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6A - Thursday, October 7, 2010
The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com
At event, Law School prof. talks
prevalence of human trafficking
New Jersey sen.
demands law
against bullying
after suicides
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Bridgette Carr says
we're in a'era of
disposable people'
By SABIRA KHAN
Daily Staff Reporter
Law School Professor Bridgette
Carr addressed a gathering in the
Betty Ford classroom in Weill Hall
on Wednesday night in an effort to
highlight the prevalence of human
trafficking.
The event, which was organized
by the University of Michigan
Journal of International Affairs,
featured a short speech by Carr fol-
lowed by a question-and-answer
session.
Carr began by clarifying the
definition of human trafficking and
clearing up common misconcep-
tions about the issue.
"One of the words that pop up
(when thinking about) human traf-
ficking is movement or transpor-
tation and unfortunately that is a
myth that many people think," Carr
said. "Human trafficking is at its
core about exploitation and in the
U.S., Human trafficking is defined
as one of two types: sex or labor."
Carr explained that despite
its grotesque nature, many for-
mer drug dealers turn to the field,
because there is often a lower risk of
being caught and penalized than is
the case with dealing drugs.
"If I had 150 pounds of heroin
sitting up here and I want to sell it,
someone could come see it, take a
photo of it and show it to the cops,"
Carr explained. "I could have a
slave sitting with me in this room
and if I was good at my job - which
is terrifying that slave - you guys
wouldn't know it, I wouldn't have to
hide him or her."
Carr added that human traffick-
ing can often be more lucrative than
dealing drugs.
"The other great thing is if I sold
all of you two pounds of heroin I'm
going to get a profit, but Ive got
Law School Prof. Bridgette Carr discusses the issue of human trafficking at an event last night.
to get more, while I can sell all of
you my slave and you will give him
or her back to me and I get to do it
again and again and I don't have any
of the transaction costs of getting
more," Carr said.
In addition to discussing her own
views, Carr paid homage to other
scholars on the issue. She discussed
work done by Kevin Bales, president
and co-founder of Free the Slave, a
non-profit organization focused on
abolishing slavery worldwide.
According to Carr, Bales
described the present as an "era of
disposable people."
"Today, I can buy a slave for
around 150 bucks," she said.
Despite the prevalence of human
trafficking, Carr said people often
distance themselves from the issue,
saying they aren't in a country that
allows this type of activity and
therefore don't need to act to stop it.
Carr brought the issue home for
the audience by discussing girls who
were found beingtrafficked ina gas
station in Dexter, Mich., just outside
of Ann Arbor. According to Carr,
the gas station is notorious for sex
trafficking.
"Everywhere in Michigan human
trafficking occurs," Carr said. "It
occurs in urban centers, it occurs
in small towns, it's sex and it's free
labor."
She also explained that though
many perceive human trafficking as
a foreign problem, it is in fact very
close to home.
"Some statistics say that there are
over 300,000 children in America at
risk every year of human traffick-
ing," Carr said. "Any one of us could
go out right after this and within
an hour or less have access to those
kids."
Carr added that though the issue
is being addressed at the federal
level to a degree, local police need
to take action to stop human traf-
ficking.
"We won't see a change in human
trafficking significantly, I think,
until local cops and communities
think that this is important to them
and act accordingly," she said.
LSA sophomore Amre Metwally
said the talk changed his perspec-
tive on the issue.
"She opened my eyes to the fact
that no one is immune to this prob-
lem," he said. "In order to get things
to really happen and take effect,
we have to work as communities to
stand and make sure that human
trafficking can't be tolerated."
Just before Carr ended the dis-
cussion, a student raised her hand
and asked what undergraduates
could do to help end human traf-
ficking.
Carr responded by describing her
typical day at work, dealing with
several clients who are victims of
human trafficking.
"And then (at the end of the day),
I'll get in my car," she continued
"and I'll hear students talk about
goingto hoes and pimps parties and
it's like a slap in the face."
Carr explained that students have
a social responsibility to uphold.
"If students had any idea about
the reality of that life, they would
never attend an event that glori-
fied it like that," Carr said. "As stu-
dents, you really have the power to
change the conversation about what
is acceptable."
Frank Lautenberg
says he wants to
require colleges to
prohibit bullying
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP)
- U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg said
yesterday he'll introduce legisla-
tion requiring colleges to adopt
a code of conduct that prohibits
bullying and harassment follow-
ing the suicide of a student whose
gay sexual encounter in his dorm
room was broadcast online.
Lautenberg, D-N.J., made the
announcement at a town meeting
on the Rutgers University campus
in memory of 18-year-old fresh-
man Tyler Clementi.
Clementi, a promising violinist,
jumped off the George Washing-
ton Bridge into the Hudson River
on Sept. 22 after the intimate
images of him with another man
were webcast, and his body was
identified days later.
Clementi's roommate, Dha-
run Ravi, and another Rutgers
freshman, Molly Wei, both 18,
have been charged with inva-
sion of privacy, and authorities
are weighing whether bias crime
charges should be added.
Clementi's death has prompted
a national discussion on the plight
of young gay people and bully-
ing. The Rutgers event, organized
by the university and the gay
rights activist group Garden State
Equality, drew about 300 students
and others, including U.S. Sen.
Robert Menendez, D-N.J., U.S.
Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., and
actress/comedienne Judy Gold, a
Rutgers grad and gay activist who
won two Daytime Emmy Awards
as a writer and producer for "The
Rosie O'Donnell Show."
"No one could have heard
about this degradation he suf-
fered without feeling pain them-
selves," Lautenberg said. "This is
a major problem, and we're going
to fix it."
Gold expressed outrage at the
pain inflicted on Clementi.
"What happened to him was
not just an invasion of privacy.
This was just sick," she said.
Lautenberg said his bill would
require colleges and universities
that receive federal student aid to
create policies prohibiting harass-
ment of any student. Such poli-
cies are not currently required
by federal law, he said. The bill
also would provide funding for
schools to establish programs to
deter harassment of students.
Clementi's death was one of
a string of suicides last month
involving teens believed to have
been victims of anti-gay bully-
ing. Just days after Clementi's
body was recovered, more than
500 people attended a memorial
service for a 13-year-old central
California boy, Seth Walsh, who
hanged himself after enduring
taunts from classmates about
being gay.
Earlier Wednesday, Ravi's law-
yer, Steven D. Altman, issued a
statement saying he was "heart-
ened to hear" that investigators
are taking their time "to learn all
the facts before rushing to judg-
ment" about whether to file bias
charges against his client. Altman
said he hoped the public would do
the same.
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