Poverty and propaganda

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. The American myth is fully ingrained.

I can't help it.

I have never stepped into the home of a poor person in the states, saw my share of it in Tijuana. I am far from denial, and the recent conversations at Occupy are exactly about that.

But she lives a very sheltered life...and there is, just not as bad.

My mom, I get it, she lives in Mexico and the image we project abroad does not include that. So found some photos from Tennessee. Ah lovely web. She truly did not realize it, and compare and contrast was easy.

But we truly go out of our way to deny we even have poor.