"The discourse of human rights and pain and torture is so dramatically powerful that it can silence many discourses of exploitation and oppression."
1. Can any long-term good come of misguided aid? Although these may not be the only options, is it more harmful to impose Westernized cultural norms or to leave developing countries to their own devices?
2. Why is it that the US the US government continues to give monetary aid to human rights violations abroad when statistics on poverty, rape, lack of access to decent health care and education for impoverished children, etc. etc. indicate that programs to combat these issues in the US are in sore need of more funding?
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