professorbutterscotch: whoiusedtobe: studentofafrica: This shirt built a school in…Sandton? (
professorbutterscotch:whoiusedtobe:studentofafrica:This shirt built a school in…Sandton? (Taken with Instagram at Roots - Bank St)Uggghh. This shirt did not build a school in Africa. A shirt can’t build a school in Africa, dammit. And if the money that purchased this shirt went to building a school in Africa, well whoop-dee-fucking-doo. Did this shirt ensure that the systems required for the school to function were in place “in Africa” before it built the school? Given that it is likely a cotton blend and therefore lacks the ability to analyze the situation, methinks not. PEOPLE NEED TO STOP COMMODIFYING POVERTY RIGHT NOW. This shirt is a small part of a big system which supports the status quo of poverty around the world. If you purchase it, you are supporting that status quo and there’s no way you can convince me otherwise. That’s right—buying this shirt contributes to poverty “in Africa”. Sorry to burst your bubble. If you bought this shirt then you are a self-satisfied asshat. That goes for TOMS, too. If I see you wearing this shirt, I will immediately know that you don’t actually give enough of a shit about “those poor kids in Africa” to actually learn something about the situation. SO DON’T BUY THIS SHIRT, OKAY.WHO WOULD BUY AND WEAR A SHIRT THAT SAYS THIS. LIKE… HOW SELF-SATISFIED AN ASSHAT DO YOU HAVE TO BEEEEEEEE.Do the rest of your t-shirts say “I financed a sweatshop in southeast asia”? AUGH AUGH AUGH.I was going to write a big rant about self serving community service and smugness but you know what fuck that, this shirt is frustrating enough as it is DX -- source link
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