In "Haiti Doesn't Need Your Old T-shirt," Charles Kenny argues that dumping stuff that people no longer need to the poor is not an effective way to give charity. However, he introduces an issue regarding what type of charity is best and who should pay attention to it. By repeating the damage that inefficient charity causes, providing different negative examples and emphasizing what people really need to do about charity, Kenny educates businessmen and common people to give charity with sincerity instead of greed since they are all key players in constructing a perfect charity mechanism and win-win situation is impossible here.
Using strong words to describe damages of inappropriate charity work, Kenny states that common people should pay attention to be altruistic when they are giving charity. In the beginning of the passage, Kenny illustrates an example which seems like a perfectly way to give charity. He makes this example look so reasonable by using words like "everyone wins," "no cost" and "free" (253). However, in the next paragraph, Kenny explains his objection to this idea and shows various negative impacts of it. Kenny uses this striking contrast to inspire people to think about what's wrong with this win-win situation, to remind them that only they can get benefits from this transaction, but not the people who need help. The strong words that the writer uses to describe serious influences of donating used stuff that people no longer need are criticisms of this kind of selfish action. For example, words like "trouble," "hurt," "reduce," and "wipe out" serve as the alarm bell for people who live in wealthy countries and have extra money to give charity, especially those common people (253). Kenny uses these warning words to educate common people on how to avoid ineffective charity work in their daily lives.