Slavery

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Dependent children of people impacted by human trafficking and modern slavery are being left unsupported and their needs overlooked, putting families at risk of intergenerational trauma. A report by University of South Australia researcher Dr. Nerida Chazal highlights the lack of recognition of dependents…

When Michael B Jordan Was Slammed For Hurting Caribbean Community Sentiments By Launching A Rum Brand ( Photo Credit – Facebook ) Michael B Jordan is among the most popular Hollywood celebrities. Throughout his illustrious acting career, the actor has been a part of several award-winning films and has even done some TV shows. Apart from this, the actor also once ventured into the business industry with his rum brand but soon fell into controversy over its name. Scroll down to read what happened. Jordan has been in…

Google has removed a highly controversial game, named Slavery Simulator from Play Store. According to a report by BBC, the tech giant was forced to take down the title from its app store after it caused an outrage in Brazil. Slavery Simulator was launched by Magnus Games on April 20. This game allowed players to "buy and sell" black characters and had more than 1,000 downloads before it was removed. The developer mentioned that users can "exchange, buy and sell slaves" in the description of the game. This title also…

Google has withdrawn a gaming app that allowed players to buy, sell and torture Black virtual "slaves" after a racism outcry in Brazil.Dubbed "Slavery Simulator," the Portuguese-language game saw players trade in slaves and strategise to prevent the abolition of slavery in order to amass virtual riches.The prosecutor's office said it had opened an investigation for "hate speech" related to the game downloaded by hundreds of people.The app itself had come with a disclaimer condemning "all types of slavery" and insisting…

Google has withdrawn a gaming app that allowed players to buy, sell and torture black virtual "slaves" after a racism outcry in Brazil.Dubbed "Slavery Simulator," the Portuguese-language game saw players trade in slaves and strategize to prevent the abolition of slavery in order to amass virtual riches. The prosecutor's office said it had opened an investigation for "hate speech" related to the game downloaded by hundreds of people. The app itself had come with a disclaimer condemning "all types of slavery" and insisting…

The mobile developer MagnusGames released a game on the Google Play Store entitled “Slavery Simulator.” As one might expect, it has caused a stir. Chiefly, the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, is now investigating the app and has asked Google for the developer’s email Though Google has since removed the game from the store, it was downloaded over one thousand times before being taken down, and its store page was accompanied by “hate speech” in the comments area. “It is a game in…

California’s Reparations Task Force voted on Saturday to recommend that the state issue a formal apology for slavery and potentially provide billions of dollars in cash payments, moving forward a historic effort to enact remedies and compensation for descendants of African Americans who were enslaved in the U.S. The vote at a public meeting in Oakland marks the beginning of the end of the nine-member panel’s two-year process to craft a report recommending reparations for slavery, which is due to the state Legislature by…

A 1726 issue of The New-York Gazette. Credit: The New York Public Library Digital Collections via Annenberg School for Communication Since the beginning of journalism in America, newspapers have been funded by advertising. In the 18th century, alongside advertisements for shoe repair, corduroys, and cutlery, colonial newspapers sold and ran ads for enslaved and unfree men, women, and children, usually in the form of "runaway"…

Two stories, usually seen as disconnected, unfold themselves during the second half of the 18th century. The first is the increased dominance of Britain in the transatlantic slave trade. According to estimates from the Slave Voyages database, the number of enslaved people carried by British ships more than doubled, from around 410,000 in the first quarter of the century to more than 830,000 in the third. The second is the establishment of William Shakespeare as the national bard. As scholar Gary Taylor puts it,…

Last month, school officials in St. Petersburg, Fla., told teachers to stop showing students a Disney movie about Ruby Bridges, the 6-year-old Black girl who integrated an all-white New Orleans elementary school in the 1960s.A white parent had complained that the movie was not appropriate for second-graders, as the scenes showing people threatening Ruby and calling her names might teach students that white people hate Black people.Oh, my gosh, you might find yourself asking, could some white people hate Black people? Did…