Discarded Shoes
February 6, 2008
Another shot of shoes, this time a collection of them hanging in the Gulu town market. You could insert your own comments about this being indicative of the larger relationship between the West and developing nations (hand-me-downs, discarded items cleaned up and passed on as throw-aways which make us feel better but do they really do much good?) but that’s up to you.
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February 6th, 2008 at 10:43 am
Wouldn’t the more salient comment be to observe that the shoes were produced in the third world for first-world consumption, then shipped back for secondary reuse? The supply chain of globalization is to rob the poor of their riches, then sell those riches back at a reduced price.
February 6th, 2008 at 11:32 am
If that’s the comment you wish to insert, who am I to stop you?
February 6th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
The people got paid to make the shoes, right?
February 6th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
I had hoped it wasn’t true, GKB, but alas, not so! Trolls you will always have with you.