AT WHATPRICE?

Martin Espada, “Federico’s Ghost”

This apple doesn’t have

a spot on it …

… but the apple picker’s lungs do.

… but the apple picker’s lungs do.

Pesticides keep your produce looking good at the grocery store. They can also leave farm workers

disabled with cancer or brain disease.

This soccer ball may have beenhand-stitched …

… by a child.

We can buy soccer balls, carpets, and shirts cheap. Why?

Kids in Pakistan, India, and other countries are forced to work for pennies a day.

A pair of jeans retails for about $20 to $200 …

… yet costs only $7.50 to make. … yet costs only $7.50 to make.

And workers get paid only about $1.67 per pair.

This rock could be wortha small fortune …

… and it could have cost this boy his hands.

Americans pay more than $30 billion for diamonds every year.

Some of the diamonds come from war-torn regions in Africa, where soldiers drive workers like slaves and use the profits to fund bloody wars.

These gems are often called Blood Diamonds.

EXPLOITATIONWhen you go shopping, is

someone else paying the price?

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What does it mean to be invisible?

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Think of something you use every day. Do you know who made it? • soccer

balls • sneakers • cell phones • What does it mean to be exploited? •

streetcleaners • gardeners • housekeepers • Why do people get exploited?

Think of examples. • apples • jeans • jewelry • Do you ever feel invisible? •

migrant workers • child laborers • slaves • Who really sees you? • radios •

telephones • TVs • Think of something you use every day. Do you know who

made it? • soccer balls • sneakers • cell phones • What does it mean to be

exploited? • streetcleaners • gardeners • housekeepers • Why do people get

exploited? Think of examples. • apples • jeans • jewelry • Do you ever feel

invisible? • migrant workers • child laborers • slaves • Who really sees you? •

radios • telephones • TVs • Think of something you use every day. Do you know

who made it? • soccer balls • sneakers • cell phones • What does it mean to be

exploited? • streetcleaners • gardeners • housekeepers • Why do people get

exploited? Think of examples. • apples • jeans • jewelry • Do you ever feel

invisible? • migrant workers • child laborers • slaves • Who really sees you? •

radios • telephones • TVs • Think of something you use every day. Do you know

who made it? • soccer balls • sneakers • cell phones • What does it mean to be

exploited? • streetcleaners • gardeners • housekeepers • Why do people get

exploited? Think of examples. • apples • jeans • jewelry • Do you ever feel

invisible? • migrant workers • child laborers • slaves •

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What does it mean to be invisible?