Kevin Gannon: Documentary Analysis

Kevin Gannon argues that ¨We are the product of history that our ancestors chose, if weŕe white. If we are black, we are the products of history that our ancestors most likely did not choose.¨ In this quote Gannon is saying that Blacks have never been able to choose how their life goes. They have always had choices that were given to them by whites or choices that were somehow influenced by whites. I agree with the 13th documentary when it concludes that politicians and other big name white figures in America have a strong hold on the other members of society that keeps racism and prejudice around. It is often said that Blacks are the cause of their own demise, but the speakers in the
13th documentary make it clear that they think the opposite. The politicians of America today have an astonishing way of tricking the people into believing things that they would normally think shouldńt happen. When Ronald Regan became president he gave us some insight on just how deceiving politicians can be. During his presidency, Regan is most commonly known for his work for the war on drugs. He often talked about stopping the war on drugs in America and
The woman that was arrested for crack was put in prison for the rest of her life without anything else on her record, while a white person would have got a very short sentence if any at all. Anyone familiar with civil rights activists should see that they do good for the world. They open the eyes of everyone in unjust societies. Today we think of Martin Luther King Jr. as the most prominent civil rights activist of his time, but in fact he was thought of as a criminal. The speakers in 13th are right when they say that the early civil rights activists were brave when they spoke their mind about equal rights because they were often beaten and arrested for their