Thursday, January 3, 2008

12. The things that keep me up at night

My Closet: Old Navy"Made for you in Cambodia"Aeropostale"Made in Pakistan"The Gap"Made in Vietnam"Express"Made in Hong Kong"The Gap"Made in Turkey"The Gap"Made in India"The Gap"Made in Philippines"The Gap"Made in Northern Mariana Islands"Old Navy"Made in El Salvador"Alia (bought at Goodwill--does second-hand labor abuse make it any less?)"Made in Indonesia"The list goes on, and I struggle to find anything made in the United States. It begs the question--what do we do to erase the contradiction between our faithful beliefs in serving the poor when our clothes remind us that we continually let the poor serve us?