WHY YOU SO DAMN SELFISH JAVI?

In response to my “I don’t care about Darfur article.” I received many insightful comments… I want to post a snippet from jules- indigo also I will like to thank him/her for expressing thoughts on my article… I've also added my response(of course) Enjoy!

“to say that you don't care about what happens in Darfur is not right. There's a difference [between] taking care of self, and taking care of home, but there's also responsibility. Essentially we are keepers of each other. “

“Please read, "How Europe under developed Africa". What I am saying is, what we allow to happen to our neighbors (elsewhere, here) may someday happen to us. In the beginning Africans were selling Africans to Europeans, and then Europeans flipped it on them. Taking care of self, means that you are also taking care of each other. We shouldn't have to wait for the injustice to happen to us for us to know its wrong, "injustice anywhere, is a threat to justice everywhere".”
-JULES-INDIGO


I am not disputing that there are innumerous atrocities occurring around the world. Nor am I saying that these atrocities mean nothing. What I am trying to say…. At this point in time there is absolutely nothing anyone can do to fix these issues……And at the very least the attempt to help will cause an even bigger issue…. Let’s run through a very typical scenario. Shall we?

Somewhere there is a European occupied country in Africa. Due to decades of institutional racism, and segregation. The people of this country decide to revolt against their oppressors… but it doesn’t stop at removing the “white” man. The oppressed then turn their attention on those who were held in higher regard and privilege.( The “house slave” if you will.)

What happens then can only be defined as a snowball effect of terror and violence. People are executed, women are raped, children are left hungry, and dying, the countries economical infrastructure is either destroyed or used as the bank account for those in charge……

Now all we see here in the U.S is the after effect of this back story we see the poverty and the violence.. But we don’t see the cause….. Nothing we do from the comforts of our cushy western lives can fix this situation…. Yes we say we need to help our fellow man but which group do we help.. If we help one we neglect the other the cycle continues…. We need to realize the world is screwed up, because of generations of hate and ignorance.. It will take generations of the very opposite to fix this issue…. At this moment there isn’t one single government with the resources in place to fix this. Especially!! The U.S

Now if you want to personally fix these issues by all means go ahead. Just don’t tell me it’s my responsibility because it’s not. Personally I couldn’t tell you how happy I am that it isn’t.

JAVI