Who Cares About You?

Segregation is for the birds

Thanks for sharing.

I think the problem lies in the reflection in the mirror. We want that image to reflect someone we can be proud of, and we tend to associate or disassociate with others because they burnish that image through encouragement or can bring some benefit to you by the association. People that reflect things we don't want to be get shunned; unwed (or teen) parents, drug users, criminals, unemployed, homeless...
It isn't that we don't care at all. We just don't want to be sullied by the association.
At the end of the day, your works on this Earth may get you praise and adolation, but won't matter in the long run unless you can affect a real change in someone's life. That means getting out of your comfort zone. These "advocates" that make a great living as a politician or community organizer are seldom earnest in their efforts, they just want to be seen as such. I get real suspicious when I see a preacher in fancy clothes and driving a fancy car. Or a Senator that purports to have overcome all odds that is a Rhodes scholar and went to an Ivy League school. Ultimately, it is for their self that they do what they do and say what they say. Having a grievance is a whole cottage industry in many parts of this country.

There are real problems out there that could use some good people to get after them. My personal issue that gets me charged up to do something is in human trafficking. I have seen things in my travels that would make any moral human being blanche - organ harvesting, smuggling of girls as sex workers as young as 8 years old, child Soldiers. Right here in the USA there is an unholy pipeline from the foster child system to the pornography and sex industry that no one talks about. It is particularly perverse in "woke" California.
My advice: find something where your passion lies and do your best to make a difference. Do it with your time, and your own money. Swing a hammer for Habitat for Humanity. Buy a dinner or a coat for a homeless man. Go down to skid row and listen to the stories of people who but for the grace of God and the circumstances of your life, could be you. Make a difference.