Sentences with phrase «slavery still»

Slavery still exists on a large scale, as I expect you know.

Rome's Mayor Ignazio Marino was chosen to kick off the event, titled «Modern Slavery and Climate Change: The Commitment of the Cities,» and said that «Slavery still exists in our cities, even in Rome.»

Such as: What did women's liberation, primarily a white, middle - class movement, have to offer African - American women in a country where, as late as the 1960s, de facto slavery still existed; a country where racism, which the movement itself shared, was soaked into the cultural fabric?

For instance, the two worlds in John Sayles's The Brother from Another Planet (1984)-- the home planet of the alien, where slavery still exists, and Harlem of the 1980s, where he crash - lands after escaping his owners — represent two different points in African - American history, and allow for a thoughtful (and comedic) reflection on both.

Driving up to the gates of the imaginary plantation, Grace (Bryce Dallas Howard) and her gangster father (Willem Dafoe) are surprised to find slavery still flourishing.

Slavery still exists in many cacao farms, especially in Africa, and child labor / slavery is a huge problem.

Could the brutality of slavery still have an effect on the health of African Americans, who continue to live shorter lives, on average, than whites?

But this relationship doesn't explain why slavery still matters for public - private school segregation.

The terrible evil of slavery still haunts the world.

A study found practices of domestic slavery still widespread in rural areas in the 1970s.

Slavery still exists; its pressing consequences are today present in the United States and living men and women can remember the slave system in full swing.

What Passover is for me is many things but one important thing about it for me is a reminder to be mindful that modern day slavery still exists and I (and we) should try to find ways to stop it!

An example of why after 600 years of Apartheid and Black Slavery they still suffer from Day # 1 of the same.

Hundreds of monuments to slavery still stand throughout the Southeast, such as Jefferson Davis High School in Montgomery, Alabama, where a student population that's 94 percent black attends classes in a building that honors a man who claimed the horrors of slavery.

But the same people who say we should now abolish slavery still hold that the ideal of marriage is the submission of a woman to a man.

Slavery still exists and is still being opposed.

If the mobs still ruled, we would have slavery still, women couldn't vote, etc. etc..

Not exact matches

Oh but u forget that u still have state - sponsored slavery called imprisonment.

Anyway, I'm willing to bet you still pay taxes to a government that promoted slavery once and bombs and spies on foreign countries unjustly.

Therefore, to claim that gays are being persecuted similiar to slaves is quite insulting to those who are still affected from the horrible legacy of slavery.

If you are still living in Leviticus times, I got news for ya: the world is round, women can do math and own property, slavery is bad and we made this really hard metal called «steel» that's great for all sorts of things.

«u forget that u still have state - sponsored slavery called imprisonment.»

Zip — Do you also think people in the South still practice slavery?

Slavery might not be the ideal, but God still provided rules that would provide for better treatment of slaves.

ME II beat me to it, but it's unbelievable that you are trying to rationalize slavery, regardless the of «type» and this is why we view god as immoral while you still think god can be moral and outline when it's acceptable to own a slave.

The bible still condones slavery — in a bronze age context.

And in Virginia you can still hear the old English as though the ancestors of the founding fathers kept some of the tongue that once debated slavery.

Also, if you are going to suggest that the patriarchal system that was so prevelant in biblical times must be enforced for all times then you should show a little consistency and insist that slavery is still acceptable as well.

The first Christian abolitionists were a tiny minority, fighting a difficult battle against Christian slavery supporters who could quote twice as much scripture for their position, and still could.

Obviously you aren't doing anything in leviticus because the NT testement has already said that the OT is null because jesus came, but there's still a lot of advocacy for slavery and sale of your children, not to mention how a woman should act and how a man should act.

Today almost no one still argues that slavery is justifiable because it is biblically sanctioned.

i.e. Moses in a river who was prophet and still didn't get to enter the promised land, Daniel adulterer and murderer, Joseph sold into slavery, Daniel in a lions Den, Jeremiah in a well, Paul a persecutor of Christians, Mary, and unwed teen, Jesus from the line of Tamar, and through the sinful incapability of Israel.

If that was the case, we'd still be having the Spanish Inquisition, the Crusades, and let's not forget that all time favorite, advocating for slavery.

There is still slavery in some places.

We covered a lot of ground this week, and we told a lot of stories, but there are still many stories we didn't tell — stories of human trafficking and sex slavery, stories of men abused by women, stories of redemption and reconciliation, stories of abuse on the mission field.

*** See also, Christ and the Greco Roman Household Codes, which shows how the very same passages used to support slavery are still used today to support gender hierarchy.

And even though we reached our goal, you can still make a donation to help rescue young girls from sex slavery.

Slavery may have been abolished, but it was still going on in the factories and mill houses.

So does God STILL support slavery and beating helpless children with rods for discipline?

I still believe in God and the Divine, but I so rarely see it in practice and in action... it's heartbreaking to realize they harsh judgment and hypocrisy, racism and slavery hiding behind the so - called «word of God,» but I know my own God and my God is a God of Love.

Not to be a dork about it, but were you really a slave or is that just the way you are trying to make a point??? I only ask because there is still slavery in the world in other countries.

If the bible was still followed directly to the letter (which believe me, some people do) then we'd still have slavery, now....

The historian may still question the soundness of southern leadership, but he will remember that men whose opportunity in the Modern World was one of producing its raw cotton did not deliberately choose to do so on plantations with Negro slavery.

Still COMPLETELY STUMPED about whether YOUR MORALS support fathers SELLING their 6 - year - old daughters into SLAVERY?

If the founders of America followed your advice, the USA would still be under British rule, the civil war would not have happened, slavery would still be in place and Europe and Asia would be under Nazi and Fascist control.

While major chocolate companies still source their cocoa from West Africa, there are plenty of fair trade companies to ensure that your indulgence is not contributing to slavery.

If you find yourself incredulous that slavery could still exist in modern day America, you need to read this story.

His labor policy was more remarkable still, for this great champion of emancipation, when he established himself as governor, reintroduced slavery in all but name.

You want blacks to get over slavery but you can't seem to get over the fact that some people still choose to confront racism.

So if we say that our slaves are equal but still overwork them, own them, mistreat them, and grossly underpay them, then we still deep down believe in, endorse, support and promote slavery.