— New Jersey Senator Cory Booker, 13th Tagged: Oppression , Slavery , racism , BLM “We knew we couldn’t make it illegal to be either against the war or black [people].

Here are some of the best quotes from the film: “We knew we couldn’t make it illegal to be either against the war or black. But by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt their communities.” – former Nixon domestic policy chief John Ehrlichman

These quotes from the 13th documentary shed light on the deep-seated racial inequalities that persist within the criminal justice system. They serve as a call to action for individuals and society as a whole to confront and dismantle the systemic racism that continues to perpetuate injustice.

13th: Directed by Ava DuVernay. With Melina Abdullah, Michelle Alexander, Cory Booker, Dolores Canales. An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.

The 13th Amendment loophole was immediately exploited after the Civil War, African-Americans were arrested in Mass. It was our nation's first prison bill. You were basically a slave again, the 13th Amendment says that, hey, except for criminals, everybody else is free.