In Novels and Tales

This week in my Novels and Tales class I had been responsible for giving a small presentation to the class called a contemporary body issue where I could share a recent newspaper article, or video etc. relating to the body, and connecting it to something we've read. Lately, i've been interested in everything Kevin Bales stands for. I entail his idea on Modern Slavery and how it has much to do with poverty and why there is a business behind it. I found a video of Kevin Bales speaking about modern slavery in a TED talk, and I presented a clip (8:30- 11:45) when he speaks about the mind-blowing price of slaves today and the price it takes to reintegrate these slaves back into society. I was able to directly relate this to the book Beloved when former African- American slave Paul D speaks of the discovery of his price. I explain how people are even more disposable now days then they were hundreds of years ago, which would result in many psychologically damaged people in the world similar to Paul D, when reflecting on their low value. I believe I was able to make my peers interested in checking out more on Kevin Bales, especially when mentioning how human trafficking is happening in not just places like Africa,and Southeastern Asia but in the U.S.

Kevin bales- How to Combat Modern Slavery