Being on this earth for 17 years I have never encountered anything standing in my way to a bright future but myself, but children in India can't say the same. Imagine at 8 years old your mom looks at you and says you need to start prostitution to be able to bring home money for her to able to feed you. Many of us would probably give our moms weird looks or question her mental health, but children in India, if not given a proper education, are forced into prostitution as their only source of income. Born into Brothels, directed by Zana Briski, reveals the hardships kids in India have to go through to have a normal life making me realize just how lucky I am to have the life I was given.
As we grow up our emotions tend to blend with our reactions and it really shows when young Indian children are being yelled at by their parents using vulgar words and they almost seem to be used to it. Seeing this reaction on the children's face made me think about how long they have been treated like this and what truly makes parents act like this. Does the lack of money create such problems and pressures that the parents drop everything on the kids or is it just India's society? But, if the lack of money does create such problems I fear the United States' future. As our economy slowly falls into a slump, I wonder how American families today will compare to American families in 20 years, but I guess we will just have to wait and see.
Growing up in the suburban setting has dampened the outside world from all of us with in the suburban bubble. What happens in the bubble can never cause any harm but imagination can only piece together what happens outside of the bubble. The issues happening around the world such as the problems raised in Born into Brothels barely even reach the surface of the bubble for us to get a glimpse of what is truly happening. I think we all need to step outside of the suburban bubble and look around. We need to help those in need who aren't as fortunate as we are. We take for granted everything we have been given since birth and barely take time to stop and just say thank you for the amazing life we have been given. We all need to take away this lesson and use it to it's fullest potential. Take time out of your life to change somebody else's life and while you do, reflect on your life and realizes how lucky you are and how much you have taken for granted. An eye for an eye may not make the whole world blind, it may clear up our vision to truly see what is out there.
It is so unbelievably true how we seem to be living in a bubble here in suburbia. I find is amazing how oblivious to the outside world we can get here. We have all been given amazing and privileged lives, and I feel that a requirement for that must be to have an understanding of what underprivileged really means.
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