[Documentary] 13TH: American Prison System, Slavery and Freedom

I think if you look at the statistics, the states with the highest incarceration rate tend to be states with the highest black population, and it is the reverse for states with the lowest incarceration rate.

Black unemployment is nearly twice as high as the national average. Per capita income among black persons is much lower than the national average. We send our jobs to China. We send our jobs to Mexico. We allow people from all over the world, both legally and illegally, to come tot his country and take jobs.

I am, under only anecdotal observation and pure gumption, going to say that this disproportionately affects the black community here in the United States'. A lack of hope, a lack of income, and a lack of prospects is not what young adults need to be given. They need to be given a chance to succeed.

 

Looks like it'll be a good documentary but I wouldn't go so far as calling it slavery. The prison system has a lot of issues though, that much is clear. We should not be sending people to prison for victimless crimes.