Films
"This entity holds the most power to set coffee prices for non-fair trade coffee from Ethiopia, according to the documentary 'Black Gold.'"
The New York Board of Trade
Sidney Mintz, who wrote Sweetness and Power, said that during the era of European colonial expansion, sugar cane plantations in the Caribbean did what
Which of these describes the women interviewed and observed by Hewamanne during the years they were working in the garment factory in Sri Lanka?
Rural young single women
Which of the following describes results of U.S. immigration policies of the past?
Did not allow Southern Europeans
"This action was part of the structural adjustment programs, or conditions imposed by the IMF, in Jamaica."
Not giving loans to farmers, devalue currency, and favor international imports
"These are some of the legacies of European colonialism in Jamaica."
Jamaicans speak English, Jamaicans had special preferences for marketing bananas in Europe, Jamaican political and economic leaders tended to be lighter-skinned blacks
In the Free-Trade Zone factory that Hewamanne observed
the male bosses tend to prefer attractive light-skinned women
Alaska Natives and Miskitus in Nicaragua share concerns about
making sure their culture is addressed in standardized school curriculums, the effects of climate changes due to global warming, the legacies of colonialism
"This statement best describes the lives of the live-streaming hosts portrayed in the People's Republic of China."
Working from their homes, unlike the factory workers that watch their streams.
"According to Lutz and Collins' analysis, photographs in National Geographic from the 1960s to the 1990s often depicted Africans in these activities."
performing rituals
"These are some of the expenses the factory women in Sri Lanka used their earnings for."
Remittance to family, their rent for the boarding house
"These are some of the trends affecting Tongan migrants and their families in Tonga."
Tongans in Tonga were pawning tapa cloths to obtain short-term loans
"This event occurred to the dairy farmers in Jamaica after the policies required by the International Monetary Fund were implemented."
Dairy farms were forced to close because they could not compete with imported powdered milk
"This is one significant way in which the lives of workers shifted due to industrial production in factories during the European Industrial Revolution."
Production was now in the factory instead of the home
"This is one commonality between the women working in factories in Vietnam and Sri Lanka."
they felt that their wages were too small and their cost of living was too high
The Somalian woman portrayed in the film "Welcome to Shelbyville":
Lost family in the war in Somalia
"This statement describes Luis, the young man featured in the film 'Five Years North.'"
Sent money back home to family, lived with relatives in New York, struggled to balance work and school
"In the production cost of a $100 pair of tennis shoes made in Indonesia, the worker salaries made up this much."
Less than 1 percent