As consumers we should be aware of where our clothes are made. The treatment of people working in sweatshops is extremely cruel but many people do not realize their favorite clothes are being produced in these harsh quarters. Some people argue that we need these sweatshops so the poor children can have a way of making money whether it is morally correct or not. Others may argue that these sweatshops are a huge part of our national and worldly economy and they need to stay to keep the economy strong. These arguments leave consumers questioning where they should be buying their clothes from and what stores are not producing their clothes in these terrible sweatshops.
Most of our daily clothes have tags made from China, Philippines, and India. Even though we do not want to support sweatshops we do buy their products. Most clothes are not made in America and would be hard to find. For example, Nike is everywhere. All of their shoes, clothes and other products are made in sweatshops in third world countries. Even though everyone has heard about these awful working conditions they still buy Nike. Consumers are responsible for cutting back on buying these products. It is going to take more then one person but it can be done. It is hard to try to stop buying clothes made in sweatshops because most of the clothes bought today are produced in these conditions. Unlike, a farmers market in a town, you can not just go and buy products made in your town. This is the problem with trying to buy clothes not made in sweat shops; there are not such places to buy clothes made in safe conditions in the towns close to you. Today, buying clothes not produced in sweatshops is especially hard because people do not produce their own clothes anymore. Next time you go to buy your clothes, keep this in mind of where you are shopping.
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