#sweat shops

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International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

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Social studies, Middle School or High School

Constructed response questions:

Drawing upon your prior knowledge, list a few products that would have been produced using slave labor prior to emancipation.

Other than that the African slave trade, what kind of working conditions would you consider to justify something being called slave labor?

If the Confederacy had won the civil war, or the union had never outlawed slavery, what kinds of products do you think would be produced using slave labor today?

How would you react if you found out that slave labor was still being practiced in America to produce things that you use in your daily life?

Listen to one or more of the following stories, then revisit your answers. What did you learn, and how does that change how you feel?

🔊 Listen Now: U.S. Teacher: I Did 7 Months Of Forced Labor In A Chinese Jail

All Things Considered on NPR One | 6:40

🔊 Listen Now: Made in America

Planet Money on NPR One | 30:49

🔊 Listen Now: Highway Signs and Prison Labor

Freakonomics Radio from WNYC Radio on NPR One | 38:36

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"Why sweatshops are saving Bangladesh"

SHUT THE FUCK UP. DIE IN A HOLE. I HOPE EVERY STEP YOU TAKE IS ON LEGO. I HOPE YOU'RE ENTIRE BODY IS DESKINNED AND YOU STAY ALIVE AND AWAKE TO FEEL ALL THE PAIN STUPID WHITE FUCK PRETENDING THAT THE EXPLOITATION WHICH "HELPS THE COUNTRIES ECONOMY" IS GOOD BECAUSE ACTUAL SUFFERING OF THE POOR MEANS NOTHING TO YOU WHEN YOU CAN GET CLOTHES FOR CHEAP. THE FACT THAT YOU SAID WORKERS HAD A CHOICE AND CHOSE SWEATSHOP CONDITIONS TELLS ME YOU'RE A FUCKING ASSHOLE WHO WANTS TO PRETEND PEOPLE DON'T SACRIFICE EVERYTHING FOR SURVIVAL. FUCK OFF AND I HOPE YOU ROT.

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Garment Workers

https://thefabricact.org/

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How Ethical Is Forever 21? - Good On You

Positioning itself as "fun ‘n’ flirty on a budget" has worked well for Forever 21. But is it doing good behind the scenes? How ethical is Fo

I decided to do some googling about forever 21 upon seeing an ad for their Barbie collection. I was excited about cute Barbie products but now they will not be getting my business. I didn’t need a $56 Barbie jacket anyway 🙄.

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Sweat Shop-1932, William Gropper, from the April 1932 New Masses.

(source: marxists.org)

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