The article skirts around the race issue. But mentions of things like the Black Planet site and annual Player's Ball seem to imply that most of these kids aren't white, in spite of the unattributed stock photo on the left.
Yeah, the subtext about black women as sex trade is certainly there. But of course no one's asking the questions about the economic factors that make the sex trade attractive for anyone.
I'm from Cobb County, Atlanta's equivalent, more or less, of Orange County; where the same shit happens and is just better-disguised.
So would it be right to say that Atlanta is a child prostitution hub because it attracts poor, (mostly) black runaways from throughout the rural South?
I find this particularly scary because one of my favorite students recently ran away. It was amazing how quickly she was wiped off the record, and I've been trying to put scary thoughts of her alone and drugged up out of my head ever since. I'm all too aware of how easily girls get caught up in this, and with the border five miles down the road, there's a good chance she isn't within hte reach of American cops.
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Also, americafuckno tag: Yes.
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I'm from Cobb County, Atlanta's equivalent, more or less, of Orange County; where the same shit happens and is just better-disguised.
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