Slavery+and+the+Caste+System

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 * Reporter: Salehah Ahmad**
 * Recorder: Keombre**
 * Class Period: 5**
 * Central Question: Has slavery ever been implemented to benefit the caste system?**
 * Wealthy benefit from slavery
 * Central Question: How has poverty contributed to "modern slavery"?**
 * poverty makes people vulnerable to slavery and renders them powerless against wealthy class
 * Central Question: Slaves (in History) and Caste system shifts (in US)**
 * people still live off of slave funds
 * created solid foundation for whites, proved detrimental for blacks
 * blacks at bottom, created many restrictions

Relate the progression of your group's discussion (not just what you discussed, but how you discussed it and in what order different points were made). Finish by reporting the conclusion(s) that your group came to, if any, and further questions or actions you recommended.
 * Reporter: Eric Noffsinger**
 * Recorder: Caitlin Cole**
 * Class Period: 5**
 * Central Question: What factors in India contribute to the growth of the human trafficking industry?**

Caitlin started off the conversation by talking about how India has one of the highest populations globally (2nd highest), and is continuing to grow. She continued by saying that there are a large number of families living in India don’t have access to an education due to their socioeconomic status. Poverty levels are increasing along with a gap between classes, so the poor are getting poorer and the rich are getting richer. Eric then tried taking it one step further by saying that population increases as well as migration, government corruption, and social inequality has led to the rise of modern slavery. Caitlin then elaborated on how social inequality leads to many poor people being uneducated, many of which are unaware of the human trafficking industry, and they are looking for any opportunity to make money, so they are more susceptible to deceived by traffickers. This lead onto another question that was how do traffickers make slavery sound appealing to children. Eric thought more about the sense of security that they are given when they are promised a safe place to stay and an opportunity to support them selves. Caitlin took a different route and explained they also get tricked when the owners offer a successful life with lots of money. This was a common strategy for tricking young girls into prostitution.

Starting off the discussion, Noni stated how the promise of money can persuade people to become tricked into slavery. Many impoverished people want to provide for their family by getting new jobs that sound legit but they turn into slaves without any hope of surviving. Labor and population contributed to the rise of modern slavery too. Most overpopulated countries have high poverty levels which can lead to traffickers recruiting and holding workers illegally as slaves. Modern slavery is a false hope for better lives for the poor people.
 * Reporter: Amber Botts**
 * Recorder: Amber Botts**
 * Class Period: 1**
 * Central Question: In what ways has poverty contributed to the rise of modern slavery?**

The group started off by discussing which came first: castes or slavery. The general agreement was that it was the development of slavery as a means of subjugation by victors over the losers of a conflict which came first. The caste system arose over a long period of this type of subjugation, which explains the skin-tone hierarchy in India. The group also mentioned that in modern times, generally the caste system has become somewhat less strict and more fluid, lessening its relation to slavery. Many years ago, however, lower castes were essentially slaves even if they were not literally considered such.
 * Reporter: Yoav Kargon**
 * Recorder: Emma Eklund**
 * Class Period: 5**
 * Central Question: Relating slavery to the caste system**