21st Century Slavery BLOG POST

      In "21st Century Slavery Millions of people are living as modern day slaves- including in the U.S" by Alessandra Potenza the main idea is that slavery is bad. The whole article is centered around slavery. The author first talks about how we thought slavery was a thing of the past. Another detail that the author shares with us is the little captions on the pictures. These captions tell you exactly what kind of labor it is and what they are working in and how old. This really helps me understand the slavery problem. There are 14 year olds working granite mines. This helps me know that the main idea of this passage is that modern slavery is bad. Also the excerpts at the beginning make me feel guilty. They make me feel as if it's my  fault that modern slavery is in my country too! "I own you," the boat's captain told him. Min Min was forced to work up to 20 hours a day, seven days a week, with no pay and little food." This quote made me feel bad for Min Min. He was told that he was getting a job but really he was sold into slavery. This despise slavery which is ultimately what the author wants me to do.
      I believe that the author wants us to feel hate for the sick people who make these innocent into slaves. These people are tricked with promises of a better life, but really they are going to be working for no, or little pay. This unfair. The craft moves that the author uses is putting in anecdotes. This tool puts me in the shoes of the person enslaved. It really gets me thinking about how the world hasn't really progressed and learned from our previous mistakes. "One day when the boat docked at a village after months of being at sea Min Min tried to escape." These sentences make me think different scenarios that involve me frustrated and angry at the people who enslaved me. Another craft move the author uses is a map. he puts the map up to show us the different countries that still have modern slavers. When i saw the map I was surprised that all around the world this is happening.
       I agree with the author. Modern slavery should be abolished. Why can't people except that this wrong? Didn't they learn from before? This truly get you thinking.