The True Cost
“The True Cost” is a documentary film that exposes hidden cost of cheap fashion or clothing we are wearing today. The film underlines the condition of workers in Bangladesh and how they were mistreated, exploited and forced to work in a place where there is no safety. Based on the film, workers only earn $2 dollars a day, and some workers were forced to leave their children with their families or relatives to make a living keep themselves alive.
This film is related to the theme “Working Toward Community & Justice.” Social Justice is the concepts based on human rights and equal treatment for all. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a leader in African-American Civil Right Movement who fought for equal rights for all Americans. He worked towards social justice and racial equality. While, women from 1848 fought for their human rights because they were treated unfairly and were deprived of their rights as a human being. We need to work toward social justice for farmer …show more content…
I am sad that I never question myself about the clothing I am wearing. For example "who make the clothing where does it come from?" I only buy clothes that are affordable or think that is cute. I never really think that such things like this would exist and only thing of those price as numbers. After watching this film, it hurts me that many workers were treated unfairly, and some were forced to leave their children behind because that the only way they can keep themselves and their family alive. Some of them lives were taken away from them because of the dangerous condition of the working place. The film is eye opening because the lives of these workers were placed behind the clothing I am wearing. Now, I can no longer look at the cheap clothing price the same ways as I used to do because the lives of those worker are worth more than those
This film is related to the theme “Working Toward Community & Justice.” Social Justice is the concepts based on human rights and equal treatment for all. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a leader in African-American Civil Right Movement who fought for equal rights for all Americans. He worked towards social justice and racial equality. While, women from 1848 fought for their human rights because they were treated unfairly and were deprived of their rights as a human being. We need to work toward social justice for farmer …show more content…
I am sad that I never question myself about the clothing I am wearing. For example "who make the clothing where does it come from?" I only buy clothes that are affordable or think that is cute. I never really think that such things like this would exist and only thing of those price as numbers. After watching this film, it hurts me that many workers were treated unfairly, and some were forced to leave their children behind because that the only way they can keep themselves and their family alive. Some of them lives were taken away from them because of the dangerous condition of the working place. The film is eye opening because the lives of these workers were placed behind the clothing I am wearing. Now, I can no longer look at the cheap clothing price the same ways as I used to do because the lives of those worker are worth more than those