Paris Hilton changing the world.

http://jenbrea.typepad.com/africabeat/2007/10/paris-hilton--1.html

This blog directs one to the frightening level our media has reduced its self to. Paris Hilton taking her show to Rwanda, to what save the destitute dying children? No doubt that continent of Africa has its problems, but the issues it faces have merely become fads. We no longer see the real issues being addressed instead we are blinded by such things as Paris Hilton taking her hit reality show to Rwanda. Is seeing someone like Paris Hilton lending a helping hand supposed to motivate the rest of the world? Yet we cannot put the blame on Paris Hilton and her producers alone for the uneducated information we receive about Africa, the blame can be spread out to Hollywood in general. Films such as Hotel Rwanda, Blood Diamond, etc. show the horrors that those particular places in Africa have been burdened with. You are brought to tears and sickened by the things you see. At the end of these films you walk away with the feeling that the entire Continent is hopeless, that the horrors you just heard retold still exist, when in fact many of the films you watch about Africa are exactly the opposite. As the blog says Rwanda is one of the safest countries in Africa and on its way to be one of the most economically sound countries is Africa as well. Though these films do educate us on history that we should all be aware of, given the fact that 800,000 lost their lives. Since then Rwanda has seen promising economic gains and the country remains at peace. Its scary to think that thousands of people will be watching Paris Hilton every Tuesday try to live the "povern destitute terrifying" life of a Rwandan, when we could be focusing on the current issue of say Dar fur a region of Sudan that is experiencing one of the worst mass killings, genocide, of the 21st century. We should be educating ourselves on the horrifying acts of the Sudan government supplying weapons to the Janjaweed in order to carry out a systematic killing of their own people. Or say protesting the Olympics that will be held in Beijing China because of their economic tie they have to Sudan and the support they are giving to the government to ensure their oil supply will not be affected. Though media does reach out to many that would otherwise be uninformed, the intentions and methods of informing need to be reevaluated.