WP3 Body Extra 2 Claim: The 13th amendment is unproductive because law abiding citizens are monetarily funding a prison workforce that does not benefit the public good. Evidence: Marc Santora‚ a reporter from the New York Times‚ reported that the average cost to feed‚ house‚ and guard an inmate accumulates to around $31‚ 286. In the state of New York‚ that amount is $60‚000 because “The inmate-to-staff ratio probably hovers around two prisoners for every guard (cite).” When the average cost is
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The film 13th explores race‚ justice‚ and mass incarceration in the United States. The film mainly focuses on the history of how racial inequality came to be in the United States. Also the film mentions that in the United States’ prisons there are inordinate amount of African-Americans. Additionally a variety of different political activists and public figures from different backgrounds gave their view from Angela Davis‚ Bryan Stevenson‚ Van Jones‚ Newt Gingrich‚ Cory Booker‚ and many others. In
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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
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The film 13th‚ directed by Ava DuVernay‚ was very unpleasant to watch. African Americans of all ages and both genders were mistreated and had a very limited amount of freedom. If you were within the African American race‚ you were put to slavery instantly. Many were arrested for the slightest of crimes which included littering and vagrancy and put to labor after the civil war. Every image you see of African Americans‚ particularly African American males‚ were considered monsters and horrendous human
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Gunjan Shah Professor Mark Harrison English 908 18 July 20thirteenth Paranormal and Pseudoscience Research Essay Assignment Simple Superstitions: Number “thirteen” One of the pseudoscientific claim for the Number “thirteenth” is that people think it is just a superstition when some people believe in it and some people don’t. Everyone has their own opinion and belief in particular things. The Number “thirteenth” is most likely known for its unlucky date‚ unlucky number‚ and its unlucky self
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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials essay The Scorch Trials is a fantastic novel written by James Dashner on September 18‚ 2010. The idea of human fragility is linked to the fact that the humans are extremely vulnerable and will turn on each other during apocalyptic times. When humans feel insecure‚ they will resort to unnecessary violence and their original trust will be broken down. This idea of vulnerability is closely associated with humans who are in a situation that is very stressful and requires
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The movie 13th was a very interesting movie. I learned a lot while watching the film‚ Such as the history of a mass plan of incarceration against blacks and latinos. I also learned about how the history of law has been continuously used to hold minorities down. I learned a lot more about how the USA used their power to hold back black movements like the Black Panthers. The movie really opened my eyes to the history of america. I was not aware of the history of the criminal justice system and how
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The documentary 13th‚ was an eye opening experience. It was a film in which it displayed issues of violence‚ crime‚ and race. In particular‚ I found it very interesting how the documentary stigmatized black men as violent individuals. How did they come up with this stigmatization? Was it based off of past historical events such as slavery and segregation? Anyone can be considered violent. Someone’s race doesn’t define whether or not they are violent; it is an individual’s actions that determines
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If you were to go to the library and look in the science fiction section you would find an amazing novel called The Scorch Trials. This is a sequel to The Maze Runner also by James Dashner. In my opinion the major universal theme in this book is survival because the Gladers are tested to see if they can survive the harsh conditions of the Scorch. The novel is trying to inform people that in life you have to work hard for your goals‚ in this case the cure to a disease called the Flare. (“Thomas went
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political‚ and theoretical foundations of our current criminal justice system. Many articles we read‚ and the documentary we saw includes the impact of slavery‚ segregation‚ and the war on drugs and I do agree with what Angela Davis states in the film 13th‚ “historically when one looks at efforts to create reforms‚ they inevitably lead to more repression.” It sheds light on the fact that our criminal justice system is far from perfect.
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