It should be expected for everyone to be treated equally, right? Well for the past 200 years, African Americans couldn’t vouch for that expectation. Starting out with slavery, moving into segregation, and now dealing with mass incarceration, it seems that we can’t catch a break. 13th, the documentary, explains the meaning of the 13th amendment and how it says we are all free, yet we are still being held prisoner in many other aspects. Many people are going to prison for little to no crime and are getting life sentences. It’s sad that throughout history, not much has changed. The worst and best thing about all of this is that no one knows what the future holds. Hopefully, there will be opportunities to change our reality into something …show more content…
This factor contributes to the problem and ruins family lives at the same time. The film shines a light on how slavery isn’t really over, just put into another form: imprisonment. It explains how certain laws, mostly directed towards Blacks, were made, including drug usage. They put Blacks in jail to do labor for large businesses and social elitists and they only get a small amount of pay. They take fathers away from their families causing a great deal of pain for both parties. As a result, Black children, especially boys, are following their father’s footsteps and ending up incarcerated too. It’s a hard cycle to watch, but it’s happening every day in America. Since the 1970s, the number of prisoners in the world multiplied 800 times to 2,400,000 people. Meanwhile, the young black community is busy fighting and killing each other instead or helping, healing and building one another up. Black people are so capable and inspirational, but they don’t always see it in themselves to be great. It’s time to instill knowledge and motivation in the young black people so that we can conquer all feats and help this nation become a truly free