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What don't New Orleans, Haiti and Japan have in common?
When New Orleans was severely hit by hurricane Katrina a few years ago, as you all remember, the Red Cross received a considerable amount of donations to help those who were affected by the disaster. Then an earthquake hit Haiti last year, and once again the Red Cross received funds to help those who had had the misfortune of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. And, finally, last month the Red Cross could also count with the goodwill of strangers who wanted to help the residents of Northeastern Japan, whose homeland was destroyed by a tsunami.
Now, the really odd thing about it: If you had to guess, who do you think received most money?
If the figures provided by CNN are correct, the earthquake in 2010 decimated more than a fourth of Port-au-Prince's population... yet they received the least. The body count in Japan is approximately 10% of Haiti's, yet they received more money than the Caribbean island. And, for every 10 Japanese people dead in the tsunami, Hurricane Katrina killed 1 person in the American South. And, even if "George Bush doesn't care about black people", Louisiana amassed nearly two times more donations than Japan.
Why? Was it because we couldn't see Haitians shaking on TV during the earthquake, but we saw Japanese houses being washed away and we had even more footage from Katrina? Is it because Americans could relate to Southerners, the Japanese felt more compassionate towards North-Easterners, and Haitians had no one to turn to?
Any ideas?
Edit: The CNN video thingy is acting up :mad:
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Last edited by Lira on Apr-16-2011 at 18:51
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