13th
I cant
really give this a number rating for my review since 13th was a
documentary. I cant even say that I enjoyed it because it wasn't a
laugh fest in any sense of the word. This is a series of interviews
talking about the 13th Amendment that states “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” and how it was
used to make freed Black folk into prisoners and in a lot of cases
work. They listed some companies that use prison labor like
McDonald's where they sew their uniforms, Wal-Mart with prison grown
produce, Victoria's Secret (get that image out of your head, ladies),
CostCo, Starbucks, and many more. The shit is depressing.
This
documentary made me depressed as all hell for many reasons but
selfishly the main one was the fact that so many dudes that they
showed being beaten, killed, attacked, and locked up looked like my
ass. I learned a lot about how different presidents have fucked this
country over, not just for Black people, and whether Hillary or Trump
won we would still be fucked. Yeah. It covers each of their ties to
this shit going back decades. If you have Netflix you should check
this out. Just have a comedy or something to watch afterward. I'm
watching Young Justice.
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