Aleea Robinson
ENG 100 Assignment #3 Film-Based Argument Due: Draft #1 posted to blog by 11:59 pm on 3/23 In Slumdog Millionaire, screenwriter Simon Beaufoy shares the story of Jamal, a boy who grew up in the slum neighborhoods of India and managed to gain a spot on the gameshow, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire India version. Throughout the film, Jamal is shown as a person who must overcome many obstacles to survive, including an experience of torture when he provides the correct answers to too many gameshow questions. When Jamal and Salim return back to their hometown they witness something terrifying with Jamal friend Latika she was selling her body going by the name Cherry for Maman(Orphange man). He had a lot of man trafficking from all over the world for this business. Women selling their bodies for money to make a living. Trafficking flourishes throughout the world, aided by corruption and neglect by states. Seeking better lives and opportunities, trafficking victims migrate only to find themselves trapped in debt bondage, forced labor, and slavery-like conditions(ACF.HHS.GOV). The United Nations has estimated that 700,000 people are trafficked into forced labor and forced prostitution around the world each year(ACF.HHS.GOV). The American government can reduce sex trafficking by creating better outreach programs for sex trafficking victims, raising awareness among community members throughout the country and enforcing strictly federal punishment for sex traffickers. One of the main challenges that occur with identifying both survivors and traffickers. Some people who are trafficked do not initially realize the extent of the manipulation and may not identify as victims. It becomes hard to help people because they are getting mistreated and they believe this is normal. Others may protect their trafficker even if they wish to seek help from others. Although there are no signs that a person is being trafficked for sexual purposes the signs show physical, emotional, sexual, or mental abuse, and neglect. It should be more programs that target current victims to come out to seek help from others. This can become a huge thing in the United States if we don’t put an end to it now. They should put these communities all over the US. One of the programs is located in California called The Dream Center Human Trafficking Program it began in 2010. The program can keep the traffickers away if they’re in a safe environment. While they are becoming part of a healthy community they will aid address pressing legal, medical, and emotional needs. They operate through four phases: Rescue, Rebuild, Restore and Pre-Transition. Each phase was developed to build on each other, and they are designed specifically to help our women process through their trauma in a safe and healthy manner. Since the program has been established they have been able to maintain relationships with local enforcement. These are the specific reasons why they should have more programs like this to help sex traffickers. Sex trafficking should be an issue that is aware in community’s because a victim can be your neighbor or friend. How to make the community aware of this issue you can encourage others to organize a fundraiser and donate the proceeds to an anti-trafficking organizations. They should also encourage schools to collaborate with students and include modern slavery in their curricula. School administrators and staff need to be aware that cases of child trafficking are being reported in communities throughout the nation. This could make the students more aware of what’s going on their community. Is more common they target school-age children. In fact, many child victims of human trafficking are students in the American school system. Some don’t want to face reality of trafficking in their community it can become difficult to comprehend, let alone confront. The community should know that these crimes needs a cause for a call to action. The school system can be safe havens for students, and even more so for some students whose lives are otherwise characterized by instability and lack of safety or security. In these cases, school personnel are uniquely well positioned to identify and report suspected abuse and connect students to services—actions that can prevent trafficking and even save lives. The community can determine the children’s’ future if they don’t come forward to make a change. Most trafficked victims receive five to eight clients a day, but the number of clients is directly correlated with the age of the women. The reproductive health risk behind this terrifying situation. Has high numbers of unprotected sexual encounters mean these are more acceptable to STIs or pregnancy, and a lack of access to services, prevents them from seeking testing, treatment, or other care related to outcomes. The odds of infection were significantly increased among women who had been trafficked at a younger age. Trafficked youth also face an increased risk of multiple mental and physical health problems that may compound one another. Depression is one of the chemical unbalance, but it leaves a person feeling miserable and unhappy. These mental disorders arise in victims because they fear what will be done to their bodies. The overall high rate of mental disorder may also arise from childhood adversity, personality factors, and socio-economic. When people experience this terrifying experience, it can affect them for a lifetime. It also can lead to victims dying from this forced lifestyle and the sexual health caused to victims of human trafficking has become even more evident. This contributes to bringing a lot of awareness to school districts that I stated previously. The people who are forcing these individuals into sex trafficking should get punished for the emotional abuse they have caused and sex transmitted diseases. Luckily it has been federal law established which is called trafficking in persons, is a modern-day form of slavery. It is a crime under federal and international law; it is also a crime in every state in the United States. An organization called The Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act improves the U.S. response to human trafficking. It contains several important amendments that strengthen services for victims. The JVTA also requires the creation of a domestic trafficking Work Cited https://www.acf.hhs.gov/otip/resource/federal-government-efforts-to-combat-human-trafficking https://www.state.gov/j/tip/id/help/ https://safesupportivelearning.ed.gov/human-trafficking-americas-schools https://www.hrw.org/news/2004/07/06/us-efforts-combat-human-trafficking-and-slavery http://www.anderson.edu/humanities-behavioral-science/programs/english/journal/spring-2014/ataylor
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Aleea Robinson
ENG 100 Assignment Final Hiraeth Project Due: posted to blog by 11:59 5/10 Summer Day with Grand mom I wake up in my bright white color room. With my window slightly crack so I can feel the beautiful breeze from the summer morning air. I can hear the birds chirping to the Saint Katharine Drexel (Christian Church/School) bells. The radio is playing downstairs the gospel station. I walk into the bathroom to brush my teeth and wash my face. My grand mom walks out of her room to give me a warm hug. Her golden bronze skin would catch the light so beautifully. She had light blonde hair just like Madonna. With light brown hazel eyes with a wide mouth smile and pearly white teeth could light up a room. When she would walk into a room you would catch the aroma of her Musk by Alyssa and Ashley. She had a personality that could command the room. Everyone that would be in her presence loved her company because she kept everyone hysterical. She was intelligent, bright, and funny. My beautiful grandmother Joan Robinson. She went downstairs to make breakfast and coffee. I went towards her room to watch the news. I jumped right across her bed. Her room was everything gold from her dressers, TV stand, and picture which was a peacock. Her room had a strong aroma of Alyssa and Ashley musk. She called for me from downstairs to come and get my breakfast. I grabbed my plate and ate my food in the back kitchen watching the BRATZ on channel 3. I threw my stuff in the trash and headed back upstairs to start my day. Before I got a chance to walk upstairs I heard a knock on the front door. It was my friend Tamia. Tamia grandparents’ house was connected to my house. Me and Tamia grew a huge bond so did our moms. Our mothers built a connection based on being single mothers. She asked me if was I coming outside to play. I let her know I would be out shortly after I got in the shower and got dressed. She said “okay” and walked down my porch stairs. I made my way upstairs to get ready. I ran the warm water in the bath tub and placed my hello kitty bubbles in. I got in the tub washed up. Dried myself off. Headed inside my room. Picked out my clothes and got dressed. I went inside my grand mom’s room to take some of her Musk while she was downstairs. I made my way downstairs to ask could I go outside to play. My grand mom stood in the kitchen getting a snack with her Indian yellow color shirt, brown trousers, and gold slides with gold nail polish on her feet. She instantly said “no” because we were about to run some errands. I couldn’t stay home since my brother was away on a basketball trip and my mom was at work. So, I was forced to go with her. I placed on my shoes from the back kitchen. We headed out the back door to get in her white Mazda with gold trimming with light tan leather seats. When we got in her car I instantly felt my behind and my back burning it was like a microwave on a summer day in the car until she turned on the air and pulled down the windows. She would always pull down the windows while the air was on which was so rare. We slowly pulled out of our driveway and headed towards our first destination. Riding down the street playing her favorite oldies mix. We finally pulled up at the Granite Run Mall to go to Boscov’s her favorite store. Every time we enter the store she would stop at the shoe section and try on a ton of shoes. She finally made a purchase then we headed out to the multiple store section in the mall. My favorite store at the time was JCPenney and Claire’s. I stopped at the stores and made a few purchases. After the time, we spent in the mall we went towards Chic fil a and got something to eat. I always had an 8ct nugget meal with a H-C Fruit Punch and my grandmother would get a chicken sandwich meal with the same drink as me. We sat down and ate our food and made some conversation about school and life. After we were done eating we threw out our food and headed out the door toward the car. She placed her music on and we pulled out the parking lot and making our way home. I ride down the road looking up at the sky imagine that the clouds being shape figures of something odd. We finally pulled up in our drive-way I was so happy we were finally home from our long shopping day. We walked up our walk way towards our door and went in the house. I instantly ran up my stairs and laid across my bed. I thought I was going out to play with my friends but I fell asleep so fast I didn’t even realize. I woke up and I heard people talking from downstairs it was my mom and grandmother discussing her day at work. They suggested that we go get some ice cream from the market so we could watch Dancing with the Stars ’12. My mom suggested that she would go get the ice cream and get some ingredients for dinner while me and my grandmother stayed home. She made her way out the door to go to the market. Me and my grandmother went to sit out on our porch which was narrow with tan bricks, white polls, with a ton of cars riding pass to jump on the 95-route highway. The speed limit was 30 mph but it was so many people riding pass doing 60 mph. It was a lot of accidents and loud music riding pass. But oddly we were so comfortable with this disturbing traffic going pass the house. So, we sat down on our burgundy plastic chairs and glanced at the sun going down. It was shades of blue, purple, pink, and yellow. Then it finally got dark outside. The breeze was swiftly going pass us you could smell all the cookout food from the nearby cookout you could literally taste it. My grandmother tended to rock back and forth but this day she was just staring at the cars riding pass. It seems like she had a lot on her mind. I didn’t know what could have been on her mind that she didn’t even make a joke. My mother shortly came back with the ice cream. She starts making my favorite dish at the time which was fish and chips. While me and my grandmother were sitting on the porch. We hear the phone ringing from upstairs in her room. She couldn’t make it upstairs that fast so the call went straight to voicemail. She sat in her room for a while, me and my mom made conversation about my grandmother going to the hospital getting tested for cancer and she would be expecting a call from the doctor shortly telling her the results. I instantly thought about my grandmother on my father side how she passed away just a year ago from lung cancer stage 4. She was somebody that was huge in my life also. If this was the same result for my other grandmother it would hurt me. My grandmother slowly came downstairs in the kitchen where the strong aroma of fried fish and potatoes was coming from. She asked if we could sit down at the dining room table because she had to let us know something that was important. I wanted to think positive about the outcome results so I walked in the dining room and sat down. She said, “I have just received a called my doctor letting me know the results of the cancer scan”. We waited patiently to hear the results. She states, “They have let me know I have been diagnosed with lung cancer stage 4”. Me and my mom went into instant shock with disbelief that I was hearing these words once again. I asked, “Our there any possible ways they can cure this cancer”. I could feel the tears slowly coming down my face. She said, “They have suggested that I attend radiation at Taylor Hospital”. She agreed that she would go get radiation even if it led to her losing her beautiful blonde hair. My mother agreed she would do anything possible to help with curing this issue by taking off days just making things acceptable so she could be by her mother side while she goes through this terrifying thing called cancer. I couldn’t take anymore hearing about this because I thought it would lead to death. So, I went outside with no destination just walked around to find anything possible to make my mind at ease. By hearing this news, I helped my grandmother with a lot of things if necessary because she was starting to decrease with her health. We said our fellow good byes on March 22, 2012. Aleea Robinson
ENG 100 Assignment #3 Film-Based Argument Due: Draft #1 posted to blog by 11:59 pm on 3/23 SHOULD SEX TRAFFICKING HAVE MORE AWARNESS IN THE US? In Slumdog Millionaire, screenwriter Simon Beaufoy shares the story of Jamal, a boy who grew up in the slum neighborhoods of India and managed to gain a spot on the gameshow, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire India version. Throughout the film, Jamal is shown as a person who must overcome many obstacles to survive, including an experience of torture when he provides the correct answers to too many gameshow questions. When Jamal and Salim return back to their hometown they witness something terrifying with Jamal friend Latika she was selling her body going by the name Cherry for Maman(Orphange man). He had a lot of man trafficking from all over the world for this business. Women selling their bodies for money to make a living. Trafficking flourishes throughout the world, aided by corruption and neglect by states. Seeking better lives and opportunities, trafficking victims migrate only to find themselves trapped in debt bondage, forced labor, and slavery-like conditions(acf.hhs.gov). The United Nations has estimated that 700,000 people are trafficked into forced labor and forced prostitution around the world each year(acf.hhs.gov). The American government can reduce sex trafficking by creating better outreach programs for sex trafficking victims, raising awareness among community members throughout the country and enforcing strictly federal punishment for sex traffickers. One of the main challenges that occur with identifying both survivors and traffickers (state.gov) Some people who are trafficked do not initially realize the extent of the manipulation and may not identify as victims (state.gov). It becomes hard to help people because they are getting mistreated and they believe this is normal. Others may protect their trafficker even if they wish to seek help from others (state.gov). Although there are no signs that a person is being trafficked for sexual purposes the signs show physical, emotional, sexual, or mental abuse, and neglect (state.gov). It should be more programs that target current victims to come out to seek help from others (state.gov). This can become a huge thing in the United States if we don’t put an end to it now. They should put these communities all over the US (state.gov). One of the programs is in California called The Dream Center Human Trafficking Program it began in 2010 (state.gov). The program can keep the traffickers away if they’re in a safe environment. While they are becoming part of a healthy community they will aid address pressing legal, medical, and emotional needs (state.gov). They operate through four phases: Rescue, Rebuild, Restore and Pre-Transition (state.gov). Each phase was developed to build on each other, and they are designed specifically to help our women process through their trauma in a safe and healthy manner (state.gov). Since the program has been established they have been able to maintain relationships with local enforcement (www.state.gov). These are the specific reasons why they should have more programs like this to help sex traffickers (state.gov). Sex trafficking should be an issue that is aware in community’s because a victim can be your neighbor or friend. How to make the community aware of this issue you can encourage others to organize a fundraiser and donate the proceeds to an anti-trafficking organizations (safesupportivelearning). They should also encourage schools to collaborate with students and include modern slavery in their curricula (safesupportivelearning). School administrators and staff need to be aware that cases of child trafficking are being reported in communities throughout the nation (safesupportivelearning). This could make the students more aware of what’s going on their community. Is more common they target school-age children (safesupportivelearning). In fact, many child victims of human trafficking are students in the American school system (safesupportivelearning). Some don’t want to face reality of trafficking in their community it can become difficult to comprehend, let alone confront (safesupportivelearning). The community should know that these crimes needs a cause for a call to action (safesupportivelearning). The school system can be safe havens for students, and even more so for some students whose lives are otherwise characterized by instability and lack of safety or security (safesupportivelearning). In these cases, school personnel are uniquely well positioned to identify and report suspected abuse and connect students to services—actions that can prevent trafficking and even save lives (safesupportivelearning). The community can determine the children’s’ future if they don’t come forward to make a change. Most trafficked victims receive five to eight clients a day, but the number of clients is directly correlated with the age of the women (hrw). The reproductive health risk behind this terrifying situation (hrw). Has high numbers of unprotected sexual encounters mean these are more acceptable to STIs or pregnancy, and a lack of access to services, prevents them from seeking testing, treatment, or other care related to outcomes (hrw). The odds of infection were significantly increased among women who had been trafficked at a younger age (hrw). Trafficked youth also face an increased risk of multiple mental and physical health problems that may compound one another (hrw). Depression is one of the chemical unbalance, but it leaves a person feeling miserable and unhappy (hrw). These mental disorders arise in victims because they fear what will be done to their bodies. The overall high rate of mental disorder may also arise from childhood adversity, personality factors, and socio-economic (hrw). When people experience this terrifying experience, it can affect them for a lifetime (hrw). It also can lead to victims dying from this forced lifestyle and the sexual health caused to victims of human trafficking has become even more evident (hrw). This contributes to bringing a lot of awareness to school districts that I stated previously. The people who are forcing these individuals into sex trafficking should get punished for the emotional abuse they have caused and sex transmitted diseases. There are numerous laws, acts, and regulations in place to stop and punish the crime of human trafficking (federal charges). It has been federal law established which is called trafficking in persons, is a modern-day form of slavery. It is a crime under federal and international law; it is also a crime in every state in the United States (federal charges). An organization called The Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act improves the U.S. response to human trafficking(www.federalcharges.com). It contains several important amendments that strengthen services for victims. Most crimes and charges are enforced by the Civil Rights Division and the United Stated Attorneys’ offices (federal charges). Sentencing in human trafficking are often very difficult (federal charges). There are usually several aggravating and mitigating factors that must be taken into consideration. If the individual involved was under the age of 18, they have harsher penalties are usually imposed. Prosecutors are often encouraging to trail these as separate offences, particularly because the victim’s age is a significant aggravating factor (federal charges). The federal laws that are established can make America again with lower sex trafficking if they make an effect towards preventing it in the communities. All it will take is the members of the community to help out. Just remember this can save someone’s life if you use precautions. In the information below is giving you a simple understanding of the worst cause in the United States we face on a day to day bases called sex trafficking. How female, male, and transgender face these problems. The worst part is that the youth has to face these terrifying problems which makes it hard for me to understand. I give possible alternatives that you can do to make a change in our country. Also stating the great sources, you get more information from, if you are interested in my article. Just be aware this is a serious situation all over the world not just the United States. Work Cited https://www.acf.hhs.gov/otip/resource/federal-government-efforts-to-combat-human-trafficking https://www.state.gov/j/tip/id/help/ https://www.safesupportivelearning.ed.gov/human-trafficking-americas-schools https://www.hrw.org/news/2004/07/06/us-efforts-combat-human-trafficking-and-slavery http://www.anderson.edu/humanities-behavioral-science/programs/english/journal/spring-2014/ataylor http://www.federalcharges.com/human-trafficking-laws-charges/ |