Tragedy
What's tragic to me is the genocide in Sudan, the burning of women in the Middle East, the starvation rate of kids around the world, the fact that everyday people die in sweatshops. These events are sad, yes, but they go beyond the realm of sadness for me because of the lack of recognition on the U.S's part. Plenty of sad, horrible events happen each day in the U.S i.e mass murder, deaths, natural disasters, but those are mentioned and talked about and mourned for. The tragic part that sets these global disasters apart for me is that in the U.S they don't recognize these massacres on the same level that they do of a "Home soil" one. News station are fairly local and brief when presenting the news, there is hardly ever anything about things that have happened outside of even the current state. World news stations do their best to cover the most that they can but they simply can't cover everything. The true tragedy in all of this I suppose, is how easily people forget. Many Americans are used to the news simply repeating facts over and over again and so instead of these facts sinking in, which causes us to remember them like a textbook and watch them play out like a movie. "Yep. Apple Factories in China have suicide nets on the outside." What!? That's a big deal and it's rarely discussed on a daily basis. My theory is that this is because people don't want to think about the fact that these horrible things are happening around them, it's uncomfortable and calls for fixing which requires sacrifice.
No comments:
Post a Comment