Advantages And Disadvantages Of Africa

“Tomorrow is not promised to anyone.” – Walter Payton. From all walks of life we are born to fail, make life an adventure of our own, and become prosperous in our own individual ways. In terms of lifestyle, America is essentially incomparable to Africa. The abundance of resources, supplies, and safety our nation provides for its citizens is something I personally will forever grateful for. On the other hand, in Africa their resources, supplies, and even safety is nowhere near guaranteed due to their lack of financial stability. Natural born African natives are at a complete disadvantage economically, educationally, and for some, socially. One key aspect of the life that African born boys and girls have on us American kids is their drive to

The conditions in which they live and work in are incomparable to America. It is difficult to argue against the families in Africa due to their prior and current circumstances. Envision yourself in the shoes of a poor citizen of Africa. What would you do? Once a person is forced between life and death, there mind becomes altered to do whatever it takes to survive. In this case, these families have no other choice but to ruin their own child’s life to ensure that they can have temporary safety and security. By all means, no human should ever be influenced or drawn to sending their six year-old child to work in a debilitated building at all times of the day, but if your existence depended on it most people would fight in pursuit for a better life. In a developing country like, Africa illegal Child Labor is tagged as a positive characteristic in the vast majority of African households. Child Labor is the sole reason some families are able to afford an education for their children. According to David Harrison author of, “It’s official: Child Labor is a good thing” illustrates to his audience that, “The market for the worst forms of child labor helps to keep wages in the market for the 'good ' forms of child labor sufficiently high to help poor families finance their children 's education" (1). Mr. Harrison expresses that this is the reality in Africa. The families

The clothes we wear, the small snacks we nibble on at lunch, and the dinner we eat all have one similarity. Child Labor has been marked as a major cause in production in a variety of company’s all across the globe. Despite the speculation of Child Labor still be in existence physically, due to Africa’s lack of advancement in the demolition of Child Labor we are still affected mentally and emotionally. Uninformed Americans and International human beings are purchasing millions of dollars of necessities a day and dazed individuals are unaware of their actions. Without a doubt there would be sincere citizens who would act against reality and attempt to educate people on the truth of the product they are making the choice to purchase. To my knowledge, the best example of this would be, an outbreak like Child Labor in Hershey candy bars would cause a substantial decrease in demand and an enlargement in price for that specific candy bar and possibly even others. As claimed by Eric Edmonds in, “Globalization and the Economics of Child Labor” he states, “During this period of liberalization, the price of rice increased by 30% relative to the rise in the consumer” (4). Mr. Edmonds is referring to the culture enlightenment of Vietnam from 1993 to 1997. Based off of this statistic alone, it just goes to show how much the media plays apart in the advancements of basic commodities. If the most powerful human beings in the world wish for the media to not