introductie van de auteur: PAST IS PROLOGUE In my Ethical Jewelry Exposé, I argue that the emerging “responsible jewelry” movement in North America is designed to hide crimes in plain sight, allowing large-scale mining and retail interests to continue sourcing metal and gems with a neocolonialist disregard for people and the environment. In this selection from the Exposé,

(This excerpt from Marc Choyt’s Ethical Jewelry Exposé: Leugens, Verdomme Lies, en Conflict Gratis Diamonds, was originally published here.) You are living in an adobe house with a tin roof you have built yourself on your ancestral land. You grow grains and vegetables near your home, and source your water from a deep spring located just nearby.

(This excerpt from Marc Choyt’s Ethical Jewelry Exposé: Leugens, Verdomme Lies, en Conflict Gratis Diamonds, was originally published here.) NGOs have pointed out for decades that large-scale mining is destructive to the culture and environment of Indigenous people. It has become absolutely critical that large multinationals that have a public profile present strong examples of