Omar Ruiz
Social Movement
This week’s documentary was focused on the sweatshops and so far it has been one of the most gut wrenching documentary that I have seen. The documentary China Blue delivers a genuine truth and an emotional reality. Young girls and teenage girls work hours and hours without a proper pay and with no guarantee that they would be paid, the hours can range from 12-18 hours with very few breaks. Americans and many other retail stores that purchase accessories from the sweatshops do not pay much attention to what the laborers go through to get their order on time. It not only is difficult at work but it is difficult for women because one girl said: ”me and my brother were to go to college and my dad did not have $500 yuan so I had to go [to work]” one can only imagine what kind of life the girl had to face with no choice. What kind of justice can be brought to this issue? We cannot stop the sweatshops in other countries and they would not do anything if we protested in front of their business. We can stop buying their products, probably just buy US. Products and stuff but it is heartbreaking to know that a little girl has to endure this kind of life for so long.
We have journalists around the world always trying to find news on everything and this time they find 12 year-old girls making old navy jeans for Gap in Bangladesh factory. They admitted that they were working for one of America’s great retailers and the problem here is; they are 12 years old!! How can we allow that, how can we ignore that for years? It also brings me to the question, how many little girls died in the fire? As Americans why we ask for more products from other countries when we should be making everything here knowing that there will be much less sweatshops here.
http://www.democracynow.org/2013/10/18/journalists_find_12_year_old_girls
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