Turning a blind eye
Photo of Thembi Nguban
I think it is human nature to force out, or simply ignore, tragedy that it not our own. This is not the most upbeat way to start the week, but something that has been on my mind for a great deal of time.
I had heard a piece on NPR about an African woman named Thembi. For a year she kept a recorded diary of her experience as a woman living with AIDS – she began the journal at the age of 19 when a producer met her during a more general interview he was doing about the AIDS culture in Africa. I sat in my car, very late for work, and could not pry myself away from the radio. Her story captivated and saddened me. It was an awakening – it reminded me that even though this was not my story that it was still something I should be actively aware and responsive about. I urge you to go and listen to her story – and to remember that it could be you or someone you know one day. Get active.
Why do you keep posting the picture of the naked handicapped gipsy child on msn images? Is that just because your minds are sick? You are violating all the laws of decency. Shame on you! You do not even allow a decent discussion about the subject. You come up with pictures from 18 years ago and present them as today’s facts. How come you never talk about the child abuse in the USA? Why not comment on the Mormon abuse of children? You are a bunch of ignorant Christian right specimens praying on people’s sensitivities. So, what did you personally do to solve the unsolvable problems of that child? Maybe Julie Fletcher should adopt him. No? Why not? Isn’t he also the son of God?
Maybe you can substitute the photo for that of a naked Julie Fletcher to further abuse your reader. Why not? Also add Jon Henshaw. And make sure that the picture consistently appears on the first page of the msn imagines for keyword Romania.
Take the picture out now you!