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So much this! I am appalled at this thread possibly full of non-asian people who think having a room and board househelp is slavery. They are free to quit and

So much this! I am appalled at this thread possibly full of non-asian people who think having a room and board househelp is slavery. They are free to quit and renegotiate salaries. Their children are free to do whatever they want, infact we help in their education and give them gifts. If anything it tends to be a more empathic employer-employee relationship, albeit with shit salary. There is real slavery however, bonded labour, forced child beggars. Seeing this not being mentioned at all, I don't think we have many asian people here, just westerners speculating.

kelnos 9y ago
I think we don't have enough information to decide either way. The guy who visited his friend's house seems to think everything wasn't above-board there. Maybe he's wrong, but the responsible thing to do is follow up on it with the friend, promptly. It doesn't need to be an accusation, just an "I noticed something odd; can you tell me what's going on?" type thing. And if the explanation isn't satisfying, you get the authorities involved, immediately. Regardless, just because something is culturally acceptable (like Lola's slavery back in the Philippines), it doesn't make it right.