When we were in Shenzhen, we saw this 20-something guy lying in the median of the road. He was in pretty rough shape, looked like he hadn't had a place to sleep, eat or clean up for years. A few minutes later he was standing in the middle of the road, doing something really obscene that suggested he was mentally ill, or spiritually captive to darkness.
He made me wonder about the street children here in Changsha. What happens to them when they are no longer young and cute enough to be used as sympathy-bait? Prison? Prostitution? It feels like no one is speaking up for this demographic in China.
Rachel
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It sounds eerily similar to the States in that respect. After living in Lawrence and now in Kansas City, both of which have a large homeless population, the attitude is simply one of ignorance and apathy.
ReplyDeleteAlthough, from my time in Lawrence, some don't WANT to be helped.
Sometimes all we can do is think on them and lift them up.