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Is Modern Day Slavery A Private Act Or A Public System Of Oppression?, Maria Ontiveros
Is Modern Day Slavery A Private Act Or A Public System Of Oppression?, Maria Ontiveros
Maria L. Ontiveros
This article examines the use of the rhetoric of slavery by the United States government and advocates for immigrant workers to determine how the Thirteenth Amendment is perceived and used in contemporary society. A survey of popular usage revealed that the government focuses on trafficking as the definitive form of modern day slavery. In so doing, it portrays modern day slavery as a private act with identifiable wrong doers and victims who have been forced or coerced into involuntary servitude. Immigrant workers advocates, on the other hand, portray modern day slavery as a systemic form of oppression, supported by governmental …