Slavery: A Global Investigation « latin american princesa {LAP}

Slavery: A Global Investigation

April 21, 2008 at 9:14 pm | In ethical consumption, social justice, social responsibility, violence |
Tags: chocolate, documentary, slavery

Be warned, the following documentary is painful to watch and depressing. We think things are getting better in the world. I mean there has been progress in poverty reduction and minority rights. Every day wonderful people are out there fighting for a better world. But I don’t want this video to serve as discouragement. Rather it should serve as a warning that we can’t let down our guard.

Do we really want people to suffer so we can eat chocolate? Is it worth such a price? Can we allow international organizations to let their employees get away with abuse of domestic workers on our own soil? Diplomacy and cultural relativism aside-I know I argue a lot about understanding the context BUT-enslaving another human just isn’t justifiable. PERIOD.

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Everyone who’s interested in cacao, slavery and your non slave free chocolate bar, take a look at Tony Chocolony’s three year effort to producer a slave free chocolate bar:

http://www.chocolonely.nl/index.php?page=1_3

Comment by Mark — April 21, 2008 #