SPRINGBURN PARK - Vox Pops from Diversity Films on Vimeo.
I recently posted an
article on the percentage of children in this country who live in
severe poverty. The worst area in Scotland was Springburn in the
north side of Glasgow, the area where I live and have spent most of
my life. This district, once the centre of steam locomotive building
in Britain has seen its entire industrial history wiped out. The
factories closed and large swaths of the district were demolished to
make way for a dual carriageway. Parts of Springburn are attractive
with trees and greenery and a very pleasant park. However, pleasant
scenery on its own doesn't make a life. The area has massive
unemployment with precious few opportunities for jobs. The percentage
of children in Springburn living in severe poverty is an outrageous
52%. Of course that figure can't be taken in isolation, with children
living in severe poverty comes adults living in poverty, teenagers
living in poverty, homes in poverty. Then there are the health
problems, including mental health problems. Depression and suicides
increase in relation to poverty and unemployment. These are the same
people that designed, built and exported the finest steam locomotives
in the world, so we can't blame the people, it is the immoral,
unjust, crazy, exploitive economic system that we allow to govern our
lives. These people, because of that system, are priced out of
society. It is a system of financial apartheid with subliminal signs
everywhere saying, “KEEP OUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE MONEY” The
people of the world fought hard to rid the world of the South African
apartheid system based on race, now is the time for the people of the
world to unite and rid the world of this more widespread system of
financial apartheid.
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