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I stumbled across this article while looking for more Junot Diaz stories. Very thought-provoking read. I agree with most of what Mr. Diaz opined. Even if you don't agree with most of it, or any of it, it is always good to read the other point-of-view. Read it!
"Because we must change, we also must refuse the temptation to look away when confronted withdisasters. We must refuse the old stories that tell us to interpret social disasters as naturaldisasters. We must refuse the familiar scripts of victims and rescuers that focus our energiessolely on charity instead of systemic change..."it's an astute observation to point out that apocalypses reveal problems and truths. apocalypses give rise to chaos, death, and other horrible things that people often wa...