What is human trafficking, and why should I care?
“I’m just so sick of being human.” – Jon Bellion
Human trafficking is the use of force, coercion, or threats to make someone do some action. In most cases, the “action” victims are forced to perform is physical labor; physical labor in bad conditions, long hours, and little-to-no pay. Disturbingly, a significant percentage of human trafficking victims are sex workers. The Polaris Project website reports a horrifying statistic; 25 percent of human trafficking victims are children (“The Facts”). Most people would probably assume that they would recognize a human trafficking victim when they saw them, but the reality is much more complicated. Human trafficking victims are everywhere, but they aren’t walking around in thick, heavy, physical chains. The chains that bound human trafficking victims are psychological; threatening, deceptive, urging, evil-meaning words from traffickers.
Human trafficking is an epidemic. It’s reach and influence is much bigger than most people can even comprehend, and advocates against human trafficking have scarcely even scratched the surface of the issue. The government has several programs that fight against human trafficking, but they done little in a huge industry. I chose the topic of human trafficking due to the lack of an effective solution. I want to raise awareness for the issue, and influence those with power to join the fight again human trafficking. I would be lying if I said that this was my only reason for doing my blog on human trafficking. Human trafficking is cruel and inhumane to the highest degree. Victims are slaves; slaves forced to do backbreaking, dehumanizing work. Many victims look free to the outsider (they are not wearing chains!), but are completely helpless. I want people in positions of power to take action and see what human trafficking really is; a dehumanizing, inhumane worldwide epidemic.
Works Cited: “The Facts.” Polaris, 9 Nov. 2018, polarisproject.org/human-trafficking/facts.Works Cited:
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