Human Trafficking: Modern Day Slavery Julie A. Geary-Bernstein Western Governors University Abstract This paper focuses on the social problem of human trafficking within the United States. The extent in which human trafficking affects the United States in various ways will be discussed. Sociological theory will be used to discuss multiple causes of human trafficking. Primary focus will be on Conflict Theory and how it can explain causes of human trafficking. Keywords: human trafficking‚ conflict
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Mason Moran Mrs. Davis Government Period 9 February 14‚ 2013 Research Project: Human Trafficking “Modern Day Slavery” “SLAVERY was abolished 150 years ago‚ right? While it is true that slavery is illegal almost everywhere on earth‚ the fact is there are more slaves today than there ever were…” Despite the grim reality described in this quote‚ I believe Robert Alan successfully undermines a common misconception held by Americans‚ both young and old. Although we are brought up thinking that
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Eric Foner stated “While slavery was expanding in British America‚ so too was freedom” That was because slavery expanded rapidly while indentured servants had more rights. The spread of tobacco made Chesapeake planters to move from indentured servants to slaves. There were many reasons for this change. Firstly‚ by law‚ blacks had many disadvantages. Such as‚ they could not claim the protection under the English law. Secondly‚ while indentured servants had fixed terms‚ blacks’ terms of service never
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While the Old Testament verse Leviticus 25:44-46 was crucial in the biblical slavery debates‚ other verses were equally significant. A notable example being Exodus 21:20 which states “When a slave owner strikes a male or female slave with a rod and the slave dies immediately‚ the owner shall be punished.” Based on this verse southern proponents of slavery argued that the Bible’s acceptance of slavery was a given. In essence‚ if the Bible provided laws which regulated and allowed for the punishment
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Slavery now a day Each day‚ the 39 Filipino nationals worked up to 16 hours at South Florida country clubs‚ golf courses and restaurants that cater to a wealthy clientele. Each night‚ they returned to crowded homes in a quiet residential neighborhood in Boca Raton where food was scarce and barely edible. Meals sometimes consisted of chicken feet soup and rotten vegetables. When one complained‚ the owners of Quality Staffing Services forced her to drink muriatic acid‚ causing her lasting stomach
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profiting from the sex industry are violating‚ and even destroying‚ any sense of dignity their victims have. Those “who are victimized through sexual abuse often begin to develop deeply held tenets that shape their sense of self: ’My worth is my sexuality. I’m dirty and shameful. I have no right to my own physical boundaries.’” The entry into Old Testament slavery was a choice one could make‚ and protected them from being without their
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Valentine’s Day is rolling around and many know what food source is associated to this holiday… chocolate. But when you get that heart shaped box of goodies do you stop and think about where it came from? Who made it? Who’s forced out of their homes into slavery onto cocoa farms working in inhumane conditions? How about the young boys who are beaten down at the ages of 12 to 16‚ or even younger. Neither did I. When you think of chocolate you think of words such as sweet‚ delicious‚ rich. When these children
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Human Trafficking & Slavery Human rights are the basic freedoms and protections that people are entitled to simply because they are human beings. Human trafficking and slavery is a contemporary issue that violates the standards of human rights. Human trafficking and slavery is a growing issue that is happening right around the world. There have been legal and non-legal responses in order to prevent this worldwide problem. Human trafficking and slavery occurs across all over the world
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Amendment promised freedom by abolishing slavery and involuntary servitude. Many today believe this to be true‚ however‚ slavery from the past has taken on new forms and meaning into the present. Freedom remains to be elusive to countless of people in two simple words: human trafficking. In today’s globalized society‚ the immoralities of human trafficking are entrenched in lives of people that most will not detect. Those who are victims to the transformed slavery market are mainly women and girls.
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Gender and Slavery in America Deborah Gray White’s “Ar’n’t I a Woman?” attempts to illustrate and expose the under-examined world in which bonded‚ antebellum women lived. She distinguishes the way slave women were treated from both their male counterparts and white antebellum women by elucidating their unique race and gender predisposed circumstances‚ “(…) black women suffer a double oppression: that shared by all African-Americans and that shared by most women” (p. 23). In all‚ black women suffered
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