TOW #18-Nonfiction: Editorial Shutting off the flow of slave labor goods to the U.S.

When we look at our iPhones, our Nike sneakers, the very pencils in our hands, we never put much thought into where they are coming from. While the United States prides ourselves in our power of liberty and independence, we often forget to acknowledge our chilling ability to turn our cheeks to the faults of our nation. One tremendous fault is that, though we have ended slavery, we still a acknowledge its existence in other nations. We have banned the import of goods made from slave labor for over 86 years, but there are exceptions which essentially conclude that these products are banned, unless we really want them. This subject, and the recent plans of Barack Obama to close all exceptions to the banning, are covered in a riveting editorial written by the world famous editorial board for the Los Angles times. Throughout this text, the board uses daunting statistics and reactions from other nations in an effort to show how this change will negatively effect America. While slave labor has caused a great deal of distress and horrific result, the US has depended on it for so long that it now is responsible for around "14 million jobs worldwide" and "51 billion in profits." By including this, the board is allowing the reader to see the effects for this change and impose pathos for the reader as they know how this effects them as well. On top of the statistics, the board uses information from the reaction of other nations to prove once again how this will negatively effect us. The board mentions that the lack of slave labor with make products more expensive for consumers in America. This information helps the reader further understand how a change that seems totally positive can have negative effects for our nation.