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Not For Sale: The War on Sex Trafficking Tween & Teens in Milwaukee Pt 1

April 18, 2019 By MKE Community Journal Leave a Comment

It was nothing to slap a price onto every bit of their existence. Degrade them and make them feel like they are nothing.

As awful as this sounds and as much as our people had to experience such turmoil, the storm of selling out, only seems like it has briefly died down.

The storm has returned, and it is much more aggressive than before, because this time young teen girls are the expense.

You see in movies, young girls who are vulnerable and sometimes unaware.

Usually their knight in shining armor comes to rescue them, right from the very street they walk. These predators disguise their true intentions with showers of basic necessities.

That can be anything from, transportation, a roof over their heads, food, sweet compliments, even money to get their hair and nails done with. The whole time they are preying and planning the perfect way to abduct and abuse.

Milwaukee has a reputation for this kind of underrepresented behavior. According to WUWM 89.7, in an interview with Assistant Milwaukee County District Attorney Erin Karshen, we can learn that there are several reasons sex trafficking is worse in Milwaukee than in any other state.

One is because of the expressways and easy access to places like Chicago, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin Dells. There are also a lot of conventions and sporting events in Milwaukee where trafficking surges. These numbers are increasing and they are usually higher in young girls who are younger than 19.

Can you imagine your daughter, or your neighbors daughter becoming so lost in this world, that a complete stranger can brainwash them, force them to obey, all while allowing them to be the reason they are getting money?

This is not only inhuman, but it is despicable and should not be tolerated or silenced. Even the most protective parents have to be careful to pay attention of who their child comes into contact with. Authorities even say that spotting a trafficker can be tricky because these people look like legit businessmen and that’s exactly what this is to the traffickers. This is a business.

So as guides, parents, mentors, teachers and just as a community in general, it is our job to protect our young girls. It is our job to communicate with them and keep their heads on straight.

This is the age where tweens begin to feel pressure from family, and the first thing they want to do is move out and find their way around this dog-eat-dog world. Sometimes trafficking cases aren’t from teens leaving the nest.

Sometimes these little girls are abducted and held against their will. Regardless of the circumstances that surround the events of a sex trafficking case, always educate and encourage. It is our job to protect our young black queens.

Paishance Welch

Tweens, Teens & Young Adults

Filed Under: Teens Tweens Young Adults, Year of the Child Tagged With: human trafficking, sex trade

Curse Inflicted: From Slavery To Sex Trade

March 6, 2018 By MKE Community Journal Leave a Comment

Recy Taylor Legacy

As Black History month begins many people think of others who have paved the way for blacks and others in America. To have freedom, liberty and justice were not just given to blacks, it was fought for and blacks are still fighting for equality.

As society think of black women in black history, brings acknowledgement of Oprah Winfrey referencing Recy Taylor in her great speech when she accepted the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes Awards. Oprah mentioning her legacy brought worldwide attention to the past, the history of women in America to the #Me Too Movement. Shining light on her story brought many at home watching to tears. The story of Recy Taylor is that she was walking home from church and suddenly abducted at gun point and raped by a group of six white men in 1944. The white men took her into their car to a secluded area. She was threatening to be killed and she thought they were going to kill her, but they let her walk home in fear. She survived the traumatic, sexual violence event, and she reported it to law enforcement right away. She stood up. She spoke up as many women never have the courage to do, because of fear of losing their life. She didn’t remain silent and used her voice for herself and all the other women who were afraid to use theirs. The sheriff sought after the suspects who committed the crime, but no arrest was made. Her house was firebombed at night, and she and her family moved to her father’s house. Many of the men had denied the rape while 4 of them confessed in doing it consensually. Our historic Civil Rights Leader Rosa Parks of the NAACP stepped in to bring exposure to her case. Sadly, she didn’t receive any justice in the court of law in Alabama. Two grand juries declined to indict the men. She eventually separated from her husband and moved to Florida with one child. She partnered with another man but didn’t have any more children because the vicious sexual assault left her infertile.

Those times were fragile, and many black women never saw any justice to sexual misconduct. With the women’s movement taking place in America and during Black History Month, a salute goes to honor all the black women for their strength, perseverance and desire to have their voices heard. The debut book Curse Inflicted: From Slavery to the Sex Trade examines black women in history to present day and the sexual harassment, sexual violence and sex trafficking that often takes place.

Crime and violence are so prevalent in black women lives and Recy Taylor story gives birth for other women to continue to fight the fight. The criminal justice system needs to be reformed, and so does criminalizing sex trafficking victims. The newly released book Curse Inflicted, will discuss the reasons why all of this sexual misconduct takes place in black women lives and how they can stop it.

Filed Under: Perspectives Tagged With: Ebonique Harrison, sex trade, slavery

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