A moving and important story about human trafficking from Kari Travis of Carolina Journal.
It happened so quickly.
Joy Anderson was first deceived.
Then, she was lured into a prostitution ring.
Anderson, one of four adopted children, had a good home life. But she felt like an outsider, a perception she attributes to her dark skin and unique personality.
She met her traffickers at age 19, and, as odd as it now sounds, Anderson found a place to belong.
“[I was at a nightclub] and this girl came up to me and pulled out $2,000 or $3,000,” Anderson said. “She told me that I could get that much. She told me that it was easy, so I met her whole team. At the time I met the person that I thought was her boyfriend. But it was her pimp.”
Read the story here. Be sure to read the companion piece — a legislator’s perspective — here.
