Right now there are approximately 27 million people who are enslaved in various parts of the world. When you start to investigate the history of slavery there are very few people who have not been touched by it in some way, there are very few nations / people who haven't practised it at some point in their history (right up to today), and even fewer who haven't been enslaved at some point (again still ongoing right up to today). If we truly felt that strongly about the issue - lets do something about it EVERYWHERE! The fact that there are still people being bought and sold in the 21st Century is something we should all be ashamed of regardless of race, colour, flavour, creed. Forget one stupid damn flag - and focus on the truly important stuff - the 27 million people who are ENSLAVED RIGHT NOW!
How about the children who are trafficked? And the people who still sell their children as slaves because of poverty? Or the women who sold as sex-slaves? These issues are not limited to one nation, or one racial group - they are universal and quite frankly utterly unacceptable. So while you are debating a stupid damn flag - let's take a moment for a reality check. A stupid piece of coloured cloth is meaningless in the face of the fact that somewhere right now, as I am typing this some human being is being sold. In Afghanistan, a man is being exchanged for the price of dog, and the dog is regarded as more valuable. In North Africa slaves mine salt, in India they make bricks, in Central Africa and South America they mine gold. In Asia they are held as sex-slaves. The list is long. There are slaves in Nepal, Afghanistan, Thailand, India, Japan, Congo, North Africa, South America - even right in your own backyard - there are slaves in the US.
So what are you doing about that? Or is arguing about a flag more important? It is utterly shameful that the slave trade still exists. Let's focus on what is important, not on a stupid piece of cloth.
20 WAYS YOU CAN HELP END HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Not For Sale | Working to End Slavery And Human Trafficking
End Human Trafficking Now
Hope for Justice | Ending human trafficking and slavery in the US
How about the children who are trafficked? And the people who still sell their children as slaves because of poverty? Or the women who sold as sex-slaves? These issues are not limited to one nation, or one racial group - they are universal and quite frankly utterly unacceptable. So while you are debating a stupid damn flag - let's take a moment for a reality check. A stupid piece of coloured cloth is meaningless in the face of the fact that somewhere right now, as I am typing this some human being is being sold. In Afghanistan, a man is being exchanged for the price of dog, and the dog is regarded as more valuable. In North Africa slaves mine salt, in India they make bricks, in Central Africa and South America they mine gold. In Asia they are held as sex-slaves. The list is long. There are slaves in Nepal, Afghanistan, Thailand, India, Japan, Congo, North Africa, South America - even right in your own backyard - there are slaves in the US.
So what are you doing about that? Or is arguing about a flag more important? It is utterly shameful that the slave trade still exists. Let's focus on what is important, not on a stupid piece of cloth.
20 WAYS YOU CAN HELP END HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Not For Sale | Working to End Slavery And Human Trafficking
End Human Trafficking Now
Hope for Justice | Ending human trafficking and slavery in the US