Slavery Today

[DrLeftover]

I am shocked that CNN did this story.



You are not supposed to talk about black on black slavery in Islamic Africa.



NOTE: Those with lighter skin as mentioned in the article are not white.

On a cul-de-sac behind a strip mall in an anonymous neighborhood of this Midwestern city is an incredible story of escape from slavery.

Marieme's neighbors don't know her history. She mostly keeps to herself in her modest stucco house, 4,000 miles from her native Mauritania. Her six children know their mother's story well. She rescued them from slavery, too.

They are living a life they never could have hoped for in Mauritania, where an estimated 10% to 20% of people are enslaved.

The horrors Marieme endured as a slave in West Africa still dominate her dreams and flood her eyes at unexpected moments. In her first attempt to escape, she ran for two days and two nights through the Sahara Desert, barefoot, only to arrive at the home of another slave owner, who returned her to her master.

http://www.cnn.com/2...nati/index.html

 

[Evil Eye]

NOTE: Those with lighter skin as mentioned in the article are not white.

This particular case sound like it was.

Whenever I see a older white man with a long beard, I feel horribly afraid -- because this is what the master of my family looks like.

 

[DrLeftover]

Yes. That ONE was, not all are, and in fact, the Majority of the local slaveowners there are everything but.



It is no surprise that CNN failed to mention that. However, I am still shocked that they ran the story at all.





Modern slavery is still a problem in countries like the Sudan, Male, Niger, and elsewhere on the continent.



Something else not talked about on the morning gabfest shows.

 

[Temerit]

What do you mean it's no surprise that CNN failed to mention that?



BTW morning gabfest shows normally focus on domestic issues and US politics.. there are plenty of injustices that occur each and every day across the world that don't get a bit of news coverage in the US.

 

[Evil Eye]

Yes. That ONE was, not all are, and in fact, the Majority of the local slaveowners there are everything but.

Takes away most of the punch, though.

Human trafficking is nothing new. It probably happens in every country that has more than a few inhabitants.