It’s 2011, why is this still happening?!!! Five people have been arrested in Britain on suspicion of holding two dozen men in poor conditions against their will and forcing them to work for no pay. More details after the jump… @ItsLukieBaby
Fall Fashion Fail: Slave Earrings?
The damage is already done but last month the Italian edition of fashion magazine superpower Vogue published the “Slave Earrings.” The tag line read “If the name brings to the mind the decorative traditions of the women of colour who were brought to the southern United States during the slave trade, the latest interpretation is pure freedom.” Not sure if fashion was a point of interest for black women during slavery but check out the full story after the jump. @DjJuanyto x @ShottaDru
(Video) Generations Forced To Pay Off Debt Through Slavery
An army of workers, their faces encrusted with dust, toils beside a story-high pile of unfired bricks. They are helping build a new India that appears to be leaving them behind. From sunup to sundown they spend their time pouring wet mud into molds, lugging them to the kiln, firing them and then pulling them out. For their backbreaking work, they do not receive wages. For full story watch the video after the jump… @klassic_p
