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You could have saved some money and taken her to Appalachia where there are Americans living in extreme poverty as well.   You don't need to fly your child to India to teach her that people don't have the same as her.  Take her into the projects.  Take her to volunteer at a Soup Kitchen.  The money that you used to fly to India could have been put toward helping out some people here.

While travel is nice (I personally love to travel), your justification for travel has fallen short.  You can learn about poverty right here in your own backyard AND have the opportunity to actually help them out. [/quote]

That's what I was thinking too.  I grew up in the mountains with the poorest of the poor.  I knew people without electricity or people who only had electricity in the kitchen.  There were people that bagged up leaves in the fall and used them as insulation around the bottom of their trailers.
There are a bunch of abandoned houses where I grew up and many of them are inhabited by families.  It's pretty sad and my kids have seen it.  [/quote]

Shelter?  Running water?   Real clean water they don't have to walk miles to get?

No slavery?

They are actually living the fucking dream in your town. [/quote]

There is a documentary on Shelby Lee Adams.  He grew up in Appalachia and now goes back and photographs it.  His photos are amazing and very real.  The documentary provides more insight into the people he photographs and how he photographs them.  It was eye opening to me.  I suggest you take a look at it.  If you think these people are living the dream, you are surely out of touch with reality.   I never really knew much about the people who lived there until I saw this.  Somehow, as concerned as we are about helping poverty stricken countries (and I am all for that, mind you), we also seem to be overlooking an unspoken population of America.  [/quote]

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