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wryter2000

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3. Ava Duvernay did a documentary about this

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Jun 28, 2021, 03:06 PM

Jun 2021

It's called 13th. After emancipation, the south passed anti-black laws, which made all kinds of things illegal for black people to do. So, they'd get arrested and thrown back into slavery. The film goes up to the present about mass incarceration.

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Proposed 'Abolition Amendment' would close a major 13th Amendment loophole [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2021 OP

We are way overdue to remove that pernicious loophole in the 13th Amendment. CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2021 #1

Prison labor is slave labor. K&R WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2021 #2

Ava Duvernay did a documentary about this wryter2000 Jun 2021 #3

I don't see anything wrong with cstanleytech Jun 2021 #4

Prison is not kidnapping and prison labor is not slavery nt mathematic Jun 2021 #5

Incarcerated people get substandard wages (if any), worker protection laws do not apply to them, WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2021 #9

But if certain jurisdictions write and enforce laws that cause people to be enslaved? erronis Jun 2021 #13

Oh stop, yes it is. obamanut2012 Jun 2021 #17

Do not eat chocoholic. The Jungle 1 Jun 2021 #6

Prison is not a luxury hotel! Smackdown2019 Jun 2021 #7

. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2021 #10

Ok, I will bite and respond Smackdown2019 Jun 2021 #16

The Shawshank Redemption was fiction. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2021 #19

Loss of freedom should be punishment enough. After the punishment we should Liberal In Texas Jun 2021 #20

. Smackdown2019 Jun 2021 #22

"why does society have to pay for their reformation." WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2021 #23

If they're forced, is it good honest work? Smackdown2019 Jun 2021 #24

Response Smackdown2019 Jun 2021 #25

Life sentence Smackdown2019 Jun 2021 #26

Studies have found that the likelihood of getting caught is a bigger deterrent than WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2021 #27

No, good upbringing and realizing that actions have consequences. Smackdown2019 Jun 2021 #28

Lolz obamanut2012 Jun 2021 #18

Ethical chocoholic producers are listed here The Jungle 1 Jun 2021 #8

Thanks for this! ShazzieB Jun 2021 #12

This is well worth reading Richard D Jun 2021 #11

WOW. ShazzieB Jun 2021 #14

This is hugely important. We need to close down the prison/plantation system. marble falls Jun 2021 #15

Kick and Rec berniesandersmittens Jun 2021 #21