest to the reason, yet I surely do no longer imagine that's a fad.
2016-10-19 22:18:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup, I think you're right. Our economics are pretty good right now, and statistics prove that's when Americans worry the most about poverty here and over seas. As soon as there is a hint of a recession, all that concern disappears.
2007-12-21 22:30:09 · answer #6 · answered by Derail 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it's a fad or not, I don't care. There are people that need help, and if we can give it to them, we should. Is it really that bad to be humanitarian? If it takes a fad to make more people help others, I'm all for it.
2007-12-21 08:16:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Blacks have always been at the bottom of everyone's list and if the efforts made by those of the Caucasian race is a fad then I shall accept that phase with a great appreciation. Because those who do nothing but criticize changes nothing.
2007-12-21 05:51:56 · answer #8 · answered by Owl 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
help, hell. A lot of the problems they have in Africa result directly or indirectly to misguided goody-two-shoes efforts on the part of the West. Feed two people today so fifty can starve tomorrow.
It's buttheaded feelgood nonsense that helps nothing in the long term.
2007-12-21 12:53:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Fly,
It's white guilt for slavery. GET OVER IT!!! We haven't slaves here for 140 years. I certainly didn't contribute to the slave issue here. My family didn't arrive here until the early 1900s, 40 years after slavery ended. I feel no guilt!!
2007-12-21 05:33:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋