Why hate poor people?

@sasuke96 (797)
India
July 4, 2010 11:35pm CST
Hello friend, I am from India where many poor people lives. I have noticed that usually rich and mediocre people hate them. They walk with a distance of 10 meter from poor people. I really feel sorry for this type of attitude. I will tell you a incident happen some days ago in the most divine city of Hindu- Puri. We used to go to Puri for more than thrice per year. In last May we went there with my friends and parents. I saw that though Puri is a divine city the poor people there suffer for hunger. One day we planned to went to the temple for prayers and I found that in the end of a path, a very large car is standing and some innocent poor children are begging for money. The owner of the car continuesly scolding them and telling them to get out of the way. Then a child tell him to give them money for god and the owner got mad and slapped that boy. Then he took a the car out of the way, while he rushing forward the mother of that child suddenly came in front of the car.... the car driver didn't stop the car and a accident happened. The car got rashly away from the place and we found the mother with a bloody body crying for his children. We took him to a hospital but soon he died. I feel very sad for this incident. I am thinking why do people hate these innocent poor. They are the creation of same god and belong to human being. But, still they always suffer for hunger and people used to hate them the most. Why does this happen? Why do people hate this innocent poor? Please share your thought.
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@sharad7 (85)
• India
5 Jul 10
No one hate poor people because these politician win there votes with the help of these poor people this show is show that these white colors love these poor people and these poor people are poor because the policy of the government is not beneficial for these poor people so that's why these poor people ignore by the of their own country and those want to earn show their problem in international level.
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@sasuke96 (797)
• India
5 Jul 10
Thanks for sharing your thought.
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• China
5 Jul 10
Well, I'm from China, I know there are many poor people in my country,too. Like India, China is a developing country, which means existing a number of poor people is a fact. What you said about the attitudes towards the poor is true of China to some extent. And I believe that some people don't like the poor in other countries either. We don't have the the right to ask everybody to be sympathetic to the poor or even help them. But we can do this from today on. China's action movie star, Jet Li, is an example, who is trying his best to help those who need help in the word.
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@sasuke96 (797)
• India
5 Jul 10
Thank you for your post friend! I wish China and India would soon demolished the poverty.
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@Andyvil (793)
• Philippines
6 Jul 10
I think they don't hate the poor. Well I guess in my country that is not the reason why people distance themselves from the poor. The main reason why people here tend to distance themselves from the poor is because they are scared of them. They are scared of being robbed from these people. Although robbery and theft are commonly found on the poor these are only a minority of the poor. There are still a large portion of the poor population who try to earn a honest living. As for me I don't distance myself from the poor, I only avoid places where there are high crime rates or a high possibility of being robbed or mugged.
@Candymin (145)
• China
6 Jul 10
Hello, Sasuke. I feel so sorry to hear such a sad accident. I do not understand those people who hate the poor. As we all know, the gap between the rich and the poor is increasingly growing up due to the irregular development and improvement of the modern society. The moral consciousness of human being is declining accordingly. To show your sympathy, to lend a hand and to simle to the weak will make ourselves much more happy. God bless all. Happy mylotting!
@digidogo (444)
• Philippines
5 Jul 10
For me, i do not hate poor people, and yes i have seen people get mad at those children and also the disabled ones. I really get angered by what these people do but i cannot do a single thing except do the opposite when it happens to me. I do not hate poor people but sometimes they anger me also, specially when they do stupid stuff thinking it was funny or when i see them gambling. I give to them when i can and i do not want the money to go to something bad. I hope people learn to respect the poor as individual human beings and learn to tolerate them for sometimes they are desperate.
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@emma27865 (101)
5 Jul 10
What a sad incident, one of many unfortunately. Sadly, with money often comes power, which in turn, goes straight to some peoples heads. Do they have the right to treat a fellow human being with such attrocious behavious, of course not. As you say, we are all the creation of the same God. If water were taken away from us, who would survive? Ones with positions/money/power? No, each and every one of us are just as vulnerable. If one has an incurable disease, how much money would it take to cure? Not all the money in the world would make a scrap of difference. We owe it to each other to show respect, but sadly, this is on the decline.
@sasuke96 (797)
• India
5 Jul 10
Thanks for responding!
@TheAdvocate (2392)
• Philippines
6 Jul 10
It may be possible that you misunderstood the entire situation. As I understand from your story, you came in at the middle of the incident and sometimes you can make erroneous assumptions with incomplete facts. I too live in a third world country and although I pity their situation, but sometimes I fear for my security. It happened several times that poor people would approach someone inside the car and either kill them or extort money from them. In your story, the mother rushed in front of the car after her child was slapped. Why would she do that knowing that she stands no chance against a motorized vehicle? Hate is such a strong word. I think that these rich people think that poor people are poor because they are lazy. Poverty is misunderstood in any part of the world. Until we learn to understand each other, a lot of people will remain poor.
@LoriAn (120)
• United States
5 Jul 10
FIRST OF ALL I AM SADDENED TO HEAR THIS STORY IT MAKES MY HEART ACHE FOR THE MOM AND THE OTHER THING IS IT MAKES WE WANT TO PRAY FOR THE BOTH OF THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES.I know this situation to well though because i live this life you are refering to everday as you can see that is why i am here to express my thoughts and make some extra money for my kids and i.I AM poor yes i am saying this how embarassing, but i keep trying i have not given up the fight to have more money so I can fufill my dreams and my kids dreams though they will soon have to experience life as though they are growing so fast.I get the stares when i go into the store using my benefit card,I live in a box a trailer that has 2 bedrooms and there are six of us 2 adults and 4 kids.I live where the rent is cheap and the neighborhood is rough and there are gangs around the corner.I live where there is no rules enforced as it is private property and they ignore the sign of 5 miles per hour.I live where a dumpster occupies my trailer it is right there by my kitchen probably two feet away.When i was growing up things were basically the same my cousins and aunts and uncles had all their needs and most of what they wanted and that was on both sides.So believe when I tell you this I know what this mother must be going though and she just needs to keep her faith in god and trust that he will always be there for her through the good and the bad and like what was mentioned before THEY WILL GET THE SAME TREATMENT IN THE END IF NOT WORSE.
• India
5 Jul 10
its darwin theory dear friend . the fittest survive and so only we have poor people unlike any other animals humans ahave to be brought up like until the age of 18 for them to survive but yet some dont thats a different matter . the poor people dont have such rhythm in their lifestyle only one thing can stop such evil acts and that is Education . join some social service and help educate yourself maybe action is necessary than words
@jennbart (1330)
• Philippines
6 Jul 10
Not all rich people are like that. But if there are then they think poor people are " dirty people" In Manila, there are also poor people begging in the streets. But I do not scold them or slap them. But sometimes they are annoying. They will knock your car window hard and if you do not give them they will give you a dirty finger and cuss you. There are a lot of things and reasons why.
@markphil (285)
• Philippines
6 Jul 10
Yes the creator of us created as the same with everyone, we are all human. Money is the one that makes a gap to everything in this world, if you have money you're lifestyle and your pride will be different from other people. Unless if you have a good attitude and you are rich then you can help more people which it should be that way, but we have different cultures and different attitudes. I know how you concern about them, the same way with me, I also hate that high pride people. The important is we are doing things the right way.
• Portugal
5 Jul 10
i think that some people are so selfish that bcs they always had everything they wanted in their lives they just dont care for others that had to fight hard even to eat. is very sad what happened and im very sorry that you had to see that :( i wish that people change their attitudes soon and that that person that did that to that poor child is regretting what he did :(
@dsrp82 (676)
• Brazil
5 Jul 10
I can't hate poor people because I'm poor myself