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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worked for be placed in the perfectly manicured hands of someone else. Would you ever want to be put through this? Well‚ girls who are in beauty pageants deal with this and so much more every
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copy of the 3rd edition of The Future of Business by N. Althouse‚ S. Rose‚ L. Allan‚ L. J. Gitman‚ & C. McDaniel. Published by Thomson Nelson. The assigned text is the 4th edition of the book‚ which is available for purchase new from the University of Saskatchewan bookstore. However there are used copies of the 3rd edition of the book on sale around campus. Given that much of text in the two books is the same‚ it should be possible to use the 3rd edition instead of the 4th edition. If you do buy
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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 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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The 13th Warrior In 922 AD‚ an Arab poet named Ahmed is exiled and sent to the north as an emissary as punishment for his interest in another man’s woman. During the journey‚ they encounter another group of people quite different from themselves—the Vikings. Shortly after‚ the Vikings embark on a journey to defeat a group known as the Eaters of the Dead and‚ according to the Viking oracle‚ the 13th warrior needed for the journey must not be a Northman. As a result‚ Ahmed ends up going on the
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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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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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reason and it didn’t bother me until one day. All I could see was bright lights‚ a quiet room‚ a large stage and a microphone. In October 2012‚ I was in a beauty pageant‚ that I practiced weeks for. Like a normal pageant‚ it had swimwear‚ talent‚ interview‚ formal wear and finally the questionnaire. This was the most important of the pageant and finally we was here. After going through six girls‚ the MC called for contestant number seven and that was me. Before I walk from back stage‚ I had to gather
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