13th film images9/25/2023 So why are so many prison inmates people of color? DuVernay traces it all back to the 13th Amendment. And, per the NAACP, nearly 1 million of the incarcerated population are African-American. Keep in mind that this country imprisons a larger percentage of the black population than South Africa did at the zenith of apartheid.Īccording to the Center for American Progress, people of color make up 30% of the general U.S. population but 60% of the incarcerated population. Ava DuVernay's 13th documentary tells the story of America's criminalization and mass incarceration of black people.
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