http://blog.hitn.org/pandemiainvisible/2009/06/for-the-price-of-okra/ Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:11:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blog.hitn.org/pandemiainvisible/2009/06/for-the-price-of-okra/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Francisco Lugovina Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:12:22 +0000 http://blog.hitn.org/pandemiainvisible/?p=69#comment-10 The truth is that slavery("elusive community") by any name is still slavery and we who love to eat okra are enablers of the slave trade. Not long ago Puerto Rican migrant workers were part of the slave labor force all over the South, USA and also in Hawaii and the Philippine. How easily most of us forget. 10 dollars a day(two boxes) might worst than the traditional slave condition. The truth is that slavery(“elusive community”) by any name is still slavery and we who love to eat okra are enablers of the slave trade. Not long ago Puerto Rican migrant workers were part of the slave labor force all over the South, USA and also in Hawaii and the Philippine. How easily most of us forget. 10 dollars a day(two boxes) might worst than the traditional slave condition.

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