Fashion Bloggers Work In Cambodian Sweatshop, Learn 'We're Rich Because They're Poor'

[ashling]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/28/sweatshop-reality-show_n_6555436.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000054

When three sprightly fashion bloggers from Norway agreed to star in a month-long reality show in Cambodia, they were probably expecting more "Project Runway," and less human rights violations in a series produced by their country’s largest newspaper, Aftenposten.

But once Anniken Jorgensen, Frida Ottesen and Ludvig Hambro touched down in a cramped workroom in Phnom Penh, they quickly realized they weren’t in their cushy blogosphere anymore and would have to endure the harsh realities more than 500,000 workers there face, according to advocacy group Clean Clothes.

"The truth is, that we are rich because they're poor," Hambro said in the final episode of "Sweatshop." "We are rich because it costs us 10 euros (about $11) to buy a T-shirt [at] H&M. But somebody else has to starve for you to be able to buy it."

[progressoid]

1. Would any network in America dare to air such a show?

[valerief]

4. That was my first thought. This would NEVER be aired in the U.S. nt

[bloomington-lib]

2. Isn't that how a lot of people became rich. You slice away profit from the lives underneath you and

add it to your bank accounts for a pretty large pile of money for yourself. Maybe not all rich people are parasites, but a good chunk of them are.

[mountain grammy]

3. Now this is "reality" TV and I'd like to see it here in America..