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The process is made even more difficult by changing tastes. The fine china and antiques appreciated by Americans born in the middle of the twentieth century aren’t in much demand from the younger generations. “People just don’t want it. But seniors want people to want it,” Freeman says. “ ‘Oh, my kids will take it.’ No, they won’t.” It’s not their identity.
In February 1932, Scientific American published “Jobs from Junk—Wages from Waste,” a brief feature introducing Goodwill to its readers.
Implicit in these editorial choices is the assumption that Ghanaians are incapable of doing anything with foreign technology other than burning it.
