Sometimes tears are a sign of unspoken happiness and a smile
is a sign of silent pain ~ Unknown
I chose
this quote to represent the article/issue that I will be blogging about this
week. When set free from pain tears run
down ones face because that’s an emotion that lets go of all the hurt. A smile at times does not always represent
happiness. A smile can also be an image
of pain for some of us; we just hide our pain with a fake smile. Young girls from Africa the ones who know the
meaning and have lived the life of a sex trafficking would have much connection
with this quote.
In my
younger years when thinking of Africa I have always thought of animals, heat,
and very cultural people. However,
Africa is an enormous Continent with many countries. From doing research Africa
is not what one imagines as it would be, even though some countries might have
more improvement then others there are countless issues that many of these
countries face. For example South Africa
has a high rate of sex trafficking young girls.
The girls are sex trafficked at the age of 4 years old. Some of the girls are kidnap. While others
girls are sold to sex trafficking by their families. Family members sell their daughters to
receive a little money to survive on.
Groups named Molo Songololo have reported that as of today there are
about 38.000 young African girls being sold to South Africans and many other
humans from all over the world. The
countries that are involved in this horrible situation are Nigeria, Congo, and
Anglo. These humans are trading these African girls to Eastern Europe,
Thailand, and China. This article is hearting
breaking making me wish I could go to Africa and save some life’s.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1037215.stm
It is interesting how they try to link the country becoming a democracy to the rise in sex traffic. They also stated that sex traffic was the 3rd largest source of profit for organized crime, right behind guns and drugs. This profit is most likely why the criminal aspects in Bulgaria, Thailand, China, and Russia are involving themselves. Its so profitable that girls are coming from Eastern Europe, Thailand, and China all the way to South Africa. The situation as a whole is pretty disturbing, but taking girls as young as four years old is just insane. Hopefully justice will catch up to these predators.
ReplyDeleteIt horrifies me that there are enough creeps to make so huge a market.
ReplyDeleteJust like what we talked about on the other day in class about generational conflict, which younger men having to lead their life towards aggression. The majority of the kidnappers are among young men who have been trained in violence corruption because they have nothing but themselves. By taking the advantage of the abusive power towards kidnapping young girls for profit is a man's shameful crime against humanity even if its for funding an army or ammunition.
ReplyDeleteIt really is disturbing that this happens. I wishbpeople understood that people aren't property, but humans.
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