Due to his policies as Mayor of New York, the homeless have not been Michael Bloomberg's most ardent supporters. Just recently, the New York Times featured a series on a homeless family in New York City, where the central piece of the story was 11-year-old Dasani.
When asked about this family and story, Mayor Bloomberg responded with this:
"This kid was dealt a bad hand. I don't know quite why. That's just the way God works. Sometimes some of us are lucky and some of us are not."
While I would strongly agree that some of us are luckier than others, his seeming shrug of the shoulders when saying, "That's just the way God works.," irked me a great deal.
Instead of taking some ownership, that quote says to me, "There's nothing I could have done about it. Just place your faith in an invisible man and hopefully a miracle will ensue."
It could also be interpreted as, "It's not my fault. It's God's. Take it up with him."
How a person could shrug their shoulders at the thought of an 11-year-old child living on the streets is beyond me, and how a person could believe in and worship a higher power he feels is responsible for such cruel, inhumane acts is beyond me as well.
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/12/18/3079711/bloomberg-dasani-comments/
When asked about this family and story, Mayor Bloomberg responded with this:
"This kid was dealt a bad hand. I don't know quite why. That's just the way God works. Sometimes some of us are lucky and some of us are not."
While I would strongly agree that some of us are luckier than others, his seeming shrug of the shoulders when saying, "That's just the way God works.," irked me a great deal.
Instead of taking some ownership, that quote says to me, "There's nothing I could have done about it. Just place your faith in an invisible man and hopefully a miracle will ensue."
It could also be interpreted as, "It's not my fault. It's God's. Take it up with him."
How a person could shrug their shoulders at the thought of an 11-year-old child living on the streets is beyond me, and how a person could believe in and worship a higher power he feels is responsible for such cruel, inhumane acts is beyond me as well.
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/12/18/3079711/bloomberg-dasani-comments/
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