Students,
As we saw in the film "The Fall of Suburbia...," there are many serious issues in today's world that are created by the fight for natural resources. In the case of oil depletion, the consequences range from food shortages and massive blackouts to war. Although it hasn't received the same type of media coverage, the fight for Diamonds and other precious minerals, especially in Africa, has been equally as destructive to communities around the world.
Check on the following link http://www.wghfilms.com/bling.htm to go to the BLING website.
Read at least 2 of the articles found in the "Educational Materials" section and post a reflective comment. Your post should be at least 5 sentences. After posting your comment, respond to at least 2 others.
The You Tube link below will lead you to additional information about the diamond industry.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LbXWwpbLaU
3 comments:
It is very upsetting to know that peoples kives are being ruined and taken away because of diamonds. Nothing is being done about it eiither. You may hear about it a little but then it is swept under the rug. Why does this continue to happen. The rich become bullies and makes the little people help make them rich.
What many people fail to see is that this issue is reality. More than 75,000 Siera Leoneans were killed over diamonds. Innocent lives are taken away over something that has no affect to them at all. None of the people who work hard to find these diamonds really profit from it. Just like Monie said the rich become bullies and make the poor choose: Either they help them add to their wealth or they die.
it is a shame to see that all of these celebrities are basically spending there money on to see somebody oversees waste there life over a certain item that you might want to show off to public and not know the true meaning behind each and everyone of those diamonds.
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