[theqoo] GOT7's Jackson has cut ties with Adidas due to the fashion brand's support of Xinjiang Laborers

[echobunny]

i get that they are basically forced to do this if they want to continue to work in china but it's still so disappointing

[echobunny]

7 hours ago, RiseLikeACrowTit said:

Nobody can force you to lose your f*cking dignity as a human being for bloody money, that's just the price YOU decided to put to your soul; I wouldn't be able to sleep thinking i'm getting money over slave work of people in concentration camps, could you?

 

 

6 hours ago, Walmart Goddess said:

Deluded fan girls act like being a celeb in china isnt a choice. That keeping your mouth shut isnt a choice. This is how they try to victimize chinese celebs. Dont fall for their bs. The real victims are the uighurs, inner mongolians, tibetans, and hong kongers 

this is propaganda and we all can see that - have you ever been threatened by your own government? you saw what they do to millions of people who just want to live their life peacefully but somehow you think the celebs, who are important to china's soft power, can chose what to do and how to do it?

[echobunny]

8 hours ago, MinnieMax said:

I actually was. They had a choice. 

i'm assuming not following their orders meant you had a price to pay

i'm not saying we shouldn't criticize these celebs for doing what they do (call them out whenever you want, it's justified) but they won't stop posting this shit. china won't stop putting protesters in jail. the uyghurs will continue to get hurt - unless something on the scale of international law happens. i think these brands did the right thing by not buying the cotton produced by slave labor and i hope china gets punished at least economically for the things they do

[echobunny]

3 minutes ago, MinnieMax said:

Laws, especially international laws, are changed and adapted when a lot of people demand a change. In this case the movement needs strong visible supporters inside the country because political diplomacy and economical relations won't let anyone from outside affect it too much. This is reality. #everybodyknows but nothing is done. Let's be honest what these idols did will actually affect uyghurs and other minorities in China negatively. It set a tone for Chinese youth to ignore a problem as if it doesn't exist.
Choosing humanity and paying the price for it is always a choice. That's how our societies get better or worse 
Ignoring the elephant in the room when someone is really hurting and even actively supporting the ones who are hurting them is a choice too. 

i don't disagree, they are on the wrong side of history