What is currently done to address sex trafficking at major American sports events and how do these measures compare to other nations? How can these approaches be adapted to more effectively address and prevent the issue of sex trafficking? Sex trafficking is the second most lucrative crime business worldwide. While it is extremely difficult toContinue reading “Sex and the Super Bowl: How America Compares to the Rest of the World in Preventing Human Trafficking at Major Sports Events”
Author Archives: Bethanie Stauffer
Excremental Colonialism
After their loss in the Spanish-American War, Spain ceded multiple territories to the United States, including Puerto Rice, Guam, and the Philippines. The Philippines remained under American control until 1935. During their colonial rule, the Americans suppressed numerous native insurgencies. In his piece on Excremental Colonialism, Warwick Anderson discusses one of the major tools ofContinue reading “Excremental Colonialism”
Racial Ecologies
Humanity and usefulness are two of the central concepts of Erica Tom’s piece entitled Humanizing Animals. She explains how, in prison programs like Second Chances Horse Program, the humanity of the prisoner is heavily based on their ability to make themselves useful. While these programs seem positive on the surface, one must consider the stereotypesContinue reading “Racial Ecologies”
An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States (Chapter 3)
Opinion: The European Settlers would not have survived if the Americas were in fact a vast expanse of “pristine wilderness” In the section entitled “Myth of the Pristine Wilderness”, Dunbar-Ortiz discusses the belief, similar to that expressed by Locke in the last reading, that the Americas were a vast landscape of untamed wilderness waiting forContinue reading “An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States (Chapter 3)”
Locke’s Second Treatise of Government
Question: How does a society effectively act according to the will of the majority? Who is the majority? What challenges does a government face in understanding the will of the majority? In section 97, Locke asserts that by joining a society, every man agrees to submit to the will of the majority, or elseContinue reading “Locke’s Second Treatise of Government”
My First Blog Post
Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.
Introduce Yourself (Example Post)
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Bethanie's American Studies Blog 