Skid Row

Sorry that this response to the youtube video is so late!
Watching this video was very eye opening for me. I agree with Meg and Steph that we truly do live sheltered lives here on Siena's campus. Living here in Loudonville, specifically in the bubble of our campus really gives us no exposure to the extremely unfortunate conditions that people are experiencing throughout the country.
I really can't believe that the people of Los Angeles, California and the entire country are not doing much to help solve this problem. No matter what the true problems are that these people are having, all of them are Americans which means that all of them deserve a fair chance and a helping hand when they need it. We need to start turning our attention to the issues that are really affecting American citizens, not what is happening in other countries. Its great that we are trying to go into other countries to help get them out of poverty, and to "spread democracy", but how much faith should those people have in us when they see the situations that some of Americans are living in? How can we help other countries if we can't even help ourselves?