Week #10 - Racism, Slavery Today, Globalization and Human Rights

Racism, Classicism, Slavery Today, Globalization and Human Rights

In our last Cultural Diversity class we were discussing the “isms” – especially racism and classism and slavery in America.

One student said at the end of the lesson, “Abraham Lincoln freed all the slaves in 1865 so that ended the problem.”

If you want a crash course in the Atlantic Slave Trade click here.http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dnV_MTFEGIY&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DdnV_MTFEGIY

One student said, “India is the only place that has classism problems.”

Another student brought up the problems of workers’ rights in Doha. Many students were very worried about it as they said maybe the World Cup might not take place there now because all the media was talking about Human Rights of workers.

Here is a video for those few students who had not heard about this news.

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/video/2013/sep/25/qatar-migrant-workers-world-cup-host-video 

Qatar(#2):   http://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/amnesty-world-cup-qatars-chance-end-labour-abuse-212807999.html?vp=1 

I asked students to get on the Internet and check the facts about world slavery since 1865 and today.

http://www.humanrights.com/what-are-human-rights/videos/no-slavery.html

http://slaveryfootprint.org/ 

Blog Exercise 10A: Write a reflection of 50-100 words (#10A) about modern slavery today. What do you think??  Figure out how many slaves work for you.. and post on your blog..

Blog Exercise 10B: Add 50-100 words (#10B) to your reflection about

What else has the UAE done to try to ensure human rights for its workers and to stop human trafficing? Why is this important for the (your) government to take this stand??

What has the UAE done to stop Human Trafficking?

Read these articles to see what the UAE has done recently to ensure the rights of workers.

http://www.uae-embassy.org/uae/human-rights 

What else has the UAE done to try to ensure human rights for its workers?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates 

Human trafficking ring arrested red-handed in Abu Dhabi

http://www.adjd.gov.ae/portal/site/adjd/news.detail/?document-friendly-id=English.news55&language=en

https://www.abudhabi.ae/egovPoolPortal_WAR/appmanager/ADeGP/Citizen?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=p1938&lang=en&did=311556 

http://www.emirates247.com/crime/local/employer-s-cruelty-main-cause-of-maids-crime-2012-02-19-1.443655

Stats reveal extent of human trafficking as UAE officials launch crackdown

http://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/stats-reveal-extent-of-human-trafficking-as-uae-officials-launch-crackdown-051514759.html