FYE Who's job is it to care?

Who’s Job is it to Care?

In light of the earthquakes in Haiti, and the recent earthquakes/tsunami/volcanoes in Indonesia I have began to ask my self this question. The Indonesian and Haitian people were not associated with the United States, yet in both cases the world as looked to the U.S. to help in the recovery necessary after natural disasters. I can see that as Americans and fellow human beings, we feel for these people. However, I find it interesting that we have homelessness, disease, and a terrible foster care system in our own country, which people don’t seem to feel the urge to throw their money at. 

What is it that makes Americans care so much about events such as Haiti, when they have seem to lost interest in their own people? Is it the president’s reaction that Americans use to gage their reaction? Perhaps it is just the medias coverage of issues that muster the attention and compassion of the American people. The media is a business of supply and demand, so what is it that makes the media focus more on natural disasters than on the everyday issues in the U.S.? Perhaps the death packed action of a natural disaster is just more interesting than the slow death and turmoil of the American people.