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So Americans don't care about yellow people. — Brooklynian

So Americans don't care about yellow people.

armchair_warrior
armchair_warrior
edited November -1 in Brooklyn Politics

Sorta quoting 25 cents here.

this proves him wrong!!

Seems to me white guilt works better in black areas :p.

But most organizations told the Chronicle that they had raised less than $1 million and more than a dozen relief groups, including Doctors Without Borders, said they are not actively raising money for relief efforts at all.

http://money.cnn.com/2011/03/18/pf/japan_earthquake_aid/

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  • idlewild
    idlewild

    Two things: The economies during the top four were in much better shape. Also, Japan is perceived as having a very robust economy next to ours, which is still in the dumps. Plus, at least to me, a good size portion of Japan may not be livable for quite a few years if they can't get the runaway fission under control. I believe it's a wait and see attitude for a lot of potential donors.

  • cool the kid
    cool the kid

    America doesn't care about anybody bro

    Plus Hurricane Katrina happened in '05 when the economy was robust

    Money's a little tighter now

  • armchair_warrior
    armchair_warrior

    That would go well with the story that america is better off in the past but Haiti disproves that :p. I couldn't think of that dudes name finally came to me. Kanye West lol. I'm like its not 50 cents lol.

  • modsquad2.0
    modsquad2.0

    Interesting that the chart doesn't show that 4 days after the Sichuan earthquake 208 million was raised. I believe people living in Sichuan are of the yellow persuasion. So is it ignorance or racism that you fail to even mention a tragedy that killed over 68,000 of your peeps?

    From the source, not the slanted CNN article, typical CNN:

    Nonprofit officials say the difference in fund raising for the disaster in Japan compared with the response to the crisis in Haiti, for example, is to be expected given the very different contexts.“With Japan you have an industrialized country with a very strong, respected government with all of the structures and systems and the ability to take the lead,” said Caryl M. Stern, chief executive of U.S. Fund for Unicef, in New York.

    Because Japan has resources, she said, her organization could step back and conduct an assessment to figure out what role it could best play in relief efforts. The earthquake in Haiti was a very different situation, said Ms. Stern. Because of the country’s grinding poverty and the damage its government sustained, the needs were clear from the beginning and aid groups had to jump in­.

  • homeowner
    homeowner

    I also wonder how much of it has to do with the culture of self-sufficiency and not asking for help. For example, they were refusing help from the international nuclear community as the reactors were melting down. I don't see the PM calling for international assistance.

  • idlewild
    idlewild

    I believe ge

    homeowner said:

    I also wonder how much of it has to do with the culture of self-sufficiency and not asking for help. For example, they were refusing help from the international nuclear community as the reactors were melting down. I don't see the PM calling for international assistance.

    I believe he did. Quite vocally, actually. At the very least he more than welcomed international assistance. From what I understand a whole slew of nuclear engineers and scientists have been assisting the Japanese team at the nuke plants.

  • dumbobo
    dumbobo

    Japan has more than enough money to recover by themselves, and they have food/clothes for those victims, just it's hard for them to reach those areas, more important, even japanese army is scared of nuclear radiation and don't carry food over those areas. Money is necessary for economy recovering later,Now, they need people to help them do the work. A lot of work will be generated in Japan for the recovery, we may need to go there to find a job.


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  • dumbobo
    dumbobo

    Their smiles are the hope the country. Japanese are incredibly tolerant and cooperative. Wish them the best.

  • boygabriel
    boygabriel

    You're right again armchair, there is no factor for comparison whatsoever other than race, specifically East Asians.

    They're definitely hated the most on earth.

  • homeowner
    homeowner

    Idlewild said:

    I believe ge

    I believe he did. Quite vocally, actually. At the very least he more than welcomed international assistance. From what I understand a whole slew of nuclear engineers and scientists have been assisting the Japanese team at the nuke plants.

    Really? Because as recently as this evening on 60 Minutes, the news has been reporting that US engineers and scientists were on the ground for some period of time before the Japanese would accept their assistance.

    Disaster in Japan

  • whynot_31
    whynot_31

    In addition to being embarrassed at "needing aid", many countries avoid accepting aid out of fear there will be stings from the donor attached.

    For example, for several years, Hugo Chavez was able to draw international attention to the huge wealth gap in the US by donating oil to its most needy citizens.

    Clearly, there are gains to be obtained from donating to one of the richest countries in the world (in this case it was the United States). The question becomes do those gains match the donor's intent?

    http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/international/2009/jan/Venezuela-Suspends-Controversial-US-Oil-Aid-Program.html

    BTW, I believe the thousands of US troops stationed in Okinawa are presently assisting in relief efforts.

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