Movie Analysis : ' Black Gold '

Coffee is globally traded commodity. It is the second-most traded commodity with oil being the first. Coffee is generally traded in financial instruments known as futures contracts, and this is mainly done through the New York Board of Trade. In recent years, countries producing coffee has been increasing. Established producers like Colombia have faced bigger competition from these countries seeking to enter the market. Because of increasing number in countries it makes it harder for coffee producers to influence prices. Over the last few centuries, coffee has grown into one of the world’s most popular drink. There has been strong growth for coffee as it has become a fashionable drink. Coffee has replaced alcohol as a drink of choice for workers

Coffee is not just a drink. It’s a global commodity. Multinational coffee companies now dominate the industry worth over $80 billion, making coffee the most valuable trading commodity in the world after oil. While we continue to pay for our lattes and cappuccinos, the price paid to coffee farmers remains so low that many have been forced to abandon their coffee fields. This conundrum is most evident in no place other than Ethiopia, the birthplace of coffee.

Hirschi say that the key question for criminologists to answer is “Why don’t they do it?” as opposed to “Why do they do it?” is because he thinks that there is a normal society that has rules and laws that people have to follow. But there is also another society that the deviants create because they choose not to follow the rules. When this happens, it shows the difference between a deviant and somebody who follows rules. There are situations that keep a person from following rules. For example, people learn from other people. In the film “Black and Gold”, the Latin Kings childhood were not the best. They learned how to be in gangs because their parents were in gangs. But, gangs know that the rules they are breaking such as stealing and beating up people is wrong.

One of Rachel Perkins’ most outstanding projects was the SBS documentary series First Australians (2008), which was created over the course of six years. The series “chronicles the birth of contemporary Australia as never told before, from the perspective of its first people,” with an emphasis on what happens “when the oldest living culture in the world is overrun by the world's greatest empire.” The project was a milestone in Perkins’ career because of the large scale of the production as well as the significance of the story being told. When asked about the series, Perkins said, “Hopefully it will spark national interest in the people on whose lands we have made our homes." She served as the director, writer and producer. Although her

In chapter seven, it was stated that the coffee shop company do not completely buy from the small-time farmers. In case regarding towards Rwanda, a developing area where Starbucks supposedly performs fair trade, it was discovered that Starbucks buy their coffee beans from bigger plantations and the middle man, who buys coffee beans from small-time farmers usually scamming them (216). This creation of image of Starbucks being a good corporate business in helping the small time farmers earn more income is contracted by Simon’s findings, and shows that the coffee company is actually taking advantage of the small time farmers, when Starbucks buys from the middle man or the big plantation owners, it pay less for the coffee beans than they do if Starbucks purchases beans from small-time farmers. The greed of Starbucks at the expense of the individual farmers is unethical, yet the coffee shop company markets the contradiction.

Nespresso make little ecological claims on their products, avoiding a hypocritical approach. While much of the coffee industry is being sold through fair trade markets, Nespresso instead invest in sustainable quality development, which is hoped to result in higher quality beans. Coffee farmers who are part of program are rewarded with not only higher prices but through creation of long term

Fair trade is a movement that strives for fair treatment for farmers and it’s main goal is to reduce poverty in the developing nations. Fair trade strives for social justice and Brewing Justice analyzes indigenous coffee farmers in Oaxaca, Mexico to see if the fair trade is an important movement for the farmers. We are brought into the households of workers to see the social movements, economic and cultural survival, and environmental effects of fair trade. Author Daniel Jaffee spent months deep in Mexico to see how Fair Trade affected the coffee crops of societies and shares stories of his experiences to help support his claim that Fair Trade is not a solution to the growing numbers of families in poverty who grow coffee.

In Just Coffee a Proposal by Laura Klocke, she explains to us why coffee can affect many workers who only get paid forty cents a pound. Then she goes on about how we should switch to fair-trade coffee. However I can see where she is coming from, I know what it’s like to be a laborer worker and only get paid so little. In paragraph one she introduces her argument by telling us how much people around the world consume coffee. I find this paragraph to be well understood cause I know how much people consume coffee.

Mexico is one of the world's largest producers of coffee with over 45 Fair Trade coffee producers, the second largest number of producers in Latin America, which makes it one of the biggest centers of Fair Trade (Kilpatrick 2013, 68). For those in the industrialized north, Fair Trade is a way for consumers to identify where products originate, allowing people to make choices that have positive impacts on the world. For producers living Mexico, Fair Trade not only provides social benefits, but also brings many environmental benefits, as these two aspects are often tied together. Through the examination of both the environmental and social gains, this paper will argue that Fair Trade coffee production in Mexico is having a positive impact on both small scale producers, and on the communities as a

When many individuals wake up in the morning, the first thought they often have is: where is the coffee? The price of coffee fluctuates no matter what quantity is sold. The following paper will discuss what makes the price of coffee rise and what consumers do when the price is more than they are willing to pay. Many factors are taken into consideration when the price of coffee is being determined. The main two factors are the supply that is demanded and the availability of substitutes, which will be discussed below.

There will be no clear solution that can solve the problem completely, as it will not happen. Such measures take a considerable amount of time to implement and its effects may take a long time to trickle to the poor marginalized farmers in Nicaragua and other Latin American countries. The fair trade market attempt to solve the problem of price, such as many other systems attempt to solve the larger problem, but instead it has led to more implications. With a mantra to support and represent coffee farmers, guaranteeing fair prices. The need to certify coffee by the FLO has raised burdens on these coffee growers which in turn has decreased the market and demand for certified coffee. Farmers are now selling less of their coffee beans to the Fair Trade price (Linton). Many cooperates and the FLO have argued and proposed increasing the selling price for certified coffee beans, but these efforts fall short, since increasing the prices would discourage consumers from buying fair trade coffee, as well as prevent any future business from expanding and contributing to the fair trade. This has not created any discouragement, instead, Fair Trade certified coffee continuous to be imported, with each year surpassing the previous (Haight, 2011). Even then the demand for Fair Trade coffee has decreased and instead, pushed it out of a

Coffee is one of the most profitable and most traded commodities on the planet. It is second in trade to that of oil and gas. There are so many issues that surround this product, otherwise known as black gold. Coffee growers typically only get around three cents from over $1.50 cup of coffee that is sold in the United States. The world surrounding coffee is not fair. There are so many problems that arise because of its lack of fair trade. According to the United Nations, women do around two thirds of the work are only rewarded five percent of the world’s income and own less than one percent of the world’s real property. Coffee is a luxury food that many people take for granted and because of that, a large portion of coffee growers and their workers are exploited leading to the lack of fair trade.

The coffee trade has long played an important role throughout history and has had a major impact worldwide, both politically, socially and economically. The subject of the coffee trade is explored in Anthony Capella's historical fiction novel, The Various Flavours of Coffee (2008), and Irene Angelico's documentary film, Black Coffee (2005). Both of these sources represent different aspects of the history of coffee and explore the coffee trade in different ways, although they also share many similarities. Although The Various Flavours of Coffee and Black Coffee are very different mediums, one being a historical fiction novel and the other a documentary, both of these sources examine the role that coffee plays in Western culture. Each of these

Imagine waking up Saturday morning. It’s a chilly day while the sun is barely rising and you’re tug in your bed in your favorite pajamas. You smell the aroma of coffee beans been prepared into your favorite coffee drink, Mocha, Frappuccino, Latte, Espresso, you name it, while you read a book or admire the person you’re with. Well, that small or large cup of coffee contains a great amount of history that you have never wondered or asked yourself like many of us. Most of us drink coffee for many reason, but not many know the history behind the discovery of coffee. It might not be in the interest of many, but having some knowledge of how coffee evolved in today’s society will give you a greater view of its early discovery and consumption. I drink coffee at least every morning to wake me up, but after reading, “The world in Six Glasses”, I learned more about the history and meaning behind coffee in the early years. Coffee is not just a typical drink it has a long history behind it and it shapes our culture in society. Throughout my speech, you’ll learn about the growth of coffee, how it was traded to America, and how coffee is view today in our culture.

Many traditions and celebrations have coffee as the centerpiece. Much of the coffee grown and produced in Ethiopia are considered to be “speciality coffee” which to consumers in places like North America and Europe means a higher price tag but better quality and taste. Coffee is seen as “the backbone of the Ethiopian economy, contributing 41 per cent of total foreign exchange earnings in 2005” (Petit, 2007), however, many of those earnings are not going back to the people who work within the coffee industry there. It is reported that the coffee industry in Ethiopia is “sustaining the livelihoods of more than one million coffee growing households and an estimated 15 million people in total” (Petit, 2007) but many of these peoples are living in destitution and poverty in the past few decades. For the farmers in Ethiopia the earnings they get from coffee is estimated to be around US$1.50 while in the first world the coffee from Sidama, Yirgacheffe and Harar coffees are being sold in the retail market for up to US$26 per pound (Arslan, A., & Reicher, C. P. , 2012)