(I posted this little post on my other blog, dedicated to ending slavery, 27 Million Revolutions for 27 Million Slaves: 27 Million. I'm still struggling how to manage having a website dedicated to my authorship and writing, but then have a blog about human trafficking. I should probably reference the other blog more often, eh? Which is why I'm copying this post to this page. It's a quick summary of my approach to ending trafficking and it's a quick read.)
One of my major arguments in my book is that we all
unknowingly support human trafficking in some way. The uniqueness of my
argument is that I say it is not only the things that we do that
support human trafficking, but the way that we think and talk, too; our
very attitudes contribute to slavery, whether we like it or not.
There
are more tangible ways that we contribute to slavery, too, of course. I
don't focus on the tangible so much as I should, though that's partly
because I truly believe that if we can change our very beings to be
aware and compassionate of the humanness of others then tangible acts
would become unnecessary. In helping think about the tangible, my
fiancee pointed out this article to me: Unknowingly Supporting Trafficking.
If
you have been concerned about slavery for awhile now, you may have
thought about how buying clothes, chocolate (or coffee and other goods)
that's not fair trade, and fruit can contribute to trafficking. You've
probably also given thought to the massage parlor industry, especially
considering that this blog and my book have talked a good deal about
some of those. Still, it's worth the reminder that slaves are working
in various industries that produce what we consume. The article is a
quick read so I hope you'll read it. I don't have anything in
particular to add to it except that I hope you will think long and hard
about how you consume products: just because consuming products does not
bring us face-to-face with another human being does not mean that we
can stop being aware and compassionate of the humanness of others.
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