Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Do American's Have Any Idea?

Is this woman's pain any less to us because she wears a scarf on her head? Because she doesn't live in the USA? Because she prays five times a day instead of once a week?

I put my last posting on the 40+ members of one Palestinian family killed by Israeli forces on Facebook and asked if empathy still exists, or ever did, in our country. I got back some great feedback, mostly that Americans are empathetic, if they know what is going on. With popular journalism all but dead in America, my friend Seth pointed out there are organizations like If Americans Knew trying to get the word out. But how far is their reach? A few stats from their site:

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