It's part of a huge social media campaign that is supposed
to stop Joseph Kony who, with his army, has been abducting children in Uganda
and making them child soldiers.
"Awareness" is, as it always is, the response. But
what if the majority of people are already aware of what Joseph Kony has done
and is probably still doing? Where is the awareness about what citizens can do,
if there even is anything?
In my blog I’ve been pretty vocal about my opposition to
social media slactivism campaigns for a while now. Slactivism dilutes the
integrity of true awareness and exaggerates the benefits of awareness. I’m so
sick of it.
I’ve also long been a critic of organizations that mainly
(or only) serve interests counter productive to the causes they
raise money for. Don’t get me started on “Invisible Children,” an organization that
raises awareness and funds about Kony’s atrocities with film, merchandise and “social
action.” This Visible Children blog post will tell you what I think.
Yep I found a video on YouTube that was a response to the Kony video and it went into details about the Invisible Children organization. They are not what they appear to be! I wish I had saved the link, but I bet you could find the video. It was interesting.
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