Yes, In this world there are certain people that are considered deserving and others aren’t. There is a genocide going on in Tigray, Ethiopia. The Ethiopian government, Eritrean government with the assistance of many other countries have been committing genocide against Tigrayans for the last two years. A year before the genocide the Ethiopia government denied the necessary budget for the Tigray region. All the Tigrayrans who live throughout the world have been trying to be the voice to the voiceless people of Tigray but the international community failed to take a meaningful and concrete action. The only thing we have heard from the international community is “we are deeply concerned” The people of Tigray have been on a complete blockade, placed by the Ethiopian government for the last three years. There is no electric, banking, internet, and basic sustenances… In addition to the man made starvation, they have been attacked/ and is still being by land and by air. Little boys over the age of four were slaughtered, more than 120,000 women were gang raped( these is only the reported one, it’s estimated to be more than that), Priests were slaughtered, nuns were raped, their belongings looted, and anything that they couldn’t transport to Eritrea or Ethiopia were burnt down, and their were scorched so they won’t grow crops…. The Tigrayans activities were almost begging for the international community to place a no fly zone and to allow humanitarian aid but nothing has been done so far. It was very shocking to witness how the Ukraine war was handled. It immediately got all the necessary coverages on the media. They were provided with the necessary weapons to defend themselves. The Tigrayans aren’t asking for weapons but we were asking them to help us to stop the war but if they can’t stop the war then to place a No fly zone and to force the Ethiopian government to allow all humanitarian aids. It’s so sad to learn that some life’s are more valued than others. It’s a sad and hard lesson.
Here's an article that discusses this more: socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/poor-relief-early-amer/. The idea of classifying individuals as "deserving" and "undeserving" of assistance is still very much reflected in our current welfare policies, in which policies/programs aimed towards certain groups (such as children, older adults, and individuals with disabilities) are more popular while policies/programs aimed at other groups (such as immigrants and ex-offenders) are less popular.
