In connection to America, child labor is a serious problem in the present day just as it was in the past. America used child labor until tragic events and laws caused a change, but continues to support such a corrupt system though its companies. Child labor may be illegal within the states, but America still benefits from it. Many big companies in retail use child labor in other countries. Clothing, technology, and food companies use sweatshops and factories to have their products produced. The use of child labor is inhumane, unfair to the individuals working and their families. There are arguments that explain and attempt to justify the use of child labor. These arguments state, children do not have a better option, the economic structure
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These companies re responsible for exposing children to dangerous minerals without the proper clothing and materials. These companies are known for the popular technology they make, but Americans are enjoying these privileges at the life of another human being; a child. Children have to go through “narrow manmade tunnels risking permanent lung damage…” (AIC) to retrieve cobalt for technological devices. On another note, chocolate may often remind many Americans of sweet memories and fun times, but the manufacturing of chocolate is not sweet and evokes sadness for the children who work in the cocoa fields. Western African countries such as, Ghana and the Ivory Coast supply more than 70% of the world’s cocoa. Food Empowerment Project states that “The farms of Western Africa supply cocoa to international giants such as Hershey’s, Mars, and Nestlé—revealing the industry’s direct connection to the worst forms of child labor, human trafficking, and slavery”(food is power). Over the years journalists have been able to expose these corrupt actions, but now the cocoa industry has made it difficult for anyone to see what is happening on the farms. Food Empowerment Project also states that most children working on these farms are between the ages of 5 and 16. The children have to use Machetes to cut the cocoa bean from the trees and to open it. “These large, heavy, dangerous …show more content…
The great deals and bargains American consumers enjoy come from the life a human being. This modern day slavery can be brought to an end, if people would just take their blinders off. How could anyone say “All lives Matter” while wearing a graphic tee from Walmart that a child could have made for less than a dollar? Accepting the truth and unifying to take action would be a step in the right direction to free these people of the mistreatment they have been
These companies re responsible for exposing children to dangerous minerals without the proper clothing and materials. These companies are known for the popular technology they make, but Americans are enjoying these privileges at the life of another human being; a child. Children have to go through “narrow manmade tunnels risking permanent lung damage…” (AIC) to retrieve cobalt for technological devices. On another note, chocolate may often remind many Americans of sweet memories and fun times, but the manufacturing of chocolate is not sweet and evokes sadness for the children who work in the cocoa fields. Western African countries such as, Ghana and the Ivory Coast supply more than 70% of the world’s cocoa. Food Empowerment Project states that “The farms of Western Africa supply cocoa to international giants such as Hershey’s, Mars, and Nestlé—revealing the industry’s direct connection to the worst forms of child labor, human trafficking, and slavery”(food is power). Over the years journalists have been able to expose these corrupt actions, but now the cocoa industry has made it difficult for anyone to see what is happening on the farms. Food Empowerment Project also states that most children working on these farms are between the ages of 5 and 16. The children have to use Machetes to cut the cocoa bean from the trees and to open it. “These large, heavy, dangerous …show more content…
The great deals and bargains American consumers enjoy come from the life a human being. This modern day slavery can be brought to an end, if people would just take their blinders off. How could anyone say “All lives Matter” while wearing a graphic tee from Walmart that a child could have made for less than a dollar? Accepting the truth and unifying to take action would be a step in the right direction to free these people of the mistreatment they have been