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Professor Turkon
Cultural Anthropology
3 November 2016
education. Together, these three causes create the never ending cycle
of child labor and exploitation which supports all areas of the economy
within Brazil and in part the global economy. Classism separates the
poor literally with concrete walls with glass shards on top. The poor
live separate from the upper classes in favelas that no one would deem
scavenge and clean trash to sell for them to sustain their families.
Living in these conditions for generations, families are put into a cycle
one for generations has been able to work enough to afford what they
need to live, so children must help. Children work, grow, and have their
own children who are in turn expected to work the same jobs as their
parents did. This was the case with Gloria, one of the women Kenny
them from making a substantial stand for their rights. Most people
dont know their rights or know much about their government, so they
dont even know how to form an opinion about someone because they
are illiterate or feel inferior or that they dont know anything and
an obvious way to not starve because it works and there are no other
problems. Kenny also stayed in contact over the years with the people
she studied and did not abandon them like others which were
needed to protect herself and not let anyone take advantage of her,
she did try not to exploit the participants in her study. She could not fix
all of the problems in their lives, but she treated the people she met
with dignity and like people and didnt abandon them or ignore their
needs.
3. Global tourism provides more jobs for the children, but the cost
of the jobs is great. From tourist guides to prostitutes, children and girls
leave school to work in these jobs, especially as tour guides when they
people who partake in sex work and companionship for tourists. Kenny
describes how girls could form relationships with western tourists that
could continue for years with them living with and taking care of the
Europe. Many of the girls who do this prefer even the loneliness and
crummy jobs in Europe over life in a favela. While the work they do has
each other and tourists in the eyes of the children, they view global
them.
work. They make decisions about how and what work will bring in the
However, they are not agents in the sense that they are choosing to
work themselves. They work out of necessity under the threat of
their own lives is important in making policies that directly affect them
and their families. They are acutely aware of their needs and the
could be created. I think the same idea works with street kids who are
them or worse, actually tried to help their situations in ways that did
not endanger them more (like the system that has already been
it more fair. Change needs to come from within the country for it to be
international organizations like UNICEF and the UN, reforms and social
social structure, but it would not be the first time such a revolution
child labor occurs under the radar. While they could create stricter
legislation, it would end up doing more harm than good to those who
rely on the incomes of children to live when it is taken away. The adults
that I have read about that pays children and their families to go to
school would be beneficial should the country wish to make the drastic
populations.