13th Amendment Pros And Cons
Initial thought of the 13th amendment is freedom, a freedom that was given to those forced into slavery. So if it was written to bring good to those affected; why is it that, it can be used to do more harm than good. Upon being written, the drafters set themselves up with an extremely credulous loophole, a clause that can go on simply missed by its definition. That same very clause which can be used as a method to legally make business out of slavery and to just as legally make enslavement a punishment for those who are incarcerated. Which is exactly what the Netflix Documentary, 13th, is all about, more specifically on how the American system of incarceration affects people of color. The film follows the chronological term of events in America’s
history dating back to a time of slavery to present day. In “13th” you begin with an idea that 25 percent of the worlds incarcerated are incarcerated in the U.S., keeping in mind that the U.S. only holds five percent of the world’s population. Director Ava DuVernay goes on to show how slavery has maintained to be in practice since the ending of the Civil War, like criminalizing different behaviors and allowing police to arrest freedmen, to force them to work for the state under the technicality in the thirteenth amendment.
history dating back to a time of slavery to present day. In “13th” you begin with an idea that 25 percent of the worlds incarcerated are incarcerated in the U.S., keeping in mind that the U.S. only holds five percent of the world’s population. Director Ava DuVernay goes on to show how slavery has maintained to be in practice since the ending of the Civil War, like criminalizing different behaviors and allowing police to arrest freedmen, to force them to work for the state under the technicality in the thirteenth amendment.