Speaker for the Living

Lindsey Lohan and Kanye West have both been in the news recently. Lohan tried to help a family, accused them of trafficking children, and tried to take their kids. West has tried to make some points about slavery. Seth and JJ talk about what they they did, what they seemed to be trying to do, and what we can learn from it.

Sources:

* Lindsay Lohan Punched in Face ... After Accusing Couple of Trafficking their Kids, TMZ

* People Are Concerned About Lindsay Lohan After She Was Punched In The Face While Attempting To Kidnap Two Kids In Russia, UPROXX

* Lindsay Lohan Posted An Instagram Video Of Her Harassing A Russian Homeless Family, UPROXX

* Lindsay Lohan Is a 'Nightmare' Who 'Hasn't Changed,' Says Source, People

* Lindsay Lohan Says “Do Whatever It Takes” Days After Being Punched in Instagram Video, Vanity Fair

* Lindsay Lohan Got Into A Fight On Instagram Live While Apparently Trying To "Save" A Child Refugee, BuzzFeed

* The ignorance of Kanye West, Vox

* The controversy over Kanye West’s 13th Amendment tweets, explained, Vox

* Kanye West just said 400 years of slavery was a choice, CNN

* Kanye West stirs more outrage with 13th Amendment, slavery tweets, CNN

 

 

Seth discusses his recent visit to Evergreen Plantation and Whitney Plantation. Evergreen is the most intact plantation in the South, which includes 22 slave cabins in their original positions. The nearby Whitney Plantation opened as a slavery museum in 2014 that includes memorials to the slaves of the plantation and to enslaved babies that died in the county. Whitney also integrates slave narratives from the Federal Writers' Project.

Sources:

* Evergreen Plantation

* Whitney Plantation

* The U.S. has 35,000 museums. Why is only one about slavery?, The Washington Post

* How the Whitney Plantation became a different kind of Confederate monument, Nola.com

* Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936 to 1938, Library of Congress

* Paula Deen reportedly wanted black people to play slaves at a wedding, Salon

* Disturbing wedding trend: Getting married at a plantation, Salon

* Photo: Seth Daire (slave cabin at Evergreen)

 

 

 

 

Seth and JJ review A Child's Voice, a movie involving satanic ritual abuse that's supposed to be about human trafficking, but that fails to actually portray human trafficking, has an awful script, and has an affinity for bowl cuts. JJ gives some examples of missed opportunities where this movie could have portrayed human trafficking. They also talk about a few anti-trafficking movies they like, and talk briefly about some other TV shows and movies that have covered the topic.

Sources:

* A Child's Voice, Vimeo

* The Action Means Purpose “A-M-P” Model, Polaris Project

* Photo: Libreshot

Seth and JJ look into the labor and safety concerns at the factories of Apple's primary supplier, Foxconn, in China. After giving a high-level view of Apple and Foxconn, they dive into their problems with Excessive Overtime, Suicides, Low Wages, Illegal Student Labor, Riots, Strikes, and Hazardous Environments. While recognizing that Apple puts a lot of effort into their corporate social responsibility efforts, Seth makes the case that Apple can and should do more.

Sources:

* Ground broken on Foxconn's first US factory, rumored to supply iPhone screens for Apple, Apple Insider

* No, Apple supplier Foxconn isn't scaling back its US factory, CNET

* Foxconn, a key Apple manufacturing partner, breaks ground for American factory, Mashable

* The 100 largest companies in the world ranked by revenue in 2016 (in billion U.S. dollars), Statista

* The World's Most Valuable Brands, Forbes

* Global 2000: The World’s Largest Public Companies, Forbes

* #1 Apple, Forbes

* Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results, Apple

* Apple Generated More Revenue In One Quarter Than Google Did In All Of 2014, Business Insider

* Apple rules Gartner's "Supply Chain Top 25" list again, Supply Chain Quarterly

* Apple Leadership - Tim Cook, Apple

* Tim Cook: The Genius Behind Steve, Fortune

* Apple Supply Chain - The Best Supply Chain in the World, TradeGecko

* Is Apple Supply Chain Really the No. 1? A Case Study, SupplyChainOpz

* The Apple Supply Chain: The Best in the World?, Logistics Viewpoints

* Apple Can't Innovate or Manage Supply Chain, Forbes

* How & Where iPhone Is Made: Comparison Of Apple’s Manufacturing Process, CompareCamp.com

* Why can't Apple meet demand for the iPhone 6?, CNBC

* Hon Hai, Apple's Largest Supplier, Reported Very Strong November Revenue Growth, Forbes

* Group Profile, Foxconn

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JJ gives an overview of the trafficking of Native Americans today, and how marginalization and vulnerabilities factor in, with particular focus on sexual violence and sex trafficking.

Sources:

* Human Trafficking (Including Sex Trafficking) of American Indians and Alaska Natives, US Department of Justice

* Trafficking in Tribal Nations: the impact of sex trafficking on Native Americans, Human Trafficking Search

* “The Devastating Impact of Human Trafficking of Native Women on Indian Reservations”, US Senate

* Disproportionate Impacts of Human Trafficking on Native Communities, Human Trafficking Center

* Crimes against Native American women raise questions about police response, The Guardian

* Photo: Seattle City Council on Flickr

In part two of our series on indigenous communities and human trafficking, JJ and Seth dive into the reality of historic slavery and current trafficking of First Nations people in Canada. We continue to discuss the eraser of First Nations victims, and the lack of data and public attention.

Sources:

* First Nations People in Canada, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada

* First Nations, Wikipedia

* John Evans Study Committee, University of Denver

* Democratic Individuality, Alan Gilbert

* Slavery in the Maritime Provinces, Early Journal Content on JSTOR

O'Neil, Peter. "A Canadian community compared to Haiti — at minus-40C | Vancouver Sun". Blogs.vancouversun.com. Retrieved February 9, 2013.

* "Stop the blame game | Toronto Star". Thestar.com. November 30, 2011. Retrieved January 24, 2014.

* Kirmayer, Laurence J. (March 1994). "Suicide Among Canadian Aboriginal Peoples". Transcultural Psychiatric Research Review. doi:10.1177/136346159403100101. Retrieved December 14, 2014. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/a-history-of-residential-schools-in-canada-1.702280

* Mosby, Ian (July 2013). "Administering Colonial Science: Nutrition Research and Human Biomedical Experimentation in Aboriginal Communities and Residential Schools, 1942–1952". Histoire sociale/Social history. 46 (91): 145–172. Archived from the original on July 23, 2013. Retrieved August 2, 2013.

* Robertson, Lloyd Hawkeye (2006). "The Residential School Experience: Syndrome or Historic Trauma" (PDF). Pimatisiwin. 4 (1). Archived (PDF) from the original on August 26, 2016. Retrieved June 28, 2016.

* The First Canadians, Google Books

* Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking of Aboriginal Women and Girls, Native Women's Association of Canada

* Sikka, A (2009). "Trafficking of Aboriginal women and girls in Canada".

Bill C-49: An Act to amend the Criminal Code (Trafficking in Persons)". www.parl.gc.ca. Retrieved 2015-12-06.

* Meet the Reporter Behind a New, Must-Listen Canadian Crime Podcast - Flare". Flare. 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2017-03-30.

* Why are girls disappearing all over Canada?, BBC

* Canada's stolen daughters: Sex traffickers target indigenous Canadians, CNN

* A Conversation With Native Americans on Race, Facebook

* Canada's First Nations already feel failed by inquiry into missing and murdered women, The Guardian

* Photo: Wikipedia

What is the experience of indigenous Australians (the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples) with human trafficking? Seth and JJ give some historical context, then JJ gives an overview of the types of slavery experienced by indigenous Australians in the past and present, and discusses vulnerabilities of these populations that are sometimes invisible.

Sources:

* Australia's History, Tourism Australia

* Australia - History, Encyclopedia Britannica

* Indigenous Australians, Wikipedia

* Vulnerability of Indigenous Persons to Human Trafficking, US Department of State

* Impact of European settlement on Indigenous people, Skwirk Online

* Racism in Australia, Wikipedia

* Australia needs to own up to its slave history, The Sydney Morning Herald

* Bringing them home, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

* Stolen Generations, Wikipedia

* Servant or Slave: Reshaping Australian history through a new lens, SBS

* Did legalised slavery exist in Australia?, SBS

* Blackbirding: Australia's history of luring, tricking and kidnapping Pacific Islanders, ABC

* 10 things you should know about slavery in Australia, NITV

* Was there ever Aboriginal slavery in Australia?, Creative Spirits

* Photo: Wikipedia

Seth and JJ tackle frequently asked questions people have about human trafficking.

1. How is human trafficking different from migrant smuggling?

https://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/fs/2017/272005.htm

https://ctip.defense.gov/Portals/12/Documents/HSTC_Human%20Trafficking%20vs.%20Human%20Smuggling%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf?ver=2016-07-14-145555-320

http://www.globalmigrationgroup.org/theme/migrant-smuggling-and-trafficking-persons

2. Is there a difference between human trafficking and slavery?

https://campaign.worldvision.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Understanding-human-trafficking-fact-sheet.pdf

https://www.freetheslaves.net/about-slavery/faqs-glossary/

3. What if a trafficked person consents?

http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/human-trafficking/faqs.html#What_if_a_trafficked_person_consents

https://www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/Toolkit-files/08-58296_tool_1-3.pdf

http://yris.yira.org/essays/1467

4. Is it only human trafficking if victims are transported across national borders?

https://www.antislavery.org/slavery-today/human-trafficking/

https://humantraffickinghotline.org/what-human-trafficking/myths-misconceptions

5. How widespread is human trafficking?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_trafficking_in_the_United_States

https://polarisproject.org/human-trafficking

6. Which countries are affected by human trafficking?

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/06/a-fascinating-map-of-the-worst-countries-for-modern-slavery/277037/

https://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/

7. Who are the traffickers?

https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/resource/who-are-human-traffickers

https://humantraffickinghotline.org/what-human-trafficking/human-trafficking/traffickers

8. How would I recognize a victim?

https://polarisproject.org/victims-traffickers

https://polarisproject.org/human-trafficking/recognize-signs

http://www.usccb.org/about/anti-trafficking-program/identifying-trafficking-victims.cfm

9. What is the most commonly identified form of trafficking?

Seth and JJ discuss the recent situation at the US-Mexico border. After discussing how asylum works, they go into the policy changes, which include prosecuting all crossers, separating all children, making asylees apply at a port of entry, and slowing down case management at ports. They look at relevant laws, 8 U.S. Code § 1325 , 1158, 1225, as well as the Flores agreement and question the legal basis of the Trump administration's position. JJ finishes by discussing the 2018 TIP Report's concerns about institutionalizing children and by explaining how U and T visas can assist victims of human trafficking who have crossed our borders.

Sources:

* Unaccompanied Alien Children, Office of Refugee Resettlement,

* Asylum & the Rights of Refugees, International Justice Resource Center

* Undocumented Migration from the Northern Triangle of Central America, International Crisis Group

* Transnational Organized Crime in Central America and the Caribbean: A Threat Assessment, UNODC

* Can You Request Asylum at a U.S. Border or Entry Point?, AllLaw

* Requesting Asylum at U.S. Border? What to Expect at Credible Fear Interview, NOLO

* “Catch and release,” explained: the heart of Trump’s new border agenda, Vox

* What You Need to Know About Catch and Release, White House

* Yes, illegal aliens have constitutional rights, The Hill

* Immigrant Rights Groups Push Obama for Bolder Executive Action, The Nation

* Immigrant Rights Groups Will Start Protesting Obama Again, HuffPost

* What Obama did with migrant families vs. what Trump is doing, Vox

* The 1,500 “missing” migrant children: an immigration expert explains what you need to know, Vox

* The Trump administration’s separation of families at the border, explained, Vox

* Trump’s separation of families at the border: a visual explainer, Vox

* How Trump Came to Enforce a Practice of Separating Migrant Families, The New York Times

* DHS denies separating families seeking asylum, Axios

* 8 U.S. Code § 1325 - Improper entry by alien,

This week, Seth and JJ interview Wendy Barnes—a speaker, trainer, consultant, and author on human trafficking…who also happens to be a survivor of human trafficking. In this weeks interview, Seth and JJ discuss Wendy's amazing book And Life Continues: Sex Trafficking and My Journey to Freedom (available on amazon), her life, the services available to trafficking survivors, and what academics and responders can do to better serve survivors and those currently held in bondage.

Sources:

* And Life Continues, Wendy Barnes

* And Life Continues: Sex Trafficking and My Journey to Freedom by Wendy Barnes, Amazon.com

* Trafficking Terms, Shared Hope International

* Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Lost Innocence, Modern Day Slavery & Transformation by Barbara Amaya, Amazon.com

* Cry Purple by Christine McDonald, Amazon.com