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13th Reflection Questions

Directions: After watching the documentary, answer the following questions/writing prompts in complete sentences. Each should be at least 3-5 sentence responses. (100 points)

1. Throughout the documentary there were references to a specific clause in the 13th amendment, what is that clause?

a. How has this clause impacted the political, social, judicial and racial issues in the US?

2. What impact did Birth of a Nation have on the US? What image did it justify? What did the film predict?

3. 13th had many powerful images. What images stood out to you the most? Why?

a. How do these images “shock people” into action? (Emmitt Till, the recent police brutality, the permission from the families… ETC) (3-5 sentences)

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4. Can you list any parts of the US government and US politics that were portrayed in the movie? Think about laws, party platforms, campaign ads ECT…. (5-10 examples)

a. How do you feel about the policy stands of the Clintons from the 1990’s in regards to today? Do you feel that the past Presidents of Nixon, Reagan, Both Bush’s and the Clintons did what the people wanted or did they make the people want those tough on crime policies>

b. How do you feel about groups like ALLEC that have influence over policies and bills?

5. Did this movie change your opinion about having to learn about the US government? Why or why not?

6. What impacted you the most about the film? What did you learn? What do you want to learn more about?

7. The following is a list of quotes from the film. Choose 5 quotes and explain why you felt these were the most profound or why they stand out to you. Also include what the meaning is behind these words. Answer in the space provided on the next page. 3 or more sentences each

“US is home to 5% of the world’s population and 25% of the worlds prisoners”

“1 out 4 human beings in the world are locked up here in the home of the free”

“Birth of a nation confirmed the story many whites wanted to tell”

“The establishment needed black bodies working”

“1,000’s of black men lynched do to the idea they had done something criminal”

“Generational trauma”

“Jim Crow gave blacks a permanent second class status”

“Justice delayed is justice denied”

“Mass incarceration”

“Law and Order”

“War on Crime”

“War on drugs was a war on communities of color”

“Turn the news on at night, you see black men paraded across the street in hand cuffs”

“Black people are terrified of themselves”

“Super Predator”

“95% of prosecutors are white”

“Violent crime and the fear it provokes, are crippling our society”

“Stripped out a whole generation of leaders”

“If everyone would insist on a trial the whole system would shut down”

“No one in the hood goes to trial”

“97% of those people who are locked up are because of a plea bargain, one of the worst violations of human rights in the US”

“An environment that is designed to break you in 30 days”

“If I would’ve plead guilty, no one would’ve listened to my story, I’d just be another criminal”

“Prison industrial complex, it is a beast, it destroys black and Latinos communities, for breakfast lunch and dinner”

“Good ole’ Days”