Profound reflection on motherhood and mourning from Anne Joh: Nigerian mother’s loss, Korean mother’s loss…there is no equivalency and there’s no way that one sorrow can trump another sorrow. The media wants us to grieve one more than the other. In fact, the mass kidnapping in Nigeria received noticeably less media coverage than the Korean ferry sinking during the first week. Perhaps in our pain we give priority to one and not the other, but isn’t it time for all of us to ask why and how these events have shared dimensions?
Posted on: Mon, 12 May 2014 12:54:39 +0000