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| Monday, May 12, 2008 | |
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Student Art Projects
 Shoe > Me Child Labor is one of the biggest issues in our society and it involves the whole world. Children, as young as age five are already starting to work in areas where there are long working hours, and no child labor laws. There are about 120 million under aged kids that work full time. Tests show that 61% of these kids live in Asia, 32% in Africa, and 7% in India. Not only do these under aged children work long hours, they only get paid a minimal wage. This wage is sometimes as low as 6¢ a day. These poor children are making the expensive shoes, clothes, and other products that Americans use everyday! There are companies like Nike, Reebok, Puma, New Balance, Adidas, Old Navy, and many more, that have their products made in foreign countries like Burma, China, Pakistan, India, as well as many other countries. This should bother people in America, because there are so many people in the USA that are unemployed. In January 2006, over 70 million people were unemployed in America. If there are so many people in the U.S. that are unemployed; then why are Americans paying other people in foreign countries to make their products? The answer is that it is less expensive to pay under aged children from foreign countries than American citizens. We created this piece of propaganda art because we are trying to tell people of the U.S. that a product was made from a child. In many cases a human child is worth less than a shoe. We believe that this is a sad thing because the consumers that buy these products are okay with these companies paying children to make their products, or unaware of their child labor practices. We hope that you will ask yourself if it is worth all this just to make those expensive shoes on your feet or those trendy clothes on your body. By: Jose Estrada and Muna Jiang |
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