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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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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SIGNIFICANCE OF 13TH‚ 14TH‚ 15TH AMENDMENTS The 13th Amendment went through a number of significant constitutional processes and stages before finally gaining a place in the United States Constitution as it is today. For example Senate actually passed the Amendment on April 8‚ 1864 but it was not until January 31‚ 1865 that the House would also pass it (Wagner‚ 2006). Even with this‚ actual adoption of the 13th Amendment came to fruition on December 6‚ 1865. The 14th Amendment also went through
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protect their own benefit which is old school‚ they already got left behind. So do not struggle so hard and try to adapt their company to the new era. Resource Lawrence‚ A.T. and Weber‚ J (2014).Business-Government Relations. In Lawrence‚ A.T. (Ed) and Weber‚ J (Ed)‚ Business and Society: Stakeholder‚ Ethics‚ Public Policy. New York‚ NY: McGraw Hill
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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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Friday the 13th Superstition Friday the 13th is a day which is supposed to hold a lot of bad luck. This occurs when the 13th day of the month‚ falls on a Friday‚ this day occurs whenever the first day of the month is Sunday. There are no known definite origins for Friday the 13th; some could be linked to some events that occurred on a Friday like the crucifixion‚ Adam and Eve eating the apple‚ etc. References to it being regarded as bad luck occurred around the mid-17th century. A quote from
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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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allow all slaves to be free worldwide. The 13th Amendment declared in section 1 “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‚ nor any place subject to their jurisdiction.” There were many people that did not like the proposal of the thirteenth Amendment especially the South since slavery was really big in that area. “Even though the 13th amendment did not fully stop slavery and inequality
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Jesus Garcia Carrera The 13th‚ 14th and 15th Amendments are very important because the US would have a completely different system then how it is now. The 13th amendment says that slavery nor involuntary servitude will be permitted anywhere in the United States unless it’s because of a punishment for crime. The 14th says that everyone in the US will have the same rights and that no state can restrict them. And the 15th states that no government or state government in the US can deny the right to
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instead of attending a diversity event for this paper‚ I watched a documentary on Netflix called 13th. This film discusses the issue of racism in the United States criminal justice system; specifically relating to how the 13th amendment transformed the view of African Americans from slaves to criminals. I thought the film was very thought-provoking and had strong concepts. Whoever named the movie 13th deserves a raise because that is the best title ever imagined. During the movie they follow the
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