Has slavery taken on a new form?
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The Anti-Slavery Society defines slavery as a condition in which one person exercises power or control over another person “1) to restrain their personal liberty; and 2) to dispose of their labour against their will – without lawful authority.”
Those last three words – “without legal authority” – are the only qualifier that prevents us from labelling all the inmates of Amerikkka’s prisons as “slaves.”
But, is it a valid qualifier? Should there be any “lawful authority” to enslave any human being? And, given the entrenched racism of the Amerikkkan judicial and penal systems, should this “lawful authority” not be viewed as merely a device for the majority race to maintain illicit control over minority races? read more »
