Who Will Eat and Who Will Serve

When wealth is passed off as

merit, bad luck is seen as bad character. This is how ideologues justify

punishing the sick and the poor. But poverty is neither a crime nor a character

flaw. Stigmatize those who let people die, not those who struggle to live.

-Sarah Kendzior, journalist and

author (1978-)

I am a contributor to A.Word.A.Day and, along with their daily email to my inbox, they include a quote from someone worth quoting whose birthday shares the date. I like to keep track of quotes that are meaningful to me and today’s choice meets that criteria in spades.

I look people up. It’s a quirk of mine, but I like to know

something about those people, organizations and media outlets I happen to write

about.

According to Wikipedia, Sarah has

written for Al Jazeera, The Guardian, Foreign Policy, Marie Claire, The

Boston Globe and other outlets. The Irish Times asserted that

Kendzior "has become a must-follow journalist."

I hope never to be accused

of going against the opinion of the Irish Times.

But …