"We are (Not) the World"

In chapter 6 in the Art of Protest, I found it interesting that the author does not believe that the songs are written for the people they were meant to reach. This part of the chapter reminded me of one of the first class meetings when we talked about Pink and that benefit concert. A lot of people had the same opinion as T.V. Reed. I do not agree with the comment on Jerry Lewis because I love that telethon and believe that it does help people. I also believe that celebrities want to help people and that is why they do benefit concerts. People have to remember that celebrities are people too and all people can be naive and that includes celebrities. All of these examples of musicians coming together to make these cds to make a point is an example of pooling their resources to make a little bit of a difference by providing awareness for other people. Recently, or in the past few years a bunch of bands got together and made a cd called Rock Against Bush. This was to make a statement about president Bush and make people aware of their opinion of the president. All of these cds are just exercising their right of freedom of speech. While it would be nice to donate money sometimes its more effective to become involved in situations physically. If a singer can sing, then why not sing for a cause?