ARAMARK: SHOULD WE NOT??

As many of y'all know Wheaton College's food comes form the company Aramark.  In the beginning of this year we had to re-sign our contract with the said company. This was also the time, we had different kinds of food everyday including and not limited to: Lobster, Korean food, Taco Tuesday etc.

Although many of us have enjoyed the fancy food we experienced the first two weeks of school, the food quality soon went back to the basics.  I don't know if many people know this, but Aramark is also the same company that feeds prison systems in the United States. My friends and I have made multiple jokes here and there about eating prison food however this post is not about the jokes.

On Nov 10, 2016, TWAP House and Renaissance hosted a screening of the documentary called 13TH directed by Ava DuVernay. The documentary is on the topic of the 13th Amendment and how there is a second clause that states that black people are free unless the are a criminal. This second clauses, in America has helped with the increased rate of incarcerations; to go even further as to have businesses exploiting inmates as worker in producing their products for free. 

WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH ARAMARK YOU ASK?

Business that use inmates as flexible labor workers, are also under the program called ALEC. ALEC is a legislative program that makes law and polices that affects the consumer and the businesses involved. However many do not know that ALEC is just a mass of large companies like Walmart, Vitoria Secret, Google, ARAMARK!

Under ALEC these companies create laws that benefits them both economic and policy wise under some random republican or democratic bill.   Aramark may provide Wheaton with food, but it is also a company that supports mass incarcerations so it can make business. 

My question to y'all is, Should we continue to get our food from a company like Aramark? There are other food companies that are in other colleges and institutions that are not under  or associated with ALEC.

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