Jesse Jackson

“Who Makes the Clothes We Wear?”
Jesse Jackson

Jesse Jackson did an excellent job at gaining my attention from the very beginning of her essay. She did this by raising a very good question. She asked if I would by a T-shirt that was made by sweatshop workers. By asking this thought provoking question, she created and excellent attention getter. This also set the tone for the rest of the essay.
The topic of the essay is something that I never really thought about before. Where do my morals lie in this situation? I feel very deeply for the underprivileged workers in other countries that have to work day and night for scraps. Is it my moral responsibility to research what companies utilize this type of labor before purchasing products, or is it only my responsibility to not by from the stores that I hear about? These are tough questions to answer. I feel like I should not support stores that use sweatshop labor, but I doubt that I will go to the extent of researching them before shopping there.