Summary Of The Movie 13th

The movie 13th which is directed by Ava DuVernay and is featured on netflix primarily focuses on how the thirteenth amendment in the constitution has allowed for mass incarceration and criminalization to occur. Furthermore, the documentary demonstrates how the loophole in the thirteenth amendment was abused after the Civil War since many African Americans were arrested for minor crimes such as lottering. The documentary also argues that this was often used as a tactic to ensure that economic system in the South would remain the same. Additionally, the documentary examines how Nixon's proposal was really an effort to discriminate black communities and please the white voters. This can been seen by the war on drugs where communities of color