"Brown bodies + no money = Worthless?"

As I am writing this entry, the people of Somalia are once again facing the devastating after effects of a major flood caused by the overflow of the countries major rivers, the Shabelle and Juba.

Pictures of Brown bodies, moving about through soon-to-be disease infested waters are mere snap shot glimpses on world news channels. One will notice the minimal emphasis, on part of our world's media and "first world" governments, placed on the millions of Black bodies affected in a country that is notorious for its lack of infrastructure and war ridden history. Apart from the movie, "Black Hawk Down" centered in Mogadishu, and the running "jokes" (horrific as they are) about hunger stricken skinny Somalians (especially out of the mouths of other Brown people) that have pushed the country into the public eye, why no attention and world support now?

Why are the news stories about the millions of Brown women, men, boys, girls, grandmothers, and grandfathers relegated to a mere two minutes?

Why haven't the Obamas, Sharptons, and Rangels attempted to wake the world out its slumber?

Why? Because Brown bodies, surviving in countries, territories, cities, and villages, that are impoverished...or without resources that we can use (unless we are already using them)...are seen as nonentities...and not our priority!

Brown bodies + money = we can tolerate you...Brown bodies + no money = Worthless!