Fuck the Poor
I came across this remarkable advert on my FB feed. I think the disconnect is that we treat poverty as a matter of charity rather than as a political problem requiring a political remedy. No offense to the (no doubt) well-intentioned folks at The Pilion Trust Charity, but they are framing the problem in a self-defeating way.
Labels: charity, political economy, Political Not Ethical, poverty
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This one reminds me of the (now classic) Martha Rosler essay on documentary photography, which critiques the philanthropic appeal of so many of those images, which fundamentally misses the structural/political issues as well.
http://education.victoriavesna.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/Rosler-In_around.pdf
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