Do those who see international adoption as child exploitation aslo boycott....?

January 9, 2009 on 4:06 pm | By | In bluefreesky.com | Do those who see international adoption as child exploitation aslo boycott....?
  • Those stores such as Walmart, Gap, Nike etc. that makes its products by exploiting children in sweatshops?

    For adoptive parents of international children, do you do any boycotts of stores for the same reason?

    Don't get me wrong, I am not judging and myself am not always congnitive of this while shopping,but I wondered if anyone else had made the link of child exploitation in adoption to child exploitation in our capitalist market, and if you had followed through with boycotts etc.

    Thanks.


  • Yes. They are both symptoms of the privileged capitalizing on the less fortunate.

    Call it saving children from a life of poverty or call it providing employment for the third world if you want. But our "help" actually undermines societies by destroying the fabric of their cultures.

    By participating in only addressing the symptoms, we exacerbate the problems. It's time for a longer view; a more holistic and systemic fix.

    And larger than that is the underlying xenophobia and racism inherent in our savior attitudes. When we start to see the people in other countries as our equals, we will be less likely to capitalize or exploit them when they are having a rough time.

    Instead of adopting, please sponsor children and orphanages. Please contribute to social programs which help families stay together, and please spend your dollars on goods that provide humane conditions, livable wages, and benefits to families.

    Please stop being pillagers.


  • There are some real horror stories out there about adoptions and child trafficking etc. It needs to be very carefully monitored however... if you truly consider it to be child exploitation I would consider reading Orphaned by Melissa Faye Greene. There is no way you could consider the children in those books adopted by international families to have been exploited. The children were so grateful to have a second chance at a mother and the parents felt blessed to have found their children and the over-extended orphanages in Ethiopia were grateful to have another bed to offer to a child in need.


  • I love Target!


  • I shop maybe once every 4 or 5 years for clothes. Although its more expensive I only buy clothes made by reputable corporations. I would make my own before purchasing anything made off the blood and sweat of children.

    I will only purchase products from Walmart that are made here...toilet paper,paper towels, candy, laundry detergent, distilled water. I do make it a point to say something to the managers about health insurance and tell they why I do not purchase other products there. They usually agree but say that they its the corporation and not their decision and give me an address to make my complaint.

    I also have/do participate activities in central and south american countries that have or are abusing the indigenous people/culture. Whether it be by US/Canadian corporations, adoption agency's or their own govt. I also have chosen to sponsor children/families instead of tearing apart families as well as contributing to other atrocities happening.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q20YxkM-C...


  • I tend to focus on my child right now. I worry alot about the children around the world, as well, but when I can buy a pair of shoes, a jacket and under shirts at Walmart for the price of what high-end stores would charge for one tshirt, I pick Walmart. That way my son can also attend a great school and participate in extracurricular activities, too.

    What I find funny is that people are all for a country keeping its own children in their own country but then complain that that country is exploiting their children. There's no pleaseing everyone. Sad. Please stick to one side of the issue.


  • I hate those kind of comparisons, it's like saying because you believe injustice is evil then you have to solve the world's unjustice. If you can prevent one exploitation isn't that a success? For instance just because I think it's better to eat free range eggs and chickens in my own country doesn't mean I have the power and money to stop all chicken factories worldwide. It is an unrealistic and infair comparison to make.

    If you don't want to adopt a child from another country because you think it is exploitation I recommend sponsering a child or helping the family build a house and set up a business so they can survive together as a family unit rather than splitting them apart.

    If you don't want to support exploited children in poor countries the problem is they won't get payed AT ALL if you don't buy the stuff. However, if people learned to only buy what they needed and spent the rest on people and creatures in need locally and internationally the world would be a better place.


  • We avoid nike but in all honesty we only have Wal-Mart and Meijer here and I refuse to give Meijer any more money after what they have done to so many in my town.


  • Yep, absolutely! and Nestle too.

    The widespread exploitation of poorer nations is disgraceful

    ETA Sticking firmly to one side of the issue lol


  • i have boycotted anything NOT made in the usa since i went to china and hong kong on business.

    i was mortified by the factories. they get paid .10-.18 cents a day for a 20 hour day of work, and then they have to pay for their dorms, and their food, which, btw, is usually hazardous to their health.

    disgusting.


  • I don't boycott. But I do put my money and my loyalty into my community. I also put some money and time/energy into programs that assist people internationally, but when we're talking about where I spend money to buy things, I try my hardest to put it into my community. If my money is going international, it's going to be to HELP people, not line the pockets of rich corporate pukes that prey on small children.

    But really, my money is a drop in the bucket. I don't spend a lot, compared to most Americans, so the amount of money I DON'T put into rich corporate pukes' pockets doesn't hurt them one tiny little bit. I wish I could get the word out...but apathy is rampant. It's so easy to just hop on down to the local Wally World and get everything you need for half the price and not worry about where it comes from.

    Besides, if you have no problem exploiting small children in one way, what's the big deal in exploiting them in another way, right? They're all put on this earth for our pleasure, right? To serve us in the Western world and make our lives happy and easy...right? If you *want* something, you ought to be able to just plunk down some cash and take it home, right?

    ETA: Yeah, Heather, I'm with ya. Sticking firmly to the same side of the issue I've always been on. Exploitation of children is wrong, whether they are in America or not. How about we find ways not to exploit them, ever?


  • never would occur to me







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