Friday, October 13, 2006
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Today, 13 October 2006, Gap and various companies launched the Product (Red) project. Product (Red) donates half of profits to a fund for providing medicine and aid to Africans suffering from HIV/AIDS and other diseases.
Today, 13 October 2006, the Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to Muhammad Yunus and his Grameen Bank of Bangladesh for loaning microcredits, mostly to women in a Muslim society.
Let's say that Gap donates $10 from a $30 T-shirt to the Africa fund. Why don't people just donate the full $30 to the fund instead of going through Gap as the middle man? Product (Red) is one of those "ease my conscience" schemes that rich, coddled people dream up ( i.e. Bono) and use (i.e. consumers) to feel good about themselves.
Muhammad Yunus and his bank empower women in a culture that institutionalizes women's "second-class" position relative to men. Yunus is doing something that creates real results.
There's a reason why I'd like to work in a government job rather than in something related directly to my education. At the end of the day, Shakespeare is still dead, and movies--even the best ones--do not actively change lives. (This may also explain why I think that "LOTR" is a monumental waste.)
Today, 13 October 2006, the Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to Muhammad Yunus and his Grameen Bank of Bangladesh for loaning microcredits, mostly to women in a Muslim society.
Let's say that Gap donates $10 from a $30 T-shirt to the Africa fund. Why don't people just donate the full $30 to the fund instead of going through Gap as the middle man? Product (Red) is one of those "ease my conscience" schemes that rich, coddled people dream up ( i.e. Bono) and use (i.e. consumers) to feel good about themselves.
Muhammad Yunus and his bank empower women in a culture that institutionalizes women's "second-class" position relative to men. Yunus is doing something that creates real results.
There's a reason why I'd like to work in a government job rather than in something related directly to my education. At the end of the day, Shakespeare is still dead, and movies--even the best ones--do not actively change lives. (This may also explain why I think that "LOTR" is a monumental waste.)
