the coffee culture in America

People Trying to Make a Living
Throughout the past four weeks, we have been examining the labor conditions involved in harvesting coffee. Having never studied this subject, I was shocked by what these laborers endure. Since its discovery, coffee has had a huge impact on cultures throughout the world. Many countries, especially Brazil, immediately adopted coffee as an important crop once it was introduced to them. Although this crop brought prosperity to many of these nations, it also brought massive amounts of slaves in order to harvest it all. Eventually, slavery was abolished, and a new class of people emerged who worked the fields and lived in extreme poverty. These laborers still live in these same conditions today. This extreme poverty is a result of the fact that many migrant workers come to the country because where they came from conditions were much worse. Compared to the United States, these migrant workers have an awful life. This drastic difference shows how much mor...