Raising awareness is the second step towards solving a problem. Silencing or ignoring it is counter productive.
It may be depressing for you, but for others it is a life or death situation. Would you want them to ignore your suffering if tables were turned? And let you suffer in silence?
That kinda uhh... Makes it worse? They have been letting migrants die every month for years? That does not make it okay at all, neither ignoreable. It makes it way worse.
Yeah it's definitely privileged. When the news doesn't effect you and is just a matter of screen entertainment, then it is absolutely privileged.
And that's exactly what were speaking against.
That's entirely the point. That shouldn't be the case.
Obama is known for his public speaking skills. What he says does not necessarily match his actions.