I caught up with Jean Robert the next day and ask him – “in the end, does this all happen because of poverty?” He is adamant. “No, no, no. Poverty doesn’t explain how one human being can treat another this way,” he exclaims.
via Anderson Cooper 360: Blog Archive – A capacity for cruelty is never justified « – Blogs from CNN.com.
[…] Child Slavery In The Wake Of The Earthquake In Haiti 2010 January 19 tags: child labor, child slavery, haiti, poverty, restavec, slavery by Jeff Turner (@respres) I was sent a link to the the video, Helping Haiti’s Child Slaves, this morning via email. I’ve seen it before and even linked to a longer version of it in A Capacity For Cruelty Is Never Justified. […]