On doll

One of Camila’s favorite dolls has long blond hair in a braid, eyes that open and close. It has a soft body, but a plastic head, hands and shoes. It’s pretty nice all in all. We bought it at the dollar store for, you guessed it, one dollar.
I can’t but wonder at the person or persons who made this doll. How little must they be paid, if after the cost of materials, transportation, and several levels of profit, they can sell the doll for only $1. Was it made by a child who doesn’t even have her own doll? Was it made by a woman who must work countless hours to make ends meet? Whatever the answer, I’m sure it’s not pretty. And yet I bought the doll.

1 Comment

  1. Tim Holmes

    And if you wouldn’t have bought the doll, would the child have worked one minute less? Or would not buying it only hasten the closing of the factory she now works in leaving her to the streets?
    It’s clear that nearly everything we buy, and a great deal of what we need to buy, is based on inequity and is based on the wanton use of fossil feuls.
    Change needs to happen wholesale.

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