Poverty and propaganda [View all]

[nadinbrzezinski]

Here is one that struck me as interesting. We went visiting Guanajuato, where of course there are some beggars.

My niece's comment...there is a lot of poverty in Mexico...(true)

So I pointed out to her that there are counties in the US that clearly compete with Mexican poverty. She argued to the ends of the earth that in the United States this could not be. First she lives a very protected life. Second, we rarely are exposed to it, and beware of the politico who speaks of this. His, or her carreer will be over in short order.

There are days I am tempted to travel to those specific counties in several southern states, or the Rez, and damn it...document it.

Did I mention Imperial County in California?

I dd practice taking documentary pictures of this Mexican poverty, alas they will live in my drive. Or they will until I can use them to compare and contrast...I feel the first step in dealing with it is to openly face it, and not hide our head in collective denial.