New slavery

The last class discussion we had really stuck to me. After reading the expert from Kevin Bales book I was waiting anxiously to go to class to talk about it. And to be honest as I was reading the first story in my head I was saying "Wow, this must be from the 50's or early 60's at most," when I found out that it was from 1992 I was shocked- how could this be still going on??!!? I was more disgusted that I had never heard of any modern day slavery before this reading (other than the Kathy Gifford scandal). I can't think of any other reason as to why the modern slavery is being hushed other than money. The people who are gaining from the use of slaves don't want to give up their wealth. Even in class when Jef asked us if we would continue buying items like sugar for a higher cost if we knew it wasn't from fair trade, mostly everyone said no because we are too poor to buy it. But lets think about it, anyone who is attending college is far from being poor like these people who are forced into slavery because they are truly poor. If we gave up on our iphones and downgraded to a regular flip phone we would save enough money to buy the higher priced sugar. And that is just a small change that people could make to support fair trade products. But people just don't want to give up the ability to creep on someones Facebook or look at someones tweet while not being able to access a computer. The innocent people who are forced into slavery can't even eat or sleep comfortably let alone have the luxury to use Facebook or Twitter.

I am trying to imagine what the world would really be like without the use of slaves at all, and the more I think about it the more I believe that the world would probably not be able to run at all. We so heavily rely on slave use that to give it up would be like asking the world to stop using cars and factories. Nothing would get done and trade would be impacted. It's like we have created a world where slaves is a main component or a key to success in the world. I feel like there's nothing I can do about this problem, we have gotten ourselves too deep into this mess.

I've found a sit where you can learn more information and learn what you can do to help the people who are being enslaved. https://www.freetheslaves.net/SSLPage.aspx?pid=584 There you can donate and find out others things you can do to help the cause.