my worry about statements like these is that one, people will mistakenly assume that nonprofit "do-good" organizations are somehow MORE corrupt then any general corporate entity (i would argue they are probably about roughly equal, given that they are all capitalist ventures); and two, that the information will make people lazy in their suspicion (which is not the same as critical, in my mind).
but the general idea i agree with, and its why i primarily give all my household item donations to Salvation Army instead of the thrift store that supports the LGBT community health center. because the latter has done tons of shady things over the years to the community (in addition to any help its given) and even though SA is homophobic (and other personally problematic ideas because of being christian-based), their overhead is amazingly low, so i prefer to support their model of being a charitable organization.
also, don't get me started on all that fcking pink ribbon breast cancer bullisht. i want to stab susan g. koman in the eyeball.
I think the writer is reffering mostly to overseas charities, specifically India that have made a business of soliciting huge sums of money from Americans and Europeans and then mistreating the intended recipiants. I have also heard of Mexican orphanages doing this too. And as I wrote below it used to be common practice at Indian Schools here in the West. A friend of mine, a Navajo who is now in his 60s went to an Indian School here in NM that was run by the African Methodist Episcopal Church that used to send the kids around the US to dance and do "Indian Stuff" to amuse potential donators, but would also sell them sexually to people. Plus a lot of the girls were given to big donators to act as maids and nannys, who were virtual slaves and sex toys until they were well into their 20s
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yeah, that generally covers it, re: susan g. koman. the whole idea of 'consumer activism' but what is the money going towards? and how much? like the recent RED campaign to "help Africa". help Africa do what?!?
THe author is saying don't donate to charities overseas especially until you can personally check them out. In India there are orphanages, battered women's shelters, etc. that solicit charity from Americans to improve living conditons for its residents but instead the solicitors pocket the money and don't help the pensioners. Or somtimes worse these places are actually brothels that force women and children into sex slavery pretending to be a charitble organization and asking Americans and Europeans for money. And don't think that it only happens overseas, there are documented cases of this happening in the US and Canada at Indian Schools as recently as the 1980s
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but the general idea i agree with, and its why i primarily give all my household item donations to Salvation Army instead of the thrift store that supports the LGBT community health center. because the latter has done tons of shady things over the years to the community (in addition to any help its given) and even though SA is homophobic (and other personally problematic ideas because of being christian-based), their overhead is amazingly low, so i prefer to support their model of being a charitable organization.
also, don't get me started on all that fcking pink ribbon breast cancer bullisht. i want to stab susan g. koman in the eyeball.
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