Do you eat fast food or shop in supermarkets?????

RantWoman notes that today is International Human Trafficking Awareness Day and directs her readers to the following item, related to dinner whether at the fast food chain or the supermarket:

http://blog.sojo.net/2011/01/11/human-trafficking-and-the-food-we-buy/


RantWoman is, by Quaker standards, an embarrassingly enthusiastic consumer of fast foods. This means, for instance, that RantWoman sees before her very eyes the waves of quiet immigration measures rolling across the land: workers who have 90 days to prove their identity may not stick around very along if their papers are not in order. RantWoman has also noted that Spanish-tinged voices have, in the 'hood where RantWoman lives, been replaced by African American ones.

RantWoman is noting these points without comment, partly because of what she would say if she did comment: RantWoman would say that near slavery conditions in the fast food business may be only one of several realities calling Friends to radical prophetic witness. Even RantWoman is, unfortunately, not necessarily that prophetic.

RantWoman is happy to note several of her preferred chains are mentioned in the above item as having signed agreements about fair labor practices. Sometimes RantWoman takes her virtue in even small increments.

RantWoman thinks rather a higher percentage of Friends shop at supermarkets than admit to eating fast food. RantWoman commends to her readers efforts to get several supermarket chains to sign such agreements: can you say prophetic witness opportunity?