Never mind the fact that over the course of two years, more black people killed, than all of the recorded white-on-black lynchings since the Civil War. Amid an international crisis, a career diplomat juggles her new high-profile job as ambassador to the UK and her turbulent marriage to a political star. Id have liked to see 13th acknowledge that. If you think judges should sentence criminals based not on what theyve been convicted of, but based on international incarceration disparities, fine. But the Panthers were definitely peace-loving individuals, though. Ava DuVernay's documentary film 13th (2016) explores the history of racial inequality in the United States, focusing on the fact that the nation's prisons are disproportionately filled with African Americans .Keep Reading. If I'm telling these stories to reach a mass audience, then really, nothing else matters. However, the facts presented will shock you, they will horrify you, and if you're like me, they will rip a hole in your heart. According to University of Connecticut professor Jelani Cobb, the drafters of the Constitution left a loophole that was immediately exploited in the 13th Amendment. A steely special ops agent finds his morality put to the test when he infiltrates a crime syndicate and unexpectedly bonds with the boss' young son. A large portion of the movie is basically an engaging walk through a very standard narrative of mass incarceration. The film builds its case piece by shattering piece, inspiring levels of shock and outrage that stun the viewer, leaving one shaken and disturbed before closing out on a visual note of hope designed to keep us on the hook as advocates for change. (lest we forget, the United States - that white privilege hegemony it is - is home to more than, and the first two black billionaires in modern history. She provides the example of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American boy who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 for allegedly flirting with a white woman. In addition, Jim Crow legislation was passed by Democrats, to legalize segregation and suppress minorities, forcing them into second-class status. The 100-minute film . HEY! Exposing Irrefutable Proof that the Fab Four were the Most Overrated Musicians of All-Time It was the '60s. Maternity leave is over and it's time for these four moms to return to work while navigating kids, bosses, love and life in modern-day Toronto. Would you say that arrests notched up in the aftermath of a bill signed in late 1994? Go ahead, lean on your local judges to let murderers and rapists off with a warning. Do you really believe a journalist would sit on a bombshell quote like that for 18 years? 13th honestly shows two sides of a story Nixon Advisor John Ehlrichman allegedly admitted that the Nixon Administration intentionally encouraged the public to associate African-Americans with heroin in an effort to disrupt Black communities by vilifying them in the news and creating the false narrative that Black people were vicious criminals destroying the country through drug abuse and distribution. Thanks a million. The council writes laws for the Republican Party, including Floridas Stand your Ground law. (The Hispanic male state/federal incarceration rate actually dropped from 1220 to 1091 while the Hispanic female state/federal incarceration rate rose slightly from 60 to 64, but Hispanics generally seem to have risen as a share of the incarcerated Whites may not have and there was more absolute growth in Hispanic state/federal prisoners than in White state/federal prisoners.) She examines the prison-industrial complex and the emerging detention-industrial complex, discussing how much money is being made by corporations from such incarcerations. Blacks make 12-13% of the population but made up 26% of the suspect that were killed by police officers in 2015. 73 percent of black children grow up without a father. See how its all connected? But the second? For graphs of UCR numbers limited to violent index crime, property index crime or drug abuse violations, use the tool linked above or see here all three trended down or flat soon after the Crime Bill, although for some reason drug violations had a brief spike from 2002 to 2006.). Here's another interesting statistic tied into this: If African Americans and Hispanics were arrested at the same rate as whites, the prison population would decrease by nearly 40%. On October 7, 2016, Netflix released a documentary titled 13th. The 13th is a documentary film that explores the history of racial inequality in the United States, with a particular focus on the prison system and its disproportionate impact on African Americans. Example; Vogue. Following the passage of civil rights legislation in the 1960s that restored civil rights, the film notes the Republican Party's appeal to southern white conservatives, including the claim to be the party to fight the war on crime and war on drugs, which began to include mandatory, lengthy sentencing. Acknowledging that estimated arrests per capita have been dropping, among African-Americans as well as overall, wouldnt necessarily contradict that thesis but it might complicate it. The documentary starts off with some striking statistics the United States makes up 5% of the worlds population, but has 25% of the worlds prisoners. 13th garnered acclaim from a number of film critics. Saved Stories. It has been about one year since film director Ava DuVernay released the documentary 13th. This documentary is widely available on Netflix. Released on Oct. 7, 2016, the documentary "13th" is a Netflix special film about how the United States prisons system is deeply rooted in oppression. This is an interesting idea, but the period immediately after the end of slavery is rushed through in about five minutes. "Viewing - right now - should be mandatory." It is tied directly into the Black Lives Matter movement and explains how ingrained institutionalized racism has become. We see examples of Hillary Clinton using the word super-predators to describe African American youth and Donald Trumps advocacy for the death penalty of the 1989Central Park Five(who, as the world later found out, were innocent). Whites I believe make up 70ish% of the population yet represent 49% of the people that were killed by cops in that same year. 2. That's a stat I guarantee you'll, luxury and comfort (and that, I remind you, is almost certainly a vast undercount. Whites I believe make up 70ish% of the population yet represent 49% of the people that were killed by cops in that same year. Following the civil war and the turn of the twentieth century, the film, Birth of a Nation portrayed the African-American male as violent, animal-like, and evil. takes a well-informed look at this loophole and administers a researched look at the American incarceration system and how it contributes to systemic racism today. 13th is a documentary from Ava Duvernary (known for directing 'Selma,' the movie about the march by MLK), and it tracks the history from the introduction of the 13th amendment, which states that no one can be owned by another person, to present day with the lens of the rights of black people. DuVernay contends as "systems of racial control" and forced labor from the years after the abolition of slavery to the present. At Carolina Justice Policy Center, our intern Molly Riesenberger recently watched 13th to share what she learned with our readers: Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction Thirteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. ), To wrap this thing up, I'm going to leave you with just two more numbers: 840,000 and 10 percent. 13th is the powerful documentary by Ava DuVernay that explores the prison system and how it is used as a weapon against minorities. Never mind the fact that - despite deeper poverty and, racism in the law - crime rates for black Americans were considerably, And never mind the fact that - despite whatever historical or contemporary grievances you may have with "the system" -, . Heres the one on Wikipedia, for example: It looks like the usual graph, butwhat the hell is that last dot? 13th itself has people discussing a policy shift away from incarceration later in the documentary, albeit in a sometimes conspiratorial way (at about an hour and 19 minutes in, Angela Davis says historically, when one looks at efforts to create reforms, they inevitably lead to more repressioninevitably?). "13th" begins with an alarming statistic: One out of four African-American males will serve . [11], On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 97% based on 102 reviews, with an average rating of 8.77/10. 1 in 3 Black males is expected to go to prison in his lifetime. (Courtesy/Netflix) When the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified in 1865, former slaves expected freedom for the rest of their lives, as it ruled slavery of any kind. Perhaps theres some way you can interpret Cobbs statement so its literally true (was he only talking about the next year or two and ignoring everything else?) During that time, Black people were subjected to criminalization without just cause, thus resulting in many African-Americans fleeing to various places throughout the country in an effort to escape the threat of wrongful criminalization by the government and law enforcement officials who aimed to keep Black communities oppressed. Produced and filmed in secrecy, 13th was revealed only after it was announced as the opening film for the 2016 New York Film Festival, the first documentary ever to open the festival. Instantly acclaimed as one of the most important documentaries of the year, Ava DuVernays film about the mass incarceration of black men, 13th, wowed audiences at the New York Film Festival and looks like a leading Oscar contender as it premieres in theaters and on Netflix on Friday. The film explores the role of the American Legislative Exchange Council, backed by corporations, that has provided Republican state and federal legislators with draft legislation to support the prison-industrial complex. As a result, from the early 1970s to the present, the rate of incarceration and the number of people in prisons has climbed dramatically in the United States, while at the same time the rate of crime in the United States has continued to decline since the late 20th century. Black men currently account for an estimated 6.5% of the U.S. population, however, they currently make up 40.2% of the U.S. prison population. This is a very strange mistake; the turn from ever-increasing prisons has been widely discussed. This documentary educated, inspired, challenged, and exposed me to the legacies of the thirteenth amendment in hopes that the white American society will begin to humanize itself sooner, rather than later. The Nixon administration began the cycle of criminalizing African-Americans struggling with drug addictions, rather than increasing availed resources for treatment and rehabilitation. DuVernays 13th obviously isnt trying to be a neutral depiction of the criminal justice system as if that were even possible but to make a case against it, and perhaps for the abolition of prison itself. How ironic that DuVernays 'experts' post-civil-rights patricians and quislings exemplify the group that DuBois labeled 'the Talented Tenth.' In the Reagan era, the war on drugs became a part of our modern culture, andBblack people became overrepresented in the news as criminals. Blacks commit crime at MUCH higher rate than all other races. May not be suitable for ages 17 and under. The documentary describes The Birth of a Nation as life imitating art. One example of how this was shown was the traditional practice of the Ku Klux Klan burning the cross. 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