WHITE GIRL ACTRESS FROM NORTH VAN NOW a HERO

Oldtown News
Vancouver, BC


WHITE GIRL ACTRESS FROM NORTH VAN NOW a HERO
What a Joke the Mainstream Media has Become.

The Province in their latest Operation Phoenix story (articles on the Downtown Eastside of which they are hoping to receive an award) names a pretty white girl Actress from North Van as an unsung hero/guardian angel of the Downtown Eastside simply because she started paid work making beds and sweeping floors in December at Gregor Robertson's Shelter.

So in six months what has qualified this pretty lady as some hero? Is it because she is a beautiful actress?

In actual fact, the story and unsung hero tag comes across as very condescending toward the people who call this neighborhood home. The story projects the actress as beautiful and the people are not and lucky them for getting someone like Ms Agosti.

The story also implies that Ms Agosti is somehow better than the community. Moreover, her work sweeping floors or making beds in the shelter hasn't changed anyone's life. What has she accomplished in six months working here? Has the neighborhood drastically changed for the better?

If I were Ms Agosti I would be ashamed of the Province piece. It is really pathetic.

Park Commissioner Sarah Blyth who works with Ms Agosti actually had the nerve to tout this story on Facebook as somehow newsworthy. This is even more pathetic considering it comes from an elected official who obviously can see the despair in the neighborhood and someone who has been in paid employment sweeping floors and making beds is hardly deserving of hero status.


Jamie Lee Hamilton
tricia_foxx@yahoo.com