--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: And who is responsible for this appalling…" description: "\"And who is responsible for this appalling child slavery? Everyone.\" — Anonymous" image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d23/anonymous-1_appalling_and-who-is-responsible-for-this-appallin_2563560.jpg" --- # And who is responsible for this appalling child slavery?… ![“And who is responsible for this appalling child slavery? Everyone.” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d23/anonymous-1_appalling_and-who-is-responsible-for-this-appallin_2563560.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d23/anonymous-1_appalling_and-who-is-responsible-for-this-appallin_2563560.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d23/anonymous-1_appalling_and-who-is-responsible-for-this-appallin_2563560.jpg) > “And who is responsible for this appalling child slavery? Everyone.” [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Collective responsibility for systemic injustice; everyone bears some blame. **In simple terms:** We all share responsibility. Key Takeaway Act to change the system. Themes social justice responsibility child labor Mood determined hopeful Type activist ethical When to use this quote - policy making - activism - education Key Concepts ethical accountability systemic change Questions to Reflect On - How can individuals contribute to change? - What actions reduce exploitation? 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Makes print journalism look like the greatest stuff ever written.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/local-television-news-on-both-radio-and-television-is-so-appalling/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [It's funny when you interact with someone so appalling, it makes you more appreciative of the people you're with daily.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-s-funny-when-you-interact-with-someone-so-appalling-it-makes-you/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Set small goals for yourself and meet them. You are responsible to take care of yourself. You should be your priority!!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/set-small-goals-for-yourself-and-meet-them-you-are-responsible-to/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“So long as we think of it objectively, time is Fate or Chance, the factor in our lives for which we are not responsible,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/so-long-as-we-think-of-it-objectively-time-is-fate-or-chance-the/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [If she is responsible for your smile, be responsible with her heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-she-is-responsible-for-your-smile-be-responsible-with-her-heart/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Out of the closets and into the museums, libraries, architectural monuments, concert halls, bookstores, recording studios and film studios of the world. Everything belongs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/out-of-the-closets-and-into-the-museums-libraries-architectural/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The American dream is, in part, responsible for a great deal of crime and violence because people feel that the country owes them not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-american-dream-is-in-part-responsible-for-a-great-deal-of-crime/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Nature consists of facts and of regularities, and is in itself neither moral nor immoral. It is we who impose our standards upon nature,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/nature-consists-of-facts-and-of-regularities-and-is-in-itself-neither/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“Foolish man, what do you bemoan, and what do you fear? Wherever you look there is an end of evils. You see that yawning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/foolish-man-what-do-you-bemoan-and-what-do-you-fear-wherever-you-look/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [You are responsible for your own happiness. If you expect others to make you happy, you will always be disappointed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-are-responsible-for-your-own-happiness-if-you-expect-others-to/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Actions have consequences... first rule of life. And the second rule is this - you are the only one responsible for your own actions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/actions-have-consequences-first-rule-of-life-and-the-second-rule-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## More by Anonymous > [And a tear rolled down her cheek, as she said goodbye; because she's walking away, and she's never looking back](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/and-a-tear-rolled-down-her-cheek-as-she-said-goodbye-because-she-s/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Life is full of change. That's how we learn and grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/life-is-full-of-change-that-s-how-we-learn-and-grow/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-ll-seldom-experience-regret-for-anything-that-you-ve-done-it-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Scrabble - The game is available in Braille. That’s a nice fact. This makes me feel better about humanity for some reason. I can’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/scrabble-the-game-is-available-in-braille-that-s-a-nice-fact-this/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Everyone needs someone to love, and I choose you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/everyone-needs-someone-to-love-and-i-choose-you/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“THIS tale of my sore-troubled life I write,    To thank the God of nature, who conveyed    My soul to me, and with such care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/this-tale-of-my-sore-troubled-life-i-write-to-thank-the-god-of-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Put on my J's and dance the whole night away Im naughty by nature like Im hip-hop hooray With my hands in the sky,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/put-on-my-j-s-and-dance-the-whole-night-away-im-naughty-by-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Me.. I have been through a lot, but I still manage to have a smile on my face. Im not worried about the past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/me-i-have-been-through-a-lot-but-i-still-manage-to-have-a-smile-on-my/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Distance is a test of love. many will fail for those who can't withstand it, but for those who can, theres only one answer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/distance-is-a-test-of-love-many-will-fail-for-those-who-can-t/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Im sorry I ever tried...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/im-sorry-i-ever-tried/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Being betrayed by the one you love is the worst feeling in the world...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/being-betrayed-by-the-one-you-love-is-the-worst-feeling-in-the-world/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Let children support their parents or be imprisoned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/let-children-support-their-parents-or-be-imprisoned/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The only person I've ever purposely caused pain here is myself...By simply sharing, caring too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-only-person-i-ve-ever-purposely-caused-pain-here-is-myself-by/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“Start a business, not a startup”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/start-a-business-not-a-startup/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The truth is, of course, that the curtness of the Ten Commandments is an evidence, not of the gloom and narrowness of a religion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-truth-is-of-course-that-the-curtness-of-the-ten-commandments-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Explore all 162,899 Anonymous quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## More Appalling quotes > [The neglect this implied, the suffering and wasted quality of human life were appalling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-hollows/the-neglect-this-implied-the-suffering-and-wasted-quality-of-human/) [Fred Hollows](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-hollows/) > [This new thing about liking yourself, I find that absolutely appalling. Anyone who likes themselves, I just can't go too close to them. To…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carole-bouquet/this-new-thing-about-liking-yourself-i-find-that-absolutely-appalling/) [Carole Bouquet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carole-bouquet/) > [What is this life but the sound of an appalling love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-erdrich/what-is-this-life-but-the-sound-of-an-appalling-love/) [Louise Erdrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-erdrich/) > [The fictional narratives that television, film, and the news provide for girls and young women are appalling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-messud/the-fictional-narratives-that-television-film-and-the-news-provide/) [Claire Messud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-messud/) > [You never know with politicians what they are really saying. And I don't say that in a negative way-they have an appalling job.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lovelock/you-never-know-with-politicians-what-they-are-really-saying-and-i-don/) [James Lovelock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lovelock/) > [Regret is an appalling waste of time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-mansfield/regret-is-an-appalling-waste-of-time/) [Katherine Mansfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-mansfield/) > [The quality of writing attracts me to films, also who the other actors are, who the director is, where it's being shot. 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