Florida's "Modern Day Slavery"

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By Paul Franz, Graduate Student of Multimedia at the University of Miami School of Communication and the Knight Center for International Media // Coral Gables, FL

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Follow the story of Joseph Dieune, a Haitian migrant worker who visited the United States to make money for his family back home.

Learn about issues of discrimination against illegal immigrants and explore the life of a small agricultural center located just south of the city of Miami.

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[Alaslamalamabad]

please flag this video, it's ridiculous. It was a terrible terrible approach to illegal immigrant work, not only does it exclude the diverse ethnicities working in this type of work (ie. Hispanics) but the producers of this atrocity compare it to 'modern slavery' just because they're black. that in and of itself is discrimination. We don't need any more of this race/slavery/preferential treatment nonsense, i don't care what race you are. and no I'm not white, im half hispanic/half black.

[Alaslamalamabad]

Are you kidding me? This is ridiculous. Why wasn't there a single Hispanic in that video? Hispanics have been doing that same work, and worst , for decades and nobody called it 'slave labor'. Just because they're black doesn't mean it's slavery, it doesn't mean they get preferential treatment either. When is America going to move on from all this 'slavery' 'racist' ' they-deserve-better-treatment' crap? We're all American, we're all human.

[GamerRage2010]

Man shit least they have a job. I'm sure theres people that would love to pick those peppers so they could put food on their family.

[ngeliatduit]

Nice Video!! Thanks

[PennaPlanum]

This is nothing compared to what DHS and FEMA are about to dole out to all the fluoride drinking football and beer fox news zombies. Search for the NDAA National Defense Authorization Act that DECLARES WAR ON US Citizens and says Oboingo and the rest have taken ALL OUR RIGHTS AWAY. Wake Up at infowars dog calm

[NedacFilms]

Do these people work against their will? Do these people choose to pick vegetables? Or are they forced to pick?

[AtaArticles]

What? Slavery in Florida?

That's news to me. Still, slavery in third world countries is much worst.

[sparksza1]

did that dude that they were interviewing have a Bluetooth ear piece?

[poutioune]

we should unionize these workers to get them the right pay and beneftis they deserved; however, once we do this US workers will compete for these jobs and get them because they would them become the less costly alternative. another possible down side is that our food cost at the supermarket may reflect this cost increase in labor. so be it! this is a place where we can make a dent in JOBS JOBS JOBS! imagine all the jobs lost to migrant workers because we cannot treat our workers like this