Reference no: EM133529000
1. Scope and Volume
Approximately how many people are currently enslaved or in a condition of involuntary servitude? (Note: You might want to cite both high and low estimates.)
Describe this population in terms of gender, age, race, and nationality in terms of their numbers or percentages.
Where are modern slaves most numerous in the world?
What are the major sending areas or nations? What are the most important destination areas and nations?
2. Experiences
Describe the mechanisms and practices by which slave status is enforced. What is the role of debt bondage in modern slavery or involuntary servitude? How often are coercion and violence used? How do these practices vary across different types of slavery (e.g., sex trafficking vs. involuntary labor)?
Find at least three to five case studies of people who have been victimized by modern slavery. Briefly summarize each case in a sentence or two and include the links you found.
What important social characteristics do they share (e.g., age, gender, social class, race, and ethnicity)?
3. Dynamics and Causes
American slavery was shaped by the level of development and labor-intensive subsistence technology of the colonial era. Do similar factors shape modern slavery? Explain. What other factors are relevant?
What elements of the Noel hypothesis apply to modern slavery? How does ethnocentrism, prejudice, or sexism play a role? What resources and abilities do modern slaves have that make them the objects of competition? What role does power play in shaping and maintaining modern slavery?
4. Markets: Supply and Demand
What jobs do modern slaves hold? What economic niches are being filled by slaves? Identify two to three types of people or groups that profits. Describe the minority-dominant group situations you found.
5. Enforcement Efforts, Legal Considerations, Human Rights
Where is slavery illegal? By what authority? Outside of legality, identify three to five specific human rights or ethical issues related to modern slavery.
Find at least three national and international programs aimed at stopping modern slavery and describe what they are doing. Which seems most effective to you and why?
6. How do the readings at The Atlantic contribute to your understanding of modern slavery? For example, how does Lola's experience compare and contrast with the information found on the first three websites? What surprises you most about the reader responses? What's useful here that you didn't know before--and why? In what ways does knowing this information affect you as a student-citizen?