After watching the film, Not My life, one thing that stood out to me was the story of the woman trapped in domestic slavery right here in the United States. Throughout the years I have been exposed to sexual and labor slavery by my church and different educational presentations, but this story shocked me. Often times, I catch myself believing that horrific things only happen far away and that men are the only perpetrators. However, it is clear that cruelty and violence can be found anywhere on the globe, no matter how developed a country is, and can be inflicted by both men and women.
Such was the case for Debra, a young woman trafficked from Tanzania to work just outside Washington D.C as a nanny for an economist employed by the World Bank …show more content…
However, it is clear from the above stories that although the practice is outlawed, slavery continues to persist. David Mascri reports in his journal, Human Trafficking and Slavery, that over the last decade 750,000 people sex-trafficking victims have been brought into the United States. In countries like Albania, Moldova, Ukraine, India, Nepal, and Sudan people are trafficked by the tens of thousands (Mascri, 2004). These numbers are hard for me to comprehend. I can’t imagine the horror of being taken against my will and forced into prostitution or back-breaking physical labor. I think that is one of the main reasons why people in developed countries like the United States don’t seem to care about this issues. From my experience, people are either unaware that slavery still exists or they are so far removed from the situation that it doesn’t matter. That is why documentaries like, Not My Life, are so important. By telling trafficking victim’s stories, people are able to connect on a human level with the little boy forced to fish all day with little food or rest. They wonder what it would be like if that were their son or grandson and suddenly human trafficking becomes an issue they care about. These stories must come out so that people can know the victims and in turn, do something about these
Such was the case for Debra, a young woman trafficked from Tanzania to work just outside Washington D.C as a nanny for an economist employed by the World Bank …show more content…
However, it is clear from the above stories that although the practice is outlawed, slavery continues to persist. David Mascri reports in his journal, Human Trafficking and Slavery, that over the last decade 750,000 people sex-trafficking victims have been brought into the United States. In countries like Albania, Moldova, Ukraine, India, Nepal, and Sudan people are trafficked by the tens of thousands (Mascri, 2004). These numbers are hard for me to comprehend. I can’t imagine the horror of being taken against my will and forced into prostitution or back-breaking physical labor. I think that is one of the main reasons why people in developed countries like the United States don’t seem to care about this issues. From my experience, people are either unaware that slavery still exists or they are so far removed from the situation that it doesn’t matter. That is why documentaries like, Not My Life, are so important. By telling trafficking victim’s stories, people are able to connect on a human level with the little boy forced to fish all day with little food or rest. They wonder what it would be like if that were their son or grandson and suddenly human trafficking becomes an issue they care about. These stories must come out so that people can know the victims and in turn, do something about these