https://padlet.com/cynthiat1/3ui2ulxgisg3 Cynthia Tahhan 10-1 en-us 2019-03-08 20:30:11 UTC 2019-03-22 19:07:15 UTC hello@padlet.com cynthiat1 https://padlet.com/cynthiat1/3ui2ulxgisg3/wish/339588820 In 1981 ,Mauritania became the last country to abolish slavery . It wasn't until 2007 that it was made a crime . Ever since , there has been one slave owner that was successfully prosecuted .To this day , the government has denied  the existence of slavery . Abolitionists in the country are being arrested and tortured for their work to free slaves. In addition to that,any foreign  journalists that report on the subject are either arrested or deported  back to their home countries . 
In this padlet , I will be exploring three main questions  . Why is the government  denying the existence of slavery ?
What are the psychological effects of being a slave ?
Is there racism within Mauritania  that enables the survival of slavery?]]> 2019-03-09 18:35:17 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthiat1/3ui2ulxgisg3/wish/339588820 cynthiat1 https://padlet.com/cynthiat1/3ui2ulxgisg3/wish/341586146 The CNN article claimed that: "In  Mauritania , the  shackles of slavery  are mental  as well as Mauritania."  This gives  the reader a glimpse of the physiological aspect of slavery . In the county's  slave population , women are often sexualy assulted  by their masters. The white moors . This leaves them with a sense of denial a psychological effect of slavery and and sexual harassment  . This also makes them dissociate from their "work" as a slave  thus making  them more vulnerable for more abuse .
In addition to that ,they are left with an overwhelming fear of provoking unrest that leads to violence  with their words . Hence why they  try to please the abuser and worrying about things that might provoke them . Due to the fear of provoking their slaves  , they demand more as a way to practise power and control. This leads slaves like Moulkheir isolated so that their master can criticize  them as a way to manipulate them . 
The slaves may rationalize the criminal behavior of their master due to  Stockholm  Syndrome . This leads them to help the master with their emotions and feeling the pain of their master rather than their own . They are also far more likely to develop PTSD  and have higher suicide rates than their free counterparts.   
 As a result  of constant abuse , the slave learns to accept it as part of their life .    ]]> 2019-03-15 00:53:15 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthiat1/3ui2ulxgisg3/wish/341586146 cynthiat1 https://padlet.com/cynthiat1/3ui2ulxgisg3/wish/342036677 In the aforementioned  article the reader is provided  with  a  hint of the prevalent  racism in Mauritania .  This issue dates back to the  middle ages  when  the ancestors of the white Moors had  immigrated to north west africa/ sub saharan africa . They settled into these lands  and enslaved the  native black population via  abduction .  This laid the foundation of slavery  and  created an ancient divide  that was until recently being  challenged in the urban  areas  of the country .  However  in the rural parts of said country,  the white Moors still cling to  the supremacists ideologies and views of their Arab and Berber ancestors.  It is not just the people of Mauritania who discriminate against  their own countrymen , the government  also  has policies that under represent the entire demographic of their country or develop acts and laws that favor one race or language  . An example of this being in a report done by amnesty international on 29 of march in the last year (2018)  claimed that the constitution act of defining Arabic as the sole official  language has " constituted a major obstacle for non - Arabic speaking Afro mauritian communities accessing essential services as well as positions of responsibility in the private and public sectors."      ]]> 2019-03-16 19:05:08 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthiat1/3ui2ulxgisg3/wish/342036677 cynthiat1 https://padlet.com/cynthiat1/3ui2ulxgisg3/wish/342192457 It is widely known,due to the CNN article and others that the government of Mauritania actively denies the existence of slavery. They arrest or torture workers of NGOs that campaign to put an end to slavery, they deport or arrest journalists who report on the matter . They even went as far as claiming that the only major issue is poverty not poverty  and slavery . They do this under the influence of several socio-economic factors like lack of law enforcement due to the country's vast desert size  and poverty that limits the chances of thrival for freed slaves in the country .  One factor of this is the interests in maintaining the privileges of the ethic elite that most judges and police belong to . This is ensured by the various interviews that the president does that sends a clear message to the law enforcement that they cannot do anything that undermines this official narrative of the non  existence of slavery .  They also do this from the lack of stories and accounts that have yet to come from slaves and their freed counter parts . 
Due to the country being a muslim majority country , they are very cynical and skeptical of foreign (particalry western ) NGO's coming to their land via the reason of human rights(slavery) . This stems from a belief that the reason that these NGOs are working in  Mauritania here to discredit the religion of Islam and pursue their own ideological agenda . ]]> 2019-03-17 23:19:55 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthiat1/3ui2ulxgisg3/wish/342192457 cynthiat1 https://padlet.com/cynthiat1/3ui2ulxgisg3/wish/342647032 1.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_Africa
2.https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=87940096
3.https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/03/mauritania-slavery-and-discrimination-human-rights-defenders-repressed/
4.https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/family-secrets/201405/psychological-slavery
5. http://www.joyfulheartfoundation.org/learn/sexual-assault-rape/effects-sexual-assault-and-rape
6.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Mauritania
7.https://www.antislavery.org/can-mauritanian-government-get-away-denying-existence-slavery/

]]> 2019-03-18 23:56:01 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthiat1/3ui2ulxgisg3/wish/342647032 cynthiat1 https://padlet.com/cynthiat1/3ui2ulxgisg3/wish/342649376 This clip shows the hardships  that the slaves in Mauritania have to endure and the after affects of such practices of evil . Along with that It gives some history of the slavery that has existed in the country for centuries as well as racism  , it  includes people like Boubacar messaoud . 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Uzv5hURAXQ]]> 2019-03-19 00:12:16 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthiat1/3ui2ulxgisg3/wish/342649376 cynthiat1 https://padlet.com/cynthiat1/3ui2ulxgisg3/wish/343118964 This 1:55 minute clip from the 2013 movie "12 years a slave " conveys   the sense of freedom that the african slaves had when escaping their slave masters and escaping into Canada via underground railroad . There are religious themes in the lyrics .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oFcFzJT7Tw]]> 2019-03-19 23:33:56 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthiat1/3ui2ulxgisg3/wish/343118964 cynthiat1 https://padlet.com/cynthiat1/3ui2ulxgisg3/wish/343124152 This Melanie Martinez song mirrors the fact that the Government of Nautriana hiddes it's problems that is dealing with slavery amongst others . The problems are revealed when someone goes into the country like a girl gets transported into a"doll house " and seeing the  problems that the family has .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcVv9R1ZR84 ]]> 2019-03-20 00:07:09 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthiat1/3ui2ulxgisg3/wish/343124152 cynthiat1 https://padlet.com/cynthiat1/3ui2ulxgisg3/wish/343575155 In this Studies Weekly video that ran for 2:10 minutes goes into the subject of slavery in the US . This clip goes into detail about the life of  African slaves  working in plantations of the southern US states and the daily problems they face .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYqllZ3kdrc ]]> 2019-03-20 23:17:49 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthiat1/3ui2ulxgisg3/wish/343575155