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| Slavery |
Slavery has been one of the most discussed topics
in history when it is referred to colonialism, people, and women. It is
one of the things that society hates the most because it is against human
rights. However, that kind of thoughts about it started when countries in
the entire American continent wanted to be independent and free and that idea
of freedom couldn’t be just for white people. Nevertheless, there were people
that didn’t wanted to lose their “facilities”, they wanted to continue having slaves.
Could you imagine how denigrating
was people sold their best black slaves for more money without caring about
black moms and their children? These women
suffered from being separated from their children and when they wanted to look
after them, it was almost impossible in that kind of environment. Nevertheless,
black people win in some way at the end because we know that they have had
to struggle very hard after having their freedom and actually having a real
acceptance in society.
Comfort women
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| Mariana Flores Melo: Freedom for all People |
Nevertheless, not only
black women suffered from slavery, there is a story not so well known about South Korea women used as sexual slaves by
the Japanese military during the World War II.
These women were called “comfort women” because they were used as slaves for years because
of the militaries had a lack of entertainment with their wives.
Nowadays, Japanese government has accepted its
responsibilities for their actions and has formally compensated these women with
money. However, the emotional
scars remain in these women’s hearts. As a matter of fact, more than 40 of
these women are alive.
By Mariana Flores Melo,
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Mariana Flores Melo: Be Free
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