Something to Think About: The Little Girl

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Something to Think About: The Little Girl

What I have to say is best conveyed through a photograph—published in the New York Times on March 26, 1993:

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It is a picture of a toddler—a little girl. She is on a dry and dusty road, emaciated and collapsing of hunger and fatigue, trying to crawl her way to a UN food site. Just a few feet behind her stands a vulture, waiting for the little girl to die.

Soon, it will be dinnertime for one of the two.

Please take a moment and allow this image to be seared into your conscience.

The photojournalist who captured this image was a South African named Kevin Carter. He and three others formed a group known as the “Bang Bang Club”, and traveled throughout Southern Africa, capturing the atrocities in the region. This shot won him the Pulitzer Prize in photojournalism in 1993—for documenting the effects of famine and war in the Sudan.

Kevin’s fame was short-lived, as the horrified public’s reaction was intensely negative. The obvious question was: “Did you help the little girl?”

He didn’t. Fellow journalists tried to defend Kevin by pointing out the emotional detachment that’s necessary… for journalists… to document… you know… such tragedies. HE shouldn’t be punished for having this required trait… should he?? Something… yes. Something like that.

KEVIN DID HIS JOB! That’s right… Isn’t it??

I mean… If everyone dropped their cameras and ran to the aid of the little girls, we wouldn’t have this image, would we?? No documentation of the atrocities. Not one other shred of evidence of the evil. And, of course, no Pulitzer prize.

But maybe we would save the little girls??? Just askin’.

I’m writing this today to encourage you to think about all the innocent little boys and girls in your community. You know, the ones we dutifully send to school each day… to learn some really important stuff... like CRT and sexual perversions, all the while encouraged to participate in a clinical experiment.

If all this goes terribly wrong, how will we justify our inaction to:

• The future imprisoned anarchist, who learned to hate our country and culture in our schools?

• The grieving family at the wake of a former student, who was called “courageous” by school officials for going all the way with gender re-assignment? (Over 50% won’t make it, you know.)

• The family of the dead or permanently disabled teenager, who school officials convinced to take an experimental drug?

• The traumatize children living in the fear that anyone around them could have a deadly communicable disease?

Unfortunately, Mr. Carter did not have the strength of character, or moral foundation, to know that he could recover from his sin of omission. Haunted by the questions, Kevin Carter took his own life—less than a year after receiving the Pulitzer.

Maybe it’s not too late for us to do something. Anything. Like gathering all our friends, family and like-minded people to just GO to a school board meeting… Like getting our Pastors to tell their congregations what the Word of God says about leading innocent children astray—then demanding that we put some feet to our faith. Like not letting up until our woke school board is recalled or voted out.

“In Your wrath, O God, remember mercy.” (Habakkuk 3:2)