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Destruction of the Innocents(ce) and a Call to Conscious Action

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  • Sana Loue

    (Professor PhD, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Office for Faculty Development and Diversity, BRB-110E, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 USA)

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Aylan’s photo put a face to the ever-increasing numbers of faceless refugees. The numbers could not arouse sympathy, but Aylan’s photo did, underscoring families’ pain and suffering even in their efforts to shield each other from the raging battles of the Kurdish forces and the Islamic state insurgents (Cole, 2017; Smith, 2015). Perhaps the photo aroused compassion because Aylan looked so much like any child might, dressed in a t-shirt and shorts (Cole, 2017; O’Grady and Noack, 2019), or perhaps because we were able to see his face. But that compassion was short-lived, if the gradually decreasing level of donations to campaigns for Syrian refugees is any indication (Cole, 2017).

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  • Sana Loue, 2020. "Destruction of the Innocents(ce) and a Call to Conscious Action," Postmodern Openings, Editura Lumen, Department of Economics, vol. 11(2), pages 89-98, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:lum:rev3rl:v:11:y:2020:i:2:p:89-98
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.18662/po/11.2/161
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    Keywords

    child; political action; refugees; therapists; trauma;
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    • A23 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Graduate

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