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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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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For more than a century now the right of the African Americans have been taken away. Slavery in the Unites States dates back to the year 1619 in Jamestown‚ Virginia January 11‚ 1864‚ the 13th amendment was proposed by Senator John B. Henderson of Missouri if passed it would abolish all slavery in the United States. By April 8‚ 1864‚ the thirteenth amendment is approved on a vote of 38 to 6 where it was sent to be ratified. The thirteenth amendment was passed abolishing slavery. After 245 years of
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Children are usually seen in parks‚ exploring the outside world in their little innocent minds‚ living their lives irresponsibly. Today‚ child beauty pageants opened kid’s eyes on things they are not supposed to encounter in their early childhood. Kids now act like adults; they have unleashed their innocence and pure minds for the sake of beauty.Child beauty contests resemble young kids‚ under the age of 18. Contestants are usually divided into groups according to their age. Very young aged kids
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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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DBQ 3: Causes of the American Revolution When the colonization of the New World began‚ people were proud of their mother country‚ proud to be from Britain and loyal to their king. But‚ the reason behind their leaving was always freedom‚ freedom from taxes‚ from government‚ and from persecution. When these freedoms began to be taken away again‚ these colonists‚ soon to be known as Americans‚ were not going to lose them without a fight. Though the reasons behind the abrupt transition of England
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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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