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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Update

             Today I attended a semior and one of the topics that was discussed was domestic violence and the similarities it has with human trafficking. I found this a very interested topic because I've never thought of the two having relations. I learned that there are other forms of domestic abuse then just its being physical. There can be economic control, the using of childen, and threats. I also learned that domestic violence can often be a push factor for the trafficker.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Quote From The Great Debaters

"In Texas they lynch Negroes. My teammates and I saw a man strung up by his neck and set on fire. We drove through a lynch mob, pressed our faces against the floorboard. I looked at my teammates. I saw the fear in their eyes and, worse, the shame. What was this Negro's crime that he should be hung without trial in a dark forest filled with fog. Was he a thief? Was he a killer? Or just a Negro? Was he a sharecropper? A preacher? Were his children waiting up for him? And who are we to just lie there and do nothing. No matter what he did, the mob was the criminal. But the law did nothing. Just left us wondering, "Why?" My opponent says nothing that erodes the rule of law can be moral. But there is no rule of law in the Jim Crow south. Not when Negroes are denied housing. Turned away from schools, hospitals. And not when we are lynched. St Augustine said, "An unjust law in no law at all.' Which means I have a right, even a duty to resist. With violence or civil disobedience. You should pray I choose the latter." -James Farmer Jr.

             This quote is spoken by James while the debate team was debating at Harvard. This quote relates to domestic violence. James is stating that it is not right to go around killing people. Henry was trying to justify that the killer in      this case did not not why excatly the "Nigger" was lynched or set on fire. No man or women desrves to ever be treated like that. No man or women should be killed or set on fire after their death and then people will start wondering if they really did what they were acused of. Domestic violence can also lead to death.

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Update

I did post a video interview up but there was trouble of hearing the person being interviewed. Therefore the video will be replaced with a update video that has clear and loud volume. I should post it up no later than tomorrow.  Thank You : )