Sunday, April 24, 2011

Race and Discrimination

1.      Racial and discrimination crisis have been a part of American people as well as people around the world. Discrimination, which is the unequal treatment between different categories of people, that is evident in various social institutions. For example, in the film, “Race to Execution,” African Americans faced discrimination in legal system such as in courts. The African Americans were considered the minorities, and minorities always face some sort of discrimination in my opinion. Other social institutions such as schools, college, and even work place we experience or have experienced some sort of segregation, which means separately different types or categories of people either physically or socially. In my experience of school, I remember there were many groups formed socially by students. The popular kids, the smart kids, and then there was me who didn’t belong to any of the groups. Maybe because I was not a part of such group I felt out of place at times in school. However, segregation is also experienced in our society such as high, middle, and low classes. Depending on which “class” a person lives, dresses, even eats that way.  Discrimination is still an issue that occurs not only racially depending on color but also within our society amongst people who are overweight, less good looking, and even in government. All these issues may not be considered extreme like it was in the past, however small issue’s still continue in our society. If we can do something to get rid of them our world would become a perfect place. However, even with great hopes, the word perfect is nonexistence but trying to get there can be possible.

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Global Gender


CREA is a nonprofit organization originated in India and also in the United States that works together to strive for women’s human rights, violence against women, sexuality, and reproductive rights. It focuses on women from the South and promotes knowledge, information and scholarships. Their vision is to promote equality and a just world free of poverty, violence, discrimination through their organization. CREA especially focuses on women and young children of India and the South. Women’s lives in India have improved immensely since the ancient and the medieval period. Women now are treated equally since the Constitution of India was passed. Several feminist groups and non government organizations have improved their society and women rights in issues like rape, sexuality, and other human rights. Women participate in media, education, art, sports, politics, and much more. Actresses like Aishwarya Rai and politicians like Indira Gandhi are also praised greatly due to their achievements and status in society.  

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Human Trafficking


Human trafficking is a major issue around the world; however, the United States is one of the transit and destination countries for human trafficking. In my opinion main reason for human trafficking relates to prostitution. Women are brought into the US from all over the world for example, South America and South East Asia for sexual purposes. As I was doing some research, I came across something shocking. That the United States government began monitoring trafficking in people and it mainly focused on trafficking women and girls for sexual purposes, basically prostitution. Recently it has been monitoring not only women but also men, children for forced labor and other purposes, as well as commercial sexual exploitation. Children are also used as construction workers, and in sweatshops.
The United States State Department has issued laws in order to ban or limit prostitution and human trafficking. They have granted millions of dollars to organizations that combat trafficking issues all over the world. Such programs help spread the information on dangers of human trafficking and protect those groups from abuse and violence. It also spreads knowledge of economic opportunities in order to recognize risks of being trafficked. The US has also assisted other countries and passed many policies and legislation's to outnumber such horrible problem.