Speaker for the Living

Author Andi Cumbo-Floyd joins host Seth Daire to discuss her books, which involve researching the history of enslaved persons and grappling with how the legacy of slavery impacts us today. In The Slaves Have Names: Ancestors Of My Home, Andi explored the histories of the enslaved persons who had lived on the plantation that later became her home. Steele Secrets and Charlotte and the Twelve: A Steele Secrets Story are fictional accounts through the eyes of Mary Steele, who happens upon ghosts whose presence challenges her community to learn more about the plight of African-Americans there and face uncomfortable truths in the present. Visit Andi's website at www.andilit.com for more information about her books and editing services.

Discussion of Monica Petersen's unpublished paper, "What are we saving women from and what are we saving them to? GAD Analysis of the Business of Sex Trafficking." JJ Janflone and Seth Daire dedicate this episode to their friend and colleague Monica Petersen. Her paper critiques Siddharth Kara’s Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery. Monica utilizes a Gender and Development (GAD) framework analysis to understand global trafficking in women. Her analysis of gender and methodology is the primary focus of this podcast.

After graduating with her M.A. in International Development, Monica stayed on to work with the Human Trafficking Center as a Research Fellow and the Assistant to the Director, as well as being appointed to the Data and Research Task Force of the Governor’s Colorado Human Trafficking Council. After leaving her position at the Korbel School this past June, she moved to Haiti in September to teach and set up an NGO. Monica was a scholar-activist committed to serving the dispossessed and a clear and critical voice in the human trafficking field. She died on November 13th, 2016.

Discussion of Monica Petersen's unpublished paper, "What are we saving women from and what are we saving them to? GAD Analysis of the Business of Sex Trafficking." JJ Janflone and Seth Daire dedicate this episode to their friend and colleague Monica Petersen. Her paper critiques Siddharth Kara’s Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery. Monica utilizes a Gender and Development (GAD) framework analysis to understand global trafficking in women. Her analysis of gender and methodology is the primary focus of this podcast.

After graduating with her M.A. in International Development, Monica stayed on to work with the Human Trafficking Center as a Research Fellow and the Assistant to the Director, as well as being appointed to the Data and Research Task Force of the Governor’s Colorado Human Trafficking Council. After leaving her position at the Korbel School this past June, she moved to Haiti in September to teach and set up an NGO. Monica was a scholar-activist committed to serving the dispossessed and a clear and critical voice in the human trafficking field. She died on November 13th, 2016.

What indicators does correctional labor have in common with slavery? Seth Daire and JJ Janflone look at prison statistics, case studies of prison labor, and the Constitutional "except as a punishment for crime" clause. Is it right to profit from prison labor? Also a look at prison gerrymandering, where prisoners count as residents for political representation while not being able to vote.

Sources:

Benns, Whitney. "American Slavery, Reinvented." The Atlantic. September 21, 2015. http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/09/prison-labor-in-america/406177/.

Ford, Glen. "Black Agenda Report." Private Prisons, Human Trafficking and the American Way of Punishment | Black Agenda Report. http://www.blackagendareport.com/node/1077.

Herivel, Tara, ed. Prison Profiteers: Who Makes Money from Mass Incarceration.  New York: The New Press, 2009.

Lebaron, Genevieve. "Slaves of the State: American Prison Labour past and Present." OpenDemocracy. April 23, 2015. https://www.opendemocracy.net/beyondslavery/genevieve-lebaron/slaves-of-state-american-prison-labour-past-and-present.

Mauer, Marc. Race to Incarcerate. New York: The New Press, 1999.

McCormack, Simon. "Prison Labor Booms As Unemployment Remains High; Companies Reap Benefits." The Huffington Post. October 12, 2012. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/10/prison-labor_n_2272036.html.

"Penal Labor." Fight Slavery Now! 2015. https://fightslaverynow.org/why-fight-there-are-27-million-reasons/otherformsoftrafficking/penal-labor/.

"The Problem | Prison Gerrymandering Project." Prison Policy Initiative. http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/impact.html.

Subramanian, Ram, et al. "Incarceration’s Front Door: The Misuse of Jails in America." Vera Institute of Justice. February 2015. http://archive.vera.org/sites/default/files/resources/downloads/incarcerations-front-door-report.pdf.

Wagner, Peter and Bernadette Rabuy. "Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2016." Prison Policy Initiative. http://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2016.html.

Wright, Paul, and Tara Herivel, eds. Prison Nation: The Warehousing of America's Poor. New York: Routledge, 2003.

What indicators does correctional labor have in common with slavery? Seth Daire and JJ Janflone look at prison statistics, case studies of prison labor, and the Constitutional "except as a punishment for crime" clause. Is it right to profit from prison labor? Also a look at prison gerrymandering, where prisoners count as residents for political representation while not being able to vote.

Sources:

Benns, Whitney. "American Slavery, Reinvented." The Atlantic. September 21, 2015. http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/09/prison-labor-in-america/406177/.

Ford, Glen. "Black Agenda Report." Private Prisons, Human Trafficking and the American Way of Punishment | Black Agenda Report. http://www.blackagendareport.com/node/1077.

Herivel, Tara, ed. Prison Profiteers: Who Makes Money from Mass Incarceration.  New York: The New Press, 2009.

Lebaron, Genevieve. "Slaves of the State: American Prison Labour past and Present." OpenDemocracy. April 23, 2015. https://www.opendemocracy.net/beyondslavery/genevieve-lebaron/slaves-of-state-american-prison-labour-past-and-present.

Mauer, Marc. Race to Incarcerate. New York: The New Press, 1999.

McCormack, Simon. "Prison Labor Booms As Unemployment Remains High; Companies Reap Benefits." The Huffington Post. October 12, 2012. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/10/prison-labor_n_2272036.html.

"Penal Labor." Fight Slavery Now! 2015. https://fightslaverynow.org/why-fight-there-are-27-million-reasons/otherformsoftrafficking/penal-labor/.

"The Problem | Prison Gerrymandering Project." Prison Policy Initiative. http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/impact.html.

Subramanian, Ram, et al. "Incarceration’s Front Door: The Misuse of Jails in America." Vera Institute of Justice. February 2015. http://archive.vera.org/sites/default/files/resources/downloads/incarcerations-front-door-report.pdf.

Wagner, Peter and Bernadette Rabuy. "Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2016." Prison Policy Initiative. http://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2016.html.

Wright, Paul, and Tara Herivel, eds. Prison Nation: The Warehousing of America's Poor. New York: Routledge, 2003.

Seth Daire and JJ Janflone introduce the podcast by talking about the meaning and history of terms relating to slavery and human trafficking, primarily in the United States. Seth and JJ both attended the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the Universe of Denver (http://www.du.edu/korbel/) and were student staff at the Human Trafficking Center (http://humantraffickingcenter.org/).

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: https://www.state.gov/j/tip/laws/

 

Seth Daire and JJ Janflone introduce the podcast by talking about the meaning and history of terms relating to slavery and human trafficking, primarily in the United States. Seth and JJ both attended the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the Universe of Denver (http://www.du.edu/korbel/) and were student staff at the Human Trafficking Center (http://humantraffickingcenter.org/).

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: https://www.state.gov/j/tip/laws/