longing for a mother's touch
I’ve noticed a lot of seemingly single white females in New York City tugging around little Asian girls. It wouldn’t be a big deal or something to note except the women are all very similar in dress, demeanor, and handling of their daughters. I’m not one to judge someone’s intentions in forking over thousands of dollars in saving unwanted babies, but is there ever a point that you CAN judge it or any other humanitarian aid for children? Like for instance, today in a coffee shop, a woman came in with a man. They made a snide comment about the place, wondering why so and so had recommended it, then the woman said “You’ll see how beautiful it was there and why I didn’t want to be back in the city.” She opened her laptop and continued to show the man every single picture she took on her trip to Africa in some religious missionary rich thing I dunno. I ignored her at first as I typed away at some school stuff, but after awhile the way she was speaking about these kids, like they were some beautiful helpless dark creatures that complimented her milky white heavenly skin dying for a cause and an armful of babies, was a little hard to to close-off.
Towards the end I decided to transcribe what she was saying. Granted I’m not a secretary… so, like… it’s not verbatim… but there are no liberties… and tell me, am I wrong, or am I wrong?
My unedited notes:
LIstening to a woman talk about how poor African kids share jolly ranchers, like “IT’S JUST A JOLLY RANCHER” but at least the moral of the story is that they’re all so adorably helpless and poor that they share one jolly rancher among each other. She cried cause “it’s soooo moving! It’s incredible, their, sense of community,” and omgod, aren’t these black babies so beautiful. Oh but look at how blonde HER hair got!! it happened from being in the hot, african sun. She used the picture on her facebook, omgod and her friend commented on it and said “The kids must think you’re a movie star!!!” They’re HER kids… These kids have such a different … (pause for thoughtful reflectoin) there is so much that they don’t have. their life is so drastically different, but what they want is just like everyone else: “They want LOVE and AFFECTION.”
One little girl had ringworm on her head and lost her hair, and she was totally grossed out by it.
Man listening with abject interest:
Maybe, I can talk to, you know Bob at the company, and we can see about getting some money to them! LIke a donation or something!!
Blonde Lady:
TOTALLY! I can , you know, write up my very moving and life changing story.
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I guess I’m wrong.
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Things to do: Find my next good deed
Things to Make: donations
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