Ellen Ruppel Shell: Haiti’s other disaster

Professor of 新闻, Ellen Ruppel Shell, in an opinion piece for the Jan. 22 edition of 波士顿环球报， reminds readers that the same America that is generously donating tens of millions of dollars to Haiti in earthquake relief is also exploiting cheap Haitian labor. 本文节选如下。

在海地，另一场灾难需要我们的帮助
艾伦·拉佩尔·谢尔著

THIS WEEK, CNN contextualized the earthquake disaster in Haiti by showing an archival news clip of Haitian children eating mud cookies made primarily of edible clay trucked in from the country’s Central Plateau. 很多海地母亲显然认为，给孩子喂掺了一点油或糖的粘土比什么都不喂要好。 这是有道理的：毕竟，饼干可以填饱肚子，甚至可能含有微量矿物质。 粘土几乎没有任何营养价值，而且常常携带危险的高水平细菌，当母亲看着她饥饿的孩子的眼睛时，很容易忘记这一点。

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Shell, who is also co-director of the Science and Medical 新闻 Program, is author most recently of 廉价：折扣文化的高成本.