Throughout the 1800s, countries all over the world were working towards passing new laws to abolish slavery. Many probably think the cruelty of selling humans stopped there, but human trafficking is thriving around the world. Since the 1800s, laws have been passed to protect human rights, and people are finding ways to illegally sell humans anyway. As stated in Global Issues, Local Arguments, “trafficking of human beings, involving the buying and selling of people who are forced to work for the…
The uprising of the equality of the sexes has made much great progress. Although progress has been made, it has been mostly for those who are white women. The movement leaves out issues in third world countries and those of other races. For example, women are paid less than men, but women of African-American or Hispanic descent are paid even less. The closing of the wage gap applies only to white men against white women, while every person of the same job should be paid the same no matter their…
Kony, a man from Uganda who would kidnap children for sex and war. Kidnapping is something else the Lord’s Resistance Army is known for, also for “forcing and training young boys to fight and kill while also forcing girls to be sex slaves” (AmericansAgainsttheTeaParty.org para.3). A consequence for these children who refused was that they were hacked to pieces. What these groups what do was take young girls and force them to be brides for soldiers, helping the spread of STD’s like HIV. These…
and the whole Colombian ethnic group each have a slew of stereotypes to conquer when dealing with other culture groups. One of the more popular and beautiful cities, Medellin, is often portrayed as a dangerous place to visit—full of drug cartels, kidnappings, and homicides. The popularity of cocaine and the illegal drug trade have both left the uninformed public with the opinion that the citizens of Colombia are all drug fanatics and/or murderers. While strong, united family values exist and…
* Phony War * Period between 1939- 1940 * there was very little combat as both sides built up their armies and arsenals * Axis * Alliance between Germany, Italy and later Japan * The 'Blitz' * in September of 1940, bombings of London and other major cities occurred in what the British called `the Blitz` * Italian Campaign, 1943 * in July 1943, Canadian, British, and American forces launched an assault on the Italian island of Sicily * by…
Sara is the only White person in her school and experiences a lot of racism. After her and Derek beginning dating, many people are opposed to their relationship. Sara's friend, who happens to be Derek's sister, even agrees with a comment made by Derek's ex-girlfriend that White girls always try and take the few good Black men that are left. Sara's father does not approve either. Sara and Derek literally have to fight for their love. Both Sara and Derek got into physical confrontations with…