@dwinblood you are on a tear today!
I wanted to see if I could find something about modern day slavery (I was thinking in the Sudan maybe?) but this is what came up:
http://www.endslaverynow.org/learn/slavery-today
Maybe the people who want redress for things that happened to someone else can seek assistance from there? Oh, but wait, that might expose someone else as being in a far worse situation than they are.
Tell them specifically NOT to go there.
I watched a great video about modern slavery someone posted on my electric car blog... you should watch it- It's called Invisible Hands
Deva believes Prison is in fact modern day slavery and there is certainly some truth to that statement if you look at the details of what prisons actually produce. That site you digged up looks pretty neat tho.
I want to say that there have been some recent lawsuits filed against prisons for the working conditions and low wages but I'm not sure when or where.
I actually believe as I did work with a company that works with them that it is in fact in the U.S. Modern Slavery. The 13th Amendment made it possible. It seems very much like a plantation, they just got smart and moved it out of the sight of the public. They also are taking over more and more of the jobs. So these days when I hear "Made in America" I typically react by thinking "Okay, but was it made by inmates or free people who need work?" For if it is Made in America they are claiming but it was done by inmates then I see purchasing such things as WORSE than outsourcing to another country. We are fueling the industry and giving incentives to pass laws to get more slaves... oops I mean prisoners. In my mind it should be NO VICTIM NO CRIME. :)
I happened to see a White Privilege video that was pretty horrible and that set off today's train of thought.
It appears to still be a rational, civil discussion though.