You can't just dismiss the suffering of one group because it is worse somewhere else. Even if it is much, much worse. It isn't a race to the bottom or a game where we should tell people their problems don't matter because "it could be worse" and it can be dealt with.
There are huge swathes of people that simply don't have the opportunity. More so in other countries, yes, but there is a great deal of it in the USA too. More than is acceptable.