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21 pictures that will restore your faith in humanity
Sunday, June 24, 2012 5:32 PM
1KIKI
Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.
Monday, June 25, 2012 8:21 AM
AURAPTOR
America loves a winner!
Quote:Originally posted by 1kiki: "Why do you automatically assume all those things for the little girl ?" What I see is that her skin is brown, her features are Indian and her clothes are Indian. She appears to be rural Indian, who for the most part are illiterate, impoverished, and short-lived.
Monday, June 25, 2012 8:42 AM
6IXSTRINGJACK
Quote:Originally posted by 1kiki: Oh dear. We must have got our wires crossed. I have a pretty good job which I will definitely hang on to as best I can manage. I just did want to express that indeed, some people - even me - have been in similar situation to you, even facing definite bias, and come out OK. Anyway, that guy and girl - probably had no agenda at all. The posting of it I think is not so innocent. If we weren't to think of it as people crossing barriers to caring - like white first-world dude and poor Indian girl - it wouldn't have been posted as an example of that point. On a different topic, let me reiterate - I'm so stoked you got that job. It's generally easier to get a better job once you have a job in the first place. Anyway, anything else I'll PM to you. I'm sure most people aren't interested in what has become a private conversation.
Monday, June 25, 2012 3:21 PM
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 5:30 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 1kiki: "My example was going to be the same white guy smiling and giving a flower to a white girl the same age in the same pose in the picture." Which one of these is an example touching enough to "restore your faith in humanity"?
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 4:55 AM
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 5:53 AM
NIKI2
Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...
Quote:So my point is that I prickle at the idea that a (relatively) wealthy person can make poverty all better through a meaningless gesture.
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 11:31 AM
MAGONSDAUGHTER
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 11:57 AM
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