This photo is worthy of our attention because it again shows how society inhumanely treats and abuses children in New York. At such a young age, this boy is being subjected to a role of cleaning and repairing the shoes of an adult. Rather than receiving a valuable education, children such as this boy have to work in unskilled trades (and breathe in toxic chemicals such as the shoe shine dye).
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