In today's society there are massive advertisements by celebrities and politicians to donate to helpless people around the world. Musicians of every genre host a variety of benefit concerts, claiming proceeds will be distributed to unfortunate people across the globe to enable them the necessitates they are lacking. Millions of fortunate people participate in donations and food drives, feeling a slight tug in their hearts that throughout the planet, another person has call it a night and go without. I strongly agree with those who sincerely offer a helping hand in order to benefit those who are without, having gone through such a circumstance a few times in my own life, but what I do have a problem with is those individuals who blow a mighty Roman trumpet to announce their so-called generosity in helping stranded people.
In 1985, a group of musicians united together to organize a charity called USA for Africa, releasing a song called "We are the World." Fortunately, many people across the world bought a copy of the single and over $40 million was raised alone in record sales. According to the charity, the $40 million was used to aid those in Africa and the USA to supply food and medicine, and as a complementary gift, they received their very own "We are the World" t-shirt. However, if anyone is a fan of VH1's I love the 80's, you will see footage of a helicopter, flying lowly over an African town, dropping a few bags of wheat to the starving people. This footage was more disgusting than the restrooms at AM PM. I would think that $40 million, especially back in the 80's, would be able to feed these unfortunate people more than just a bag of wheat and a lousy t-shirt. The charity organizers didn't even have the decent mannerism to get their lazy ass to Africa to personally deliver the bags of wheat, but had them thrown down from a helicopter, as though they were a filthy animal in the local zoo. To make matters worse, the musicians involved in the charity had the nerve to widely advertise their personal generosity, successfully convincing the average dullard how much of a super hero they are. Of course, I notice how the helicopter bit is strangely missing from Wikipedia and all other website information.
In this decade, there has been a wide variety of charity programming on television. It is sad and unfortunate that celebrities and politicians are constantly appearing on our televisions in these hard economic times, asking Mr. and Mrs. Low Income Joe to donate the little money that they have. I would think that if all these concerned celebrities and politicians donated five percent of their salaries, the money would probably be enough to feed many countries around the world for months, never having the same meal twice in one week. Now don't get me wrong, there are probably some celebrities and politicians who give because they actually care about those who are without, but believe me, those are the celebrities and politicians that you do not hear about in the newspaper for their great deeds.
The Uncompromisable Truth behind these global charities is just another marketing scheme to make the rich richer. Many of these egoist musicians and actors participate in these so-called charities to plug an album or movie that will end up tanking in sales anyways. Many arrogant politicians participate in these fake charities to win votes and approval from the American public, ensuring themselves a secure salary for many years to come. The fact of the matter is that peanut butter is to jelly like charity is to publicity. I know that if these charities were done for the "better of the unfortunate" there would not be tattered children in West Virginia viciously fighting over a can of pork and beans. And that, my friends, is The Uncompromisable Truth.
In today's society there are massive advertisements by celebrities and politicians to donate to helpless people around the world. Musicians of every genre host a variety of benefit concerts, claiming proceeds will be distributed to unfortunate people across the globe to enable them the necessitates they are lacking. Millions of fortunate people participate in donations and food drives, feeling a slight tug in their hearts that throughout the planet, another person has call it a night and go without. I strongly agree with those who sincerely offer a helping hand in order to benefit those who are without, having gone through such a circumstance a few times in my own life, but what I do have a problem with is those individuals who blow a mighty Roman trumpet to announce their so-called generosity in helping stranded people.
In 1985, a group of musicians united together to organize a charity called USA for Africa, releasing a song called "We are the World." Fortunately, many people across the world bought a copy of the single and over $40 million was raised alone in record sales. According to the charity, the $40 million was used to aid those in Africa and the USA to supply food and medicine, and as a complementary gift, they received their very own "We are the World" t-shirt. However, if anyone is a fan of VH1's I love the 80's, you will see footage of a helicopter, flying lowly over an African town, dropping a few bags of wheat to the starving people. This footage was more disgusting than the restrooms at AM PM. I would think that $40 million, especially back in the 80's, would be able to feed these unfortunate people more than just a bag of wheat and a lousy t-shirt. The charity organizers didn't even have the decent mannerism to get their lazy ass to Africa to personally deliver the bags of wheat, but had them thrown down from a helicopter, as though they were a filthy animal in the local zoo. To make matters worse, the musicians involved in the charity had the nerve to widely advertise their personal generosity, successfully convincing the average dullard how much of a super hero they are. Of course, I notice how the helicopter bit is strangely missing from Wikipedia and all other website information. 
In this decade, there has been a wide variety of charity programming on television. It is sad and unfortunate that celebrities and politicians are constantly appearing on our televisions in these hard economic times, asking Mr. and Mrs. Low Income Joe to donate the little money that they have. I would think that if all these concerned celebrities and politicians donated five percent of their salaries, the money would probably be enough to feed many countries around the world for months, never having the same meal twice in one week. Now don't get me wrong, there are probably some celebrities and politicians who give because they actually care about those who are without, but believe me, those are the celebrities and politicians that you do not hear about in the newspaper for their great deeds. 
The Uncompromisable Truth behind these global charities is just another marketing scheme to make the rich richer. Many of these egoist musicians and actors participate in these so-called charities to plug an album or movie that will end up tanking in sales anyways. Many arrogant politicians participate in these fake charities to win votes and approval from the American public, ensuring themselves a secure salary for many years to come. The fact of the matter is that peanut butter is to jelly like charity is to publicity. I know that if these charities were done for the "better of the unfortunate" there would not be tattered children in West Virginia viciously fighting over a can of pork and beans. And that, my friends, is The Uncompromisable Truth.
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ReplyDeleteThanks Jeff, the truth hurts in the face of this crisis in Haiti.
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks for visiting Secret Story Time, too.
Secretia
like your style and choice of topics;
ReplyDeletethe blog header says it all!
John
I guess I'm convinced some of the rich really give, but there are others who just enjoy getting others to give.
ReplyDeleteI'm right there with you on your views.
ReplyDeleteWell written. Thanks!!!
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You bring up an important point--nice post. It's important to know truly where your money is going when you make a donation, and to analyze how famous people treat their charitable acts. If they flaunt it, it could be for publicity for their own profit or it could be to raise awareness about the issue. It all depends on their manner of publicizing. It's important to keep a critical eye out on these issues, so thanks for the reminder.
ReplyDeleteNot only are a lot of so called charities really shams to cover money making schemes by wealthy individuals but the actions of the United States and the rest of the western powers in Africa have contributed to keeping the continent in the dark. Under the guise of Charity and friendship western countries and multi-national institutions like the IMF and the World Bank have continuously plundered the continent with no respect for it's people. The World Bank, IMF and multi-nationals either loan money to or offer to invest in African countries supporting brutal military dictatorships in the process. Instead of providing support and aid instead the strip the continent of its vast resources and forces the country to adhere by strict guidelines usually favoring the west. This I think is really key in understanding why the continent is the way it is I mean look through history Africa has almost always been dominated by the west and it still is. If you want to change the continent donating money is little more than a band-aid on a fractured skull, we need to stop supporting politicians and corporations who pursue these practices.
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