Every time you drop off a load of clothing that you've accumulated but hardly worn you get to pat yourself on the back because somewhere a homeless person is going to get to sleep in an offbrand tracksuit you got from Walmart because it was cheap and <shrug> who doesn't need another tracksuit? Well done you. The reality, however, is that while some of those clothes get back into the community the vast majority of them are purchased by the ton and then dumped on the third world by this do-gooder organization or that. It means that some random African in a squalid slum will end up with your old Nike t-shirt. Can you spell cultural pride? It also means that local businesses that would have employed local people to provide clothing for the populace cannot survive, which feeds into the cycle of dependence that handouts beget. So the next time you're thinking about making a run to Goodwill so that you can free up closet space to fit some new clothes think about sucking on a car exhaust pipe instead.