Article Rebuttal NV BCOM/275 July 7, 2014 Article Rebuttal We need a ‘Reparation Superfund’ ( (n.d.). . Retrieved July 8, 2014, from http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/06/08/are-reparations-due-to-african-americans/we-need-a-reparations-superfund), states Mary Frances Berry the former chairwoman of the United States commission on civil rights. Mary Frances Berry believes that ex-slave pension and bounty movement back in 1887 should be followed through. “Whose membership forms stated
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This shameful and illegal act robs an individual's dignity, freedom and humanity. What is it? Sex trafficking. 20 million women and children are forced into the global sex trade. Just imagine a life constantly used as an object, constantly abused, without a name but only a number.Calling for help, whilst being kept silent. Why is it still happening? One of the root causes of sex trafficking is poverty corruption, which is reflected in the lack of educational and social work opportunities
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Somaly was victimized by just about every root cause of human trafficking that exists. She was abandoned by her biological family before the age six and left to fend for herself in an extremely impoverished village of Cambodia. The lack of family support and parental protection had a significant effect on her development as a young girl. She grew up lonely and without any positive guidance which made her extremely vulnerable to trafficking. In addition to lacking any family support or financial
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Michelle Speed Sex Exploitation/Human Trafficking Speech Mr. Cox P4 11/8/15 "They forced me to sleep with as many as 50 customers a day. I had to give [the pimp] all my money. If I did not [earn a set amount] they punished me by removing my clothes and beating me with a stick until I fainted, electrocuting me, cutting me.", says a sex trafficking survivor from Cambodia according to equalitynow.org The 13th Amendment states," Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for
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{draw:frame} {draw:frame} {draw:frame} Human trafficking: The faces and sorrow at the heart of a UN report {draw:frame} 13 February 2009 – Rose was just a teenager in Cameroon when she was promised a chance to go to school in the United States. What she got was – slavery, working 15 hours a day for years, paid nothing, and beaten. Anna (not their real names) was beaten throughout her childhood in Moldova, and fled her home in despair at age 12. But those who “helped”
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In her editorial “Why Do We Lock Up Survivors of Sex Trafficking,”Andrea Powell proclaims that victims of sex trafficking are being treated as criminals and do not receive the help that they are entitled too. Powell supports her claim by using hypophora, hypotyposis, and distinctio. The author’s purpose is to reveal the truth about sex trafficking and how victims are treated. The author writes in a critical, yet formal tone to inform socially conscious Americans about the fact that there is a problem
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severe punishments and increases prison sentences for human traffickers, imposes new criminal fines that require convicted human traffickers to fund support services for human trafficking victims, changes how evidence can be used against human trafficking victims, prohibits evidence that victim engaged in sexual conduct from being used against victim in court proceedings, and mandates additional law enforcement training on handling human trafficking cases. The penalties for convicted traffickers include
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was made in September and October, 2015. The initial attempt used those key words: child sex trafficking, and social work, and United State of America, treatment, resources, survivor or victims of child sex trafficking. It was difficult to find treatment as a main topic of those articles. This topic is not new, but it is not main topic in the articles. The treatment for survivors of child sex trafficking. Also, it was decided that treatment perhaps was used in other countries where they have similar
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A report from La Strada states that in 2009 the number of convictions of human trafficking increased from 132 people to 203 people in 2013 and that the ratio of convictions for human trafficking increased from 60% in 2009 to over 70% in 2013. Both of these statistics suggest a steady and alarming increase in the rate of human trafficking since prostitution was legalised in the
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Carolina Romero Ruby Moaney ENC1101-7209 26 Jan. 2016 Slavery of the 21st Century People see all kinds of ads on many different topics every day. It is characterized because it can be direct capturing the attention of the viewer; however, the human trafficking ad represents the issue and meets the goal because of the amount of people affected and the emotions that transmit. One of the most impacting things that the ad represents the issue is with the amount of numbers that it shows. For example, 70%
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