{"id":1640,"date":"2020-05-22T15:08:57","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T22:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.timporter.com\/seconddraft\/?p=1640"},"modified":"2020-05-22T15:08:59","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T22:08:59","slug":"my-oaxaca-toys-for-the-poor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.timporter.com\/seconddraft\/?p=1640","title":{"rendered":"My Oaxaca &#8212; Toys for the Poor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"http:\/\/www.timporter.com\/seconddraft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/OaxacaScenes_042615_013-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1642\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.timporter.com\/seconddraft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/OaxacaScenes_042615_013-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.timporter.com\/seconddraft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/OaxacaScenes_042615_013-1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.timporter.com\/seconddraft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/OaxacaScenes_042615_013-1-768x511.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.timporter.com\/seconddraft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/OaxacaScenes_042615_013-1-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.timporter.com\/seconddraft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/OaxacaScenes_042615_013-1-2048x1363.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">On <em>Tres Reyes<\/em> day, when Christians mark the visit of the Magi \u2013 the Three Kings \u2013 to the newly born Jesus Christ, Oaxacans gather in the <em>z\u00f3calo<\/em> to hand out toys to the city\u2019s poor children. The toys are cheap, plastic junk that break within days. Stores donate some of the toys and then take a tax write-off. Wealthy families arrive at the plaza with their own children, who bear gifts for their poorer counterparts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sometimes the city<\/strong> gives each child a number so he or she can enter a fenced area and choose a toy. Other times, performers mount a stage to sing songs of mercy and compassion while the kids cram together, faces upward, shoving, pushing, and extending their arms &#8230; for what? A rubber ball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A rubber ball,<\/strong> a knock-off Barbie doll or packages of make-up for children who don\u2019t have books, computers, healthcare or, too often, enough to eat. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Whenever I see this image, <\/strong>I don\u2019t see children reaching for a rubber ball. I see them pleading for attention. And, I think of the oft-repeated question: What would Jesus do? Give them a toy? 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