Posts Tagged ‘slavery’

Trafficking from a racial justice advocate’s point of view

By Ejim Dike, As a long-time racial justice advocate, I am often thinking of the intersections between my work and that of related movements. We all know that race, gender, class, and immigration status do not operate in a vacuum, but at times it can be difficult to find ways to incorporate even more...

January 13th, 2011 | Slavery/Human Trafficking | Read More

Women and children first?

By Grace Chang, Recently in U.S. media and public policy discourses alike, the term “human trafficking” has become synonymous with “trafficking into sex work,” and this in turn has been equated with “sexual slavery” and “prostitution.” Human trafficking, while primarily an issue of...

January 12th, 2011 | Slavery/Human Trafficking | Read More

Moldova, a hot bed for human trafficking

By Nikki Junker, Executive Director, With More Than Purpose, Even amongst abolitionists, Moldova is unheard of which is unfortunate considering that this small country, the poorest in the EU, is a major source country for Human Trafficking, which means that mostly individuals are taken from Moldova...

January 12th, 2011 | Slavery/Human Trafficking | Read More

Slavery in the home and out in the fields

By Ivy O. Suriyopas, The 250-year legacy of slavery continues to permeate throughout contemporary United States. However, these days, the images we see are likely to be those of immigrants from the global South. Instead of state-sanctioned ownership and exploitation of workers inside the home or...

January 12th, 2011 | Featured, Slavery/Human Trafficking | Read More

Close to home: Complications in the domestic anti-trafficking discourse

By Sienna Baskin, The U.S. anti-trafficking law was signed by President Clinton in October, 2000, ushering us into an era where this issue has become a hot topic around the world. After 10 years of lawmaking and public debate around the problem of human trafficking, the central conversations on the Hill...

January 11th, 2011 | Slavery/Human Trafficking | Read More

Today’s efforts to combat human trafficking reflect historical racism and sexism

By Melissa Ditmore, Current efforts to address trafficking in persons are both reminiscent of and informed by the history of slavery and trafficking in the United States and elsewhere. In fact, trafficking in persons is often referred to as “modern-day slavery.” Historical grounding confirms that...

January 11th, 2011 | Slavery/Human Trafficking | Read More

Gates’ “Slavery Blame Game” misses the point

In recent days an enormous discussion has taken form within many American quarters, as Dr. Henry Louis Gates has once again weighed in on the question of reparations for African Americans. The Harvard Professor’s most recent article entitled, “Ending the Slavery Blame Game”, in which Gates...

May 10th, 2010 | Politics, Talk About Race, US | Read More

Human trafficking mixing-up views on immigration to the United States

Victims of modern-day slavery are being brought here as human cargo, and destined for the most vile purposes as forced labor and prostitution. Phoenix, Arizona. April 16, 2009 - There was a time when the common assumption about United States-bound immigration was about impoverished people crossing...

April 19th, 2010 | Featured, Immigration | Read More