If you were to write a story on a social issue...

Seems like all film festivals are interested in a plot that explores social issues of our times. If you were asked/forced to write a story on a social issue what would you write on? This is exactly what I was faced with. So I decided to put together a list of topics to spin my plot around.

Here is the definition: A social issue is any controversial issue/problem/topic that affects the members of a society.

• Poverty
• Unemployment
• Crime Rates
• Low Mortality Rates
• Drug and Alcohol Abuse
• Underage Drinking
• Social Discrimination
• Xenophobia, racism, extremism
• Teen Pregnancy
• Sexism
• Pollution
• Gay marriage
• Censorship
• Gun control
• Financial/ Economic Policies (Banking, Housing loans, Stocks)
• Living standards and social security
• Health care
• Corruption, party cronyism and nepotism in public life
• Politics, quality of democracy
• Ethnic problems
• Education
• Housing
• Judiciary, rule of law
• Transportation and basic infrastructure
• Environment
• Regional and local problems
• Public administration, bureaucracy
• Foreign policy
• Immigration, Smuggling people/border crossing
• Culture
• Issues of the elderly population
• Issues of the disabled population
• Issues of the diseased population

Wikipedia has a whole lot more.

What do you think? Is this of any use?