Modern Day Slavery In The United States

Our contemporary society has many flaws and issues that can cause severe sufferings to a common person. Among them “Contemporary Slavery” also known as “Modern-day slavery” is one of the very unjustifiable problems which clearly demonstrate that inhumanity still exists in present days, in our modern community. Although slavery is illegal in every country in the modern world, a recent statistic showed that approximately 35.8 million people are currently trapped in this curse (USA Today). Unfortunately, many of us simply don’t have any knowledge about it. However, people who are aware of this issue, sometimes deny its existence. Some even support the practice of slavery as it is needed in some impoverished communities. Overall, the negative impacts

It describes certain standards of human behavior, and commonly understood as fundamental rights, which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being, regardless of their nation, location, language, religion, ethnic origin or any other status. Many people have no idea that human rights can protect them against certain abuses like war crimes, genocide, apartheid, and criminal prosecutions. According to the article “Teaching the Transformative Agenda of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights” by Gillian MacNaughton and Diane Frey, they claim that “human rights, as understood in the United States, are often limited to individual civil rights, such as freedom of speech, and freedom of religion, as well as the prohibitions against slavery and torture, the right to human rights education, or the right to periodic holidays with pay, which are enshrined in the UDHR as well as other international human rights instruments” (MacNaughton, and Frey 18). These demonstrate that there is much more freedom in human rights than many of us familiar with. These are our basic rights. Unfortunately, when any of these rights get violated, many of us never stand up against for, because we were not aware of these rights in the first place. This article also states “Anglo-American countries have traditionally focused on individual civil and political

Also here in the United states, every gender is treated equally, very different than how women are treated in Asia. Even though unfortunately, throughout the United States, sex trafficking is the largest form of modern slavery that exists. In her article “The Second Tier: Japan's Stagnation in The Fight Against Sex Trafficking”, author Ellen M. Queen says “It is estimated that, of all human trafficking cases, 79% were for the purpose of sexual exploitation” (Queen 542) indicates it is also a global threat to women freedom. Ellen goes further and admits “Sex trafficking is a violation beyond forced labor, including the crimes of rape, torture, and unlawful detention” (Queen 542). Sex traffickers use violence, threats, lies, and debt bondage to force adults and children to engage in commercial sex acts against their will because they think “Women are cheap products that can be used and reused” (Queen 542). In many cases, traffickers manipulate the victim by romantic bonds, then forces them into prostitution. Others are lured in with false promises of a job, such as modeling or dancing. Also, many of them are forced by their own family members. According to Ellen’s article, harsh punishment is the only effective solution in reducing Sex Trafficking. But unfortunately in Japan “for trafficking in a human being for the purpose using him or her for a sexual purpose can get a penalty of a