In this article—a transcript of the show—Robin McDowell and Martha Mendoza are talking about the slave labor and their experience fighting against it. McDowell and Mendoza started an investigation after hearing for years the stories about the use of the force labor in Southeast Asia. During their investigation McDowell and Mendoza found out that a lot of restaurants like Red Lobster and Olive Garden and grocery stores such as Albertsons and Wal-Mart are using or selling slave-labored seafood. Also, with help of the investigation, according to the AP, “2,000 trapped fishermen have been freed, more than a dozen alleged traffickers arrested, and millions of dollars’ worth of seafood and vessels seized. ” I select this article among others because
Fast Food Nation Rhetorical Analysis Eric Schlosser, renowned author and journalist, of the book Fast Food Nation argues conditions in slaughterhouses across the country put workers at risk for injury. Schlosser tours the meat facility and documents his findings to receive first-hand accounts from the workers. He focuses on raising awareness for the workers, who endure egregious conditions, in order to reveal the unethical actions of the company owners. He strives to reach lawmakers who have the ability, under their control, to enact changes to improve the work life for meat plant employees. Schlosser begins by describing certain common injuries among workers to evoke concern.
In the “Female Intercollegiate Athletes and Women’s Athletics” by Brad R. Humphreys. They wanted to review the economic research on female intercollegiate athletes and women’s athletics. In this study they wanted to find the answer two key research questions that were not answered. The first one being is there an economic basis for legislating equality of opportunity in intercollegiate athletics and what was the overall impact of Title IX on opportunities in intercollegiate athletics for all college students? To study the first question they brook it up in three areas which includes increased academic success of participants in intercollegiate athletics, higher graduation rates, and increased lifetime earnings. Without Title IX colleges would
Have you ever been in a rush, low on cash, and looking for something to eat so you didn’t really have a choice but to grab a burger with fries at your local fast food place? Have you ever paused or stopped to think about where the burger really came from, or the process that went in to be made? The Food Inc documentary investigates and exposes the American industrial production of meat, grains, and vegetables. Robert Kenner the producer of the film makes allegations in this film and he explores how food industries are deliberately hiding how and where it is our food is coming from. He emphasizes that we should find out where our food comes from and why is it that the food industry does not want us to know. Food Inc. does not only uses compelling images, such as hundreds of baby chickens being raised in spaces where they do not see an inch of sunlight, it also includes the speeches and stories of farmers, families, government officials, and victims of the food industry. The four current problems facing today’s food industry are the reformed usage of the false advertisement within the labeling of products , mistreatment of farmed animals, and the harmful chemical in our meats. The documentary Food Inc uses very persuasive tactics that demonstrates strong elements of pathos, ethos, and logos make an effective appeal, while uncovering the dark side of the food industry.
Book Review: 2 Nobodies Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the New Global Economy By John Bowe. In Reading the book” Nobodies,” the author is giving us an inside look at Modern Day of Slave Labor that still is existence today and how it has become issues in the modern day and Age. “Bowe” main agreement in the book is real life stories of current modern day slave labor and the symbolism of how is still is a real life global issue today. “Bowe” shows us Modern Day Slave Labor is still in full swing in American. The first section of the book we hear of the story of Mexican trafficking victims in Florida and how it use for field labor. The next subsection Bowe, shares with readers, is the story of “Tom”. The second part of the book that share with modern day slavery is “Tulsa” and share with us of “Arts” are the only one of species that still has slavery. The third section Bowe shares with is readers is the “Saipan”.
One issue the documentary highlights is the abuse of animals and workers by the food companies, in order to reveal how the companies hide
Have you ever went to McDonalds and looked at the food and asked “is this even real food?” The food industry is a very questionable industry because of how corrupt it was during the late 1800s. A great example of the food industry corruption was the book The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. In the book, Upton Sinclair expose all the corrupt of the late 1800s capitalists who would dehumanize citizens and their workers. The book talks about a man named Jurgis, who just came to America with his family and tells how his life starts to change. They talk about his job and their very poor work conditions and how they value human life. The capitalists and their industries not only affected Jurgis, but also his family and other citizens. In the book,
When the British first settled America there was a high need for labor to work the Tabaco fields. With the help of the International Slave Trade the United States, Caribbean and South America had ample amount of workers waiting to be bought. After time the International Slave Trade was disbanded and farmers now had a self-sustaining Slave Trade with in the United States. After Abraham Lincoln made America a “free” nation all seemed to be looking up for minorities in the United States. Unfortunately this is not the case. In the post apocalyptic book Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler set in mid 2020’s touches upon a world where there is still slavery, with the same evil but with a different face. Through this essay we will be looking at the comparisons of the Hispanic farmworkers rights movement in the 1960’s and 1970’s and the world Octavia Butler has produced through her book expanding on the idea that that modern day slavery has not disappeared.
Many rural workers, desperate for the insignificant waged provided in an industry that only union-organized by the largely ineffective and compliant United Food and Commercial Workers had a couple months before workers were burned out by the rapid pace and injurious work environment. Fink, who only worked for four months at Perry’s IBP plant, lasted longer than many of her coworkers. Since 1960, increased employment of nonwhites changed for the meatpacking industry. In Perry’s IBP plant in the early 1990’s, Fink explains that about one-third of the rural workers were Latino, about one-tenth were black, and lastly the other one-tenth Asian. The majority of these workers were not
The article I will be discussing is called 21st – Century Slaves by Andrew Cockburn. It exposes the chilling tales of others’ tragic experiences when caught in between smuggling across the borders, trafficking and forced labor; it also gives the point of view of those who force them to do actions that aren’t fair. The author is persuading the reader that this goes on around the world, not just in one country, and that most of stories are similar to each other. The genre of 21st- Century Slaves is investigations & exposes, and the audience are people who are against slavery. The article has photography by Jodi Cobb with images that illustrate men, women and kids doing labor and just showing that this is their reality. Jodi Cobb explains to John
American agriculture can produce more food on less land and at cheaper cost than any other nation. Did anyone ever wonder why or how? The documentary Food Inc., produced by Robert Kenner, is designed to put the spotlight on the unsafe preparation of food products, the inhuman treatment of animals being used, and the unethical treatment of workers in corporate farming. Robert Kenner uses multiple rhetorical analysis to get his aspect across to his viewers. Throughout the movie, there are several claims to appeal of ethos, pathos, and logos in order to uncover the true secrets of the American food during its journey to the table.
In this eye-opening look at the contemporary American scourge of labor abuse and outright slavery, journalist and author Bowe visits locations in Florida, Oklahoma and the U.S.-owned Pacific island of Saipan, where slavery cases have been brought to light as recently as 2006. There, he talks to affected workers, providing many moving and appalling first-hand accounts. This book deserves the attention of anyone living, working and consuming in America.
Simply stated, I am advocating for the spread of awareness of the inhumane treatments and violations made by workforces in the food industry. All lives are valuable and every living thing deserves to be treated with respect.
“..the more they want to earn the more they must sacrifice their time and perform slave labour in which their freedom is totally alienated in the service of avarice...” (Bottomre; 1963, pg 71)
In Auchswitz what is feared most ‘death’, ironically is the only escape from the horror. Those who live on are permanently scarred. The loss of Bruno devastates Father. Mother loses herself in alcohol and affairs. Brunos friendship leads him to death. Shmuel knows it is like over fence but does not understand what is happening.
“More than a million species face potential extinction as a result of disappearing habitats, changing ecosystems, and acidifying oceans” (Berger). Climate change affects all living things on the earth and is accelerating because of human activity. Climate change is happening right now, scientists are trying to figure out what is causing it, what the effects of climate change are, and they are researching how the atmosphere has changed.