It is strange how some of the best stories that could change things, make us more tolerant and maybe help us understand and appreciate "others" never get into the newspapers.
Is it because these poor, not-so-elite people are not target audience for the publication? Or maybe those who are at the helm of affairs think these stories are just not important? Why should the readers care, they ask.
Stories on a retail store opening make it to the front page, stories planted by agencies get a thinck headline, but seldom do these stories that tell us of our own biases, of the others' struggles and stories that just reflect the naked, ugly truth that many of us can't bear to see.
Or is it because we don't want the truth?
There could be a thousand reasons. And none justify the neglect of these issues.
Maybe that's why I appreciate the opportunity to blog. At least someone will read it. Maybe it will make someone think, and maybe act.
And then my job is done.
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