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I read with interest Rosa Ehrenreich's recent comments that "public service is not done in a vacuum...We're saying that there are things like poverty, homelessness, racism that are wrong."
Saying that poverty, homelessness and racism are wrong is like saying that it sometimes rains in Boston. Although a scintillating observation, it is a moot point.
I took an unscientific poll at breakfast this morning. I asked my fellow breakfasters if they thought that poverty, homelessness and racism are wrong.
To my surprise, everyone said yes. I realized that Ehrenreich does not have sole intellectual possession over the idea that poverty, homelessness and racism are bad. This bumper-sticker mentality does a disservice to everyone who has ever committed a minute to help another human being. The rest of Harvard...
Unfortunately, Ehrenreich and others make the mistake of confusing political intent with political efficacy. The point is that we need to change attitudes and make people realize that poverty is wrong. We need to get them to do something about it.