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One of my favourite destinations on the web is April Winchell.com. April is a comedian and voice actor who rarely gets the attention she deserves although that situation seems to be changing with her latest creation. Using her recently acquired sewing machine April has created some buzz with her African orphan "Winchies" that are now up for auction on EBay. Now, before you get all indignant about another celebrity cashing on the new orphan-chic trend April has a very good reason behind here creation.
I am not trivializing the plight of these children. The fact that this has become a trend is what has trivialized it, and that is what I'm mocking. When a rich white woman swoops into Africa, bypasses local laws, cons an illiterate father out of his child and takes him home like a souvenir with a red string on his wrist, that is trivializing the situation.
