Howard University Demand Resignation of White Professor for Holding Humiliating Mock Slave Auction

 Lately Howard University has been in the media a lot for many things that they have going on from accomplishments to failures. Recently the school has been in the News for a White Howard University Professor using Frederick Douglass as an opportunity to humiliate one of the few black students. We all know that Howard University is one of the Historically Black Colleges or University (HBCU) in the south that is well known for the man famous people who came from the school to either become actors, rappers, etc. On March 9, 2017 the unarmed white professor was teaching a lecture on the hardships of slavery based on the writing the denigration inflicted upon slaved during the auctions, the professor decided to show rather than tell. http://www.bet.com/news/national/2017/03/21/howard-university-students-demand-resignation-of-white-professor.html To me him showing instead of just talking about it was for the students to have an better understanding of what was going on in my opinion because we live in a day where we read everything but don't fully gasp what is going on until it happens. The teacher pointed to one of two Black men in the room, the educator prompted him to stand up while the class looked at is physical features. When pointing out that the students healthy and physical build, the professor commented that he would have been "The type of slave buyers would look for." Which would mean that this man (student) looked strong and built, yes I can see the wrong on both point of views but he took a real life demonstration to connect with his students. With me attending an HBCU I feel the teacher should have asked who would like to volunteer and ask them if they feel comfortable with him doing this in class because you never want to come across as racist in today's society we (Black) people are afraid that maybe someone close to use can be apart of the KKK with so much going on in the media with police killing blacks, Donald Trump making the comments that he does and people turning into Uncle Toms we don't know what to believe but my question is what if the teacher was black how would this go would it still result in students wanting him fired or because he is white and will not understand what black people go through that they want him to be fired? The question remains .

Students in the room immediately became infuriated with the professor and asked him to stop. However the teacher continued, when the students asked him to stop but he kept going that's when matters change now because the class felt uncomfortable and asked him to stop but he denied to do so. The students was then told to turn toward the class and watch them as they examined his teeth and weight. While noticing the look of shock on the students faces, the professor tried to reassure him that he was also uneasy. "It's Ok, I'm uncomfortable too; I'm white," one student recalled the professor telling the class, according to https://www.cagedbirdmagazine.com/single-post/2017/03/10/White-Howard-University-Teacher-Holds-Mock-Slave-Auction the professor eventually asked the student to turn around so the class could examine his buttocks,which immediately resulted in the student getting frustrated. "I wanted to hit him," said the student. "I was being racially and sexually harassed in front of my peers and only thing I could think to defend myself was by punching him." The black man or any human being first instinct is to hit or fight back which I'm glad the student ad self control because the teacher could ave flipped this to be the student is a superpredator http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/03/very-brief-history-super-predators like society paints young black men to be. The incident became such a heated topic that forced Howard University to open an official investigation into the matter. Students are now calling for resignation or termination of the professor. http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/242403168-story 

Lincoln University: Mass Communication Week

As Everyone knows I attend the first HBCU Lincoln University where it is Mass Communication week. If you didn't know Mass Communication is the imparting or exchanging of information on a large scale to a wide range of people.

This is a wonderful experience because it gives us time to speak to alumni, build connections with people and work on building or brand. Click the video to find out more on what to wear in a work interview this is Day 2 of the mass communication week.

Motel in Philly being sued in first report human-trafficking lawsuit under Pa. Statute

On March 10, 2017 I read an article on philly.com about the Roosevelt Inn on the 7600 block of Roosevelt Boulevard in Northeast Philadelphia. http://www.philly.com/philly/news/415876763.html which talks about a lawsuit filed in Philadelphia last Friday accuses the Roosevelt Inn in Northeast Philadelphia of regularly providing rooms to human traffickers who exploit girls, forcing them to be prostitutes.

In the article it states that the complaint, filed on behalf of a Philadelphia girl, who was 14 years old when she was forced into illegal sex trade in 2013 and exploited for two years, is the first such lawsuit of its kind under Pennsylvania's 2014 human trafficking statue, her attorneys say. "This lawsuit is the first among many to come that will hold hotel and motel owners, among others, accountable when they knowingly allow victimization of the most vulnerable in our society," plaintiffs attorney, Tom Kline, of Philadelphia-based Kline & Specter PC, said in a statement.

The Philadelphia girl, now 17 years old was dressed in sexually explicit clothing and was 'visibly treated in an aggressive manner' by traffickers, the statement claims, quoting from the lawsuit. Says the http://people.com/crime/philadelphia-motel-allegedly-allowed-teen-girl-sex-trafficking/  the suit further alleges they failed to intervene or contact police and continued to pocket revenue from the room rentals, as the teen was trafficked. Her attorneys say the civil suit is the first among many to come against hotel and motel owners for allegedly profiting from sex trafficking. Patel, the hotel manager told Philly.com he had "no knowledge" that the teen had been victimized on his property. "We just rent the room and that's all we can do," he said. The suit alleges her traffickers placed internet advertisements that listed her under a fake name and directed customers to call a number and settle on a cash on a cash price for sex, then they were directed to the Roosevelt Inn. A hotel clerk "Abdul" was fully aware that the girl" and other underage children were compelled to perform sex for many," the suit says. The room where the girl was forced to be a prostitute "contained used condoms and condom wrappers and the room frequently smelled of marijuana, had "Do Not Disturb" signs on the door and frequently had men and other minors go in and out, the suit further contends.

The girl, identified in the lawsuit only as M.B., "was visibly treated in an aggressive manner by traffickers" and exhibited fear and anxiety in the hotel, the suit says, adding she dressed in a sexually explicit manner while walking the hallways. Despite knowing about or seeing signs of human trafficking, the hotel, its manager and workers failed to report the crimes to authorities or otherwise stop the girl's victimization, the suit says. The girl, as a result, suffered physical harm, mental anguish, humiliation, and other harm, the suit contends. The suit seeks more than $50,000 in compensatory and punitive damages. It is the first known civil suit to use the Pennsylvania Human Trafficking Law of 2014 that allows for compensation for victims against those who profit directly or indirectly from human trafficking, the plaintiff's attorneys...

This post caused me to think of the 64,000 black women missing in the United States and no one is speaking about it. On the media outlets I haven't noticed anything about this on the news and can't seem to figure it out I know when I was younger I could remember things about the black market to sell organs https://www.decodedscience.org/organ-harvesting-human-trafficking-black-market/56966  which in this article talks about organ harvesting being tied to human trafficking and has become a booming business in the 21st century on a global scale. It is a criminal offense to traffic body parts or perform transplants from any source not legally affiliated with a hospital or other medical facility, but legality doesn't deter either side of these transactions. The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services data of Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network reports 21,333 currently awaiting organ transplant of which 100,402 are waiting for a kidney. Only 30,970 transplants actually took place (legally) in 2015. According to the World Health Organization, America is one of many organ-importing counties and by the use of the web, patients can get transplant packages from $70 to over $160,000.00.

So wonder how much people can make with taking people and drugging them so that they can make a lot of money off of young people. What we need to do is work on ways to help find our missing brothers and sisters since no one is taking notice, we must not forget that no matter if we are family we are still connected in some way. Help me get this across to everyone who doesn't know what is going on, let this be an effort to actually make sure our kids are safe and aware. Because I'm afraid everyday for the safety of my younger uncle who is 17 years old and sometimes even my own safety because I only know but so much to make sure that me and others around me are safe.