The United States of America is one of the oldest hubs that were involved in the practice of the slave trade in the world. Due to this, it has over time developed a Culture that does revolve around slavery. The presence of the majority of blacks in the United States is good proof that many of the Africans were transported as slaves into the country to work in the plantations. Their demand increased as they did considerable work thus making slave trade and servitude develop into a business. Due to the intermarriages, as they worked in the gardens, many of the black Americans were born hence having their roots in the evil business of slavery. This is where the American cultural backgrounds have been tracked back to and the writing of the book seemed to have been inspired by ills and dispensations of the affected.
Before the founding of America in 1776, the country had been practicing the slave trade for more than a century. The North American English colonizers initially did import the African slaves; hence, most of the slaves were blacks though a few of the whites too were forced into servitude as well. All the slaves were brought in to work in the large plantations associated with lofty value cash crops. These slaves were also transported to the southern end of the United States of America and forced to work as an assemblage in the agricultural estates as the overseers stood behind their backs with a whip (Siddath14). From this angle, it is clear that the United States was indeed the focal point of human trafficking and misuse, a fact that the book is based on. More to this, there was a chattel slave practice in the United States of America whereby, the Boss was supposed to be the outright owner of a slave together with all family members that were descending to him or her. This is against human rights and socially acceptable norms. In addition, America practiced indentured servitude that was a way of practicing bonded labor. The majestic court is perceived to have influenced racial slavery to include the Africans and any other person thought to be of an African descendant and exclusion of the whites from the inhuman practice. This selection of whom to mistreat and to what magnitude, is one of the things that led to the writing of the book; thus, it is related to the American culture largely.
Such a high magnitude of human trafficking and servitude is what the book done by Kara is based on. It does condemn such actions practiced in the majority of states, which he covered as he did his research on the matter. This book is very relevant to the American culture considering that it is meant to condemn acts of human mistreat and servitude which was practiced in America for labor in the plantations for a longer duration (Siddath, 42). From my perspective, this book is related to the American culture in a greater manner.
Covering extensively the acts of shipping the Africa based and black people into the superpower nations for serving in the gardens as well as the juxtaposing the women between slavery and sale of their bodies, the book does depict the ills that were associated with the slave trade, and American slavery is not exclusion. This book is relevant to the American cultural backgrounds in an extensive way. It touches on the grave issues that were experienced by the slaves more so women. From this perspective too, it is relevant and true to say, it is touching on the happenings that surround America’s cultural backgrounds.
The sociological perspectives of the book as well as the symbolic point of view are incredibly shown. It does symbolize the worst actions and results that are associated with slavery and servitude in a manner that is comprehensive and three-dimensional. The juxtaposing of slavery and the sexual pleasure that leads to the exploitation of women is well used to give the outline of the likely ills of the issue. It can be concluded then, the symbolism that is applied in the book is outright, it shows the matters at hand, and the effects they have in relation to the practice of slavery. Functionalist and interactionalism roles are also fully depicted in the book. It has content that is correlated to the functional roles’ paramount to the growth and development of the plot and book synopsis. The interaction bit of it is depicted by the adventurous trips that the writer partook in as the writing of this book was in progress. Such was due to the great liking to have a word of mouth with the affected in the grassroots and interacting with them opened up the bridges for successful writing.
I would very much like to recommend this book to any other person. This is because the contents are very open to the criticality of servitude. It is used to mock the evils that are rampant in the societal dimensions and confines. A book like this will open the eyes of other people no matter what their situation seems to be and encourage them to go on. The spirit of persistence and boldness that is depicted although the book is able to make one trudge the turbulent waters with determination and the focus of gaining access to the goals that one has in mind of attaining. A book has interwoven in it the drives as well the pull factors that are basic to the attainment of what is motivating the other person to work a little bit harder.
The writer has managed to fight the effects of practicing servitude all through the document. He does ensure that despite his different academic grounds in finance and economics, still can save a human from the oppressions that are implicated to them more so women who are not only used as slaves but as tools of sexual pleasure and enjoyment. Their body parts are used for bad reasons and dumped by the males who were the overseers of slaves while at work. This is one of the themes that the book is based on, and as a result, I would recommend it for many who wish to get an insight into what servitude is all about. Due to such thematic concerns, I am ready to recommend this piece to any other person who would like to use see how Aluta continua policies apply to real-world situations.
In summary, Siddath Kara was able to juxtapose the American culture and the thematic concerns of this book without anyone noticing whether it was really based on the American platform. This book is one of the most successful writing that do address the ills that are associated with human beings’ abuse and mistreatment coupled with the adventurous state that the author had to go through in various countries as he sought to get the inside stories relating to his piece of writing. I would recommend this book to literally all activists of justice, fairness, and the ones advocating for non-racial dimensions of leadership.
Works cited
Siddath, Kara. Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery.NJ. Columbia University Press.2008. Print.