2. A) I agree with Dr. Martin Luther King's statement, "There is no deficit in human resources; the deficit is in human will." when it is applied to the topic of changing the politics of hunger and ending hunger. We as a society have the means and ways to solve this issue but we have chosen to focus on other issues that are related directly to ourselves. Page 44 gives us a guesstimate of $50 billion to end food insecurity in the U.S., as well as informing us that we spend $48 billion a year on our pets food and care. This shows that the money is available and we could very well accomplish ending food insecurity. Instead we are spending this money on our own wants we are taking better care of our pets than we are of our fellow brothers and sisters in need.
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B) In the subtitle "We are Called to Change the Politics of Hunger." I perceived two meanings of the word "called". My initial impression of the word was that we had a call or summons, from the world and those in need, to help them. They were calling on those who had the means to help them, who could barely survive. After finishing the book I felt that the word was telling me something else as well. It was telling me that all who knew about this problem should have a strong impulse, or inner calling, to help find and push for a solution to the
B) In the subtitle "We are Called to Change the Politics of Hunger." I perceived two meanings of the word "called". My initial impression of the word was that we had a call or summons, from the world and those in need, to help them. They were calling on those who had the means to help them, who could barely survive. After finishing the book I felt that the word was telling me something else as well. It was telling me that all who knew about this problem should have a strong impulse, or inner calling, to help find and push for a solution to the