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  • Combining archival footage with testimony from activists and scholars, director Ava DuVernay's examination of the U.S. prison system looks at how the country's history of racial inequality drives the high rate of incarceration in America.
    This piercing, Oscar-nominated film won Best Documentary at the Emmys, the BAFTAs and the NAACP Image Awards.
    US Rating: TV-MA For mature audiences. May not be suitable for ages 17 and under.
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  • @rdnowlin1206
    @rdnowlin1206 Před 3 lety +6209

    Much props to Netflix for providing this documentary - for free.

    • @urwokeness4490
      @urwokeness4490 Před 3 lety +160

      For an agenda...believe that !!!

    • @layan808
      @layan808 Před 3 lety +39

      Sonya Wade I believe you

    • @mmcray1688
      @mmcray1688 Před 3 lety +62

      there is a reason behind everything, kid

    • @180_karma
      @180_karma Před 3 lety +15

      free for us, and they also makin bank from ad revenue

    • @180_karma
      @180_karma Před 3 lety +98

      ​@Sandy Jones not sure why you feel that, i mean if you feel exposing systematic racism is anti white then you got problems.

  • @AlSweigartDotCom
    @AlSweigartDotCom Před 3 lety +4229

    If Emmett Till was alive today, he'd be younger than Morgan Freeman. It wasn't that long ago.

  • @surambaya
    @surambaya Před rokem +535

    We have a criminal justice system that treats you better if you are rich and guilty, than if you are poor and innocent.
    Wealth, not culpability, shapes outcomes.
    -Bryan Stevenson
    Such truth, spoken so eloquently.

    • @Learneng5
      @Learneng5 Před 10 měsíci +1

      How does the film explore the concept of democratic elitism and its impact on political participation?

    • @jepoygatus9381
      @jepoygatus9381 Před 8 měsíci +1

      0:44

    • @Happydays478
      @Happydays478 Před 7 měsíci

      Two tier prison system where if you have money yes you pay for hotel like treatment $100 a day

    • @Happydays478
      @Happydays478 Před 7 měsíci +2

      Unspoken apartheid 😢

    • @user-qi7qx5yr7w
      @user-qi7qx5yr7w Před 2 měsíci

      that's the way it works across the globe

  • @Biggus957
    @Biggus957 Před 9 měsíci +304

    I'ma grown ass man here for a class assignment. Having experienced some of the things in this videos. I had to pause and cry a few times. This is a MUST see for everyone today. These issues are very real and ongoing.

    • @Treysorable
      @Treysorable Před 7 měsíci +16

      I've also gone through so many of these things. White people will never know.

    • @stormysurge9083
      @stormysurge9083 Před 6 měsíci +9

      @@Treysorable Dismissing an entire race's understanding of another is exactly how racist ideology continues. You are seen and felt for even if not completely understood. Please don't put another gap between us

    • @donniekraus1273
      @donniekraus1273 Před 4 měsíci +5

      Real men cry🇺🇸

    • @temitayoatanda8588
      @temitayoatanda8588 Před 3 měsíci +1

      were you a criminal. the documentary applies to criminals.

    • @joycewills895
      @joycewills895 Před 3 měsíci +12

      ​@@temitayoatanda8588Free speech and peaceful demonstration is a crime? The white police using excessive force on demonstrators was/is criminal. One race, the human race, get used to it.

  • @edwinserrano1070
    @edwinserrano1070 Před 3 lety +1408

    "The criminal system treats you better if you are rich and guilty than if you are poor and innocent..." 1:10

    • @carolyntalbot947
      @carolyntalbot947 Před 3 lety +49

      Truer words have never been spoken! 💯💯💯

    • @d.e.w.8676
      @d.e.w.8676 Před 3 lety +5

      Sigh

    • @wndrwmn72a44
      @wndrwmn72a44 Před 3 lety +16

      How about regardless of your financial situation, you don't break the law? Stop with the lame excuses!

    • @edwinserrano1070
      @edwinserrano1070 Před 3 lety +95

      @@wndrwmn72a44 Ma'am...if you ever have a court issue with someone who is 10 times wealthier than you, you're in for a big surprise. They don't hire 1 lawyer. They'll hire all the lawyers necessary to come out on the bright side even if that means taking you down. As for the rioting and looting....I was not referring to that. I only quoted something that was said in the documentary. Take the blindfold off!

    • @pennywilliams1285
      @pennywilliams1285 Před 3 lety +62

      @@wndrwmn72a44 ... 'How about'
      a lot of arrested/prisoners/inmates did NOT commit the crime that they are incarcerated for !

  • @jacqueline3282
    @jacqueline3282 Před 4 lety +4826

    Wow thank you Netflix for making this available to everyone. Hopefully many people will see this and it will spurn us to change. This was extremely eye opening and heartbreaking to watch.

    • @jacqueline3282
      @jacqueline3282 Před 4 lety +85

      @@maxdom1706 Police and prisons are important for society to run safely, I am pro law enforcement, but it has to be done humanely and justly. The images of the prison cells with no windows, people getting life for drugs etc. is very disturbing. Prison for non- violent crimes especially should be done with rehabilitation in mind, not trying to break people and destroy them.

    • @jmalagaua
      @jmalagaua Před 4 lety +33

      Ppl know about history but don't want to change.. it's better to turn a blind eye to it and not only talk bout it when comes up on news or movie..sad but true.

    • @sambradley9091
      @sambradley9091 Před 4 lety +5

      @@nightfighter7452 I mean, I think the problem is our society objectifies people so much to make rape such a common thing and the true measure is preventative on reforming how sexuality and people are seen

    • @torahama362
      @torahama362 Před 4 lety +5

      @@nightfighter7452 You think rapists is a non- violent crime?
      READ, you stupid.

    • @guypierson5754
      @guypierson5754 Před 3 lety +5

      Netflix make money from this video, they haven't put this out there for the love of humanity, they have done it for the Tri-Fecta: Get payed while you advertise your platform AND virtue signal so you can gradually increase your market share amongst the left.

  • @TR__3
    @TR__3 Před rokem +526

    My son's college Ethnic Studies class offered extra credit for watching this movie and completing a worksheet/write up. It should really be mandatory viewing in high school. Brilliant documentary.

    • @WuzzupWhitey
      @WuzzupWhitey Před rokem

      I wonder how much socialist credit they would have subtracted if he watched "Uncle Tom" documentary instead ;)

    • @bellab6794
      @bellab6794 Před rokem +31

      this is not "divisive" at all. why do you feel so threatened by teaching people the REAL HISTORY of this country?

    • @BMoore556
      @BMoore556 Před rokem +11

      @Malayumati Arguably, what would be more divisive is continuing to leave those who are unaware of this history in the dark. While I do not think that showing an ignorant person this film would change their hearts over night, it could at the least start an internal dialogue or discourse.

    • @grainofsalt-handle
      @grainofsalt-handle Před 10 měsíci

      @@bellab6794 Did you even read what she said?

    • @bellab6794
      @bellab6794 Před 10 měsíci +6

      @@grainofsalt-handle i was replying to someone else haha. must’ve deleted their account

  • @aprilpalmer1017
    @aprilpalmer1017 Před rokem +345

    I show this every year in my Civil Rights class. My students are astounded and disgusted. This is an incredible documentary and generates in-depth, meaningful discussion amongst my students.

    • @robertyoung7823
      @robertyoung7823 Před rokem +6

      There should not be a civil rights class in any school. The person teaching it always takes thing's out of context ALWAYS. If you don't want to go to jail don't commit crimes, there's a good lesson to teach your soft ass students

    • @aprilpalmer1017
      @aprilpalmer1017 Před rokem +19

      @@robertyoung7823 can you please clarify what you mean by "the person teaching it always take things out of context ALWAYS"? Also, what is your definition of "soft ass students"? Some examples and evidence would be useful to back up your argument.

    • @aprilpalmer1017
      @aprilpalmer1017 Před rokem +7

      @@robertyoung7823, why do you think there shouldn't be a Civil Rights course in any school?

    • @robertyoung7823
      @robertyoung7823 Před rokem +1

      @@aprilpalmer1017 already explained it. It's always taken out of context

    • @aprilpalmer1017
      @aprilpalmer1017 Před rokem +13

      @@robertyoung7823 , is your explanation "If you don't want to go to jail don't commit crimes"?

  • @shigure-sw5us
    @shigure-sw5us Před 3 lety +2249

    I am Japanese. For the first time, I learned more about racism in the US with this video. My tears didn't stop when I watched this video. I hope that this problem will be resolved soon and that no one will suffer from racism.
    I'm not good at English so I used Google Translation.
    I'm sorry if my grammar is wrong or I'm rude.

    • @thatweirdo5048
      @thatweirdo5048 Před 3 lety +218

      I speaking from a realistic point of view don’t see the end of racism coming any time soon. The majority of the population may not be outwardly racist however they’ll still profit from the pain and suffering of people of colour

    • @ariellepear9217
      @ariellepear9217 Před 3 lety +30

      Watch 'Uncle Tom' as well it's always good to know more then one side.

    • @StevenSmith-tb7hj
      @StevenSmith-tb7hj Před 3 lety +17

      @@thatweirdo5048 how do people profit from the pain of poc's

    • @SAMISHUKRI
      @SAMISHUKRI Před 3 lety +63

      @Chris Farley All the options are pro-big corporation anti-progressives in disguise. There is no one who accurately represents the population. Both Biden and Trump are not pro-citizens. Bernie was the closest guy to being a pro-middle to working class, but he's gone now.

    • @SAMISHUKRI
      @SAMISHUKRI Před 3 lety +46

      @Chris Farley Free healthcare = Commie? Thats not true!! There are so many countries with free healthcare and free college in Europe and they are the happiest countries in the world! See Norway, Germany, Finland.
      Also what do you mean Chosen one, I don't follow

  • @doublefeatures6312
    @doublefeatures6312 Před 3 lety +154

    Netflix has just announced a 4,665% viewership increase in this film vs. 3 weeks prior. Glad to see that millions are watching this documentary.

  • @udhenijjar6115
    @udhenijjar6115 Před 2 lety +31

    A lot of people in the comments saying "it's propaganda." Propaganda for what? For equality for all? Propaganda for universal human rights? Propaganda for racial and class equality? If this propaganda, then it's propaganda for helping the oppressed and I don't see how you can demonize that.

  • @foxtutoring
    @foxtutoring Před rokem +131

    Thank you, Netflix for making this available to everyone on CZcams🙏I completely agree that this should be assigned material for any educational curriculum, either in high school or college. Everyone should watch this. This documentary is so well done.

    • @WoodstockG54
      @WoodstockG54 Před 6 měsíci +1

      @@jaya-squishiehuntr019how long did the British shit on your people? Do they teach it in the schools in India?

    • @ICanWalkOnWaterButICantSwim
      @ICanWalkOnWaterButICantSwim Před 4 měsíci

      @@WoodstockG54 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽

  • @mifino
    @mifino Před 4 lety +268

    I just shared this with all my friends. It’s so important that people know the reason behind all the anger and protests going on right now

  • @markjohnson9455
    @markjohnson9455 Před 4 lety +1366

    I did not grow up believing in racism, but I feel guilty for being blind to it. Watching this documentary put something into me that I cannot describe. I am a Native American who grew up in a 'white world' who was taught to be color-blind.
    That in of itself is okay, but what I failed to learn was the reality of what happens in the world. I was taught to love other people from different backgrounds which are noble, yet the problem is that I was taught also not to question either. My lack of questioning caused me to go along to get along based on the lessons taught by FOX news and conservative media. I love my dad, but he supported Regan, Bush, and the conservative party. I love my mother who was born on a Native American reservation taught me to go along to get along if I asked her questions about her culture. She rarely spoke on her experiences and always told me to live in the culture you know. I am not speaking ill of my family, but I realize that the lessons learned in my life were wrong. I could say that I get the best and the downside of the lessons from my parents because I was taught to love unconditionally as well, and it is in this spirit I speak my words.
    After watching this documentary, it is one thing to love others, but it is also another to say something when injustice is being done regardless of race, economics, or whatever. Injustice to anyone is morally depraved. The closing lines of the documentary about Black lives matter mattered to me because the truths of this documentary extend beyond color into groups that do not have voices such as the mentally ill, those in poverty, jail, victims, etc. If I say something against actions, then I am loving people the way they should be loved.
    I am an uncle to 7 nieces and 2 nephews who I would like to share and explain that although there are bad people in the world there are still good people in it. I want to teach them when they get older that when good people go silent than evil wins. I want to teach them not to live like me and be afraid to say something rather speak out on the issue of injustice since that it is the kindest act one person can do for another.
    Thank you,

    • @musfiraharif5818
      @musfiraharif5818 Před 4 lety +34

      Well said!

    • @potatotv7236
      @potatotv7236 Před 4 lety +75

      Even thoe I do not live in America ( but in Germany ) I also never realised how bad the situation is. You chose wise words to describe this feeling of blindness.

    • @Twilightgirl674
      @Twilightgirl674 Před 4 lety +39

      Mark Johnson hi I love that you are actively learning. I just want to point out that the ideology of colour blindness is harmful. It’s linked to implicit biases for one but besides that it ignores that the environment and conditions for people that are often unequal. Just food for thought

    • @terrellw9470
      @terrellw9470 Před 4 lety +34

      Beautiful. Glad you were open to self-reflection.

    • @nannygranny5696
      @nannygranny5696 Před 4 lety +30

      The answer starts with a simple solution. We need to come together and vote for the members of our community who have earned our trust.
      The solution lies in removing the axis of power. Democrats and a Republicans have worked in coalition to secure the wealth and fate of the ruling class.
      They offer no solutions for working people, only measures of control.
      Stop voting red vs blue and start voting TRUE.

  • @damerionthompson2996
    @damerionthompson2996 Před rokem +220

    Some people watch this and think wow, where have I been, I've been living under a rock? And you have others like myself who have seen and lived knowing and watching the government tear away our families and take our black men all of my life. How lucky you're to watch this and now feel "woke". Very well put together I agree and thank you Ava for letting our stories be heard. The pain while watching this isn't new.

    • @archesworn377
      @archesworn377 Před rokem

      Stupid Starbucks girl opinion ignored

    • @llywelyngruffydd8474
      @llywelyngruffydd8474 Před rokem

      It's not possible to respond to what you've said here because CZcams's algorithm identifies comments that point out well known government statistics regarding race and crime and automatically delete them. You're wrong but there's no way to make the case in a public forum.

    • @RonaldoSilva-pk2ie
      @RonaldoSilva-pk2ie Před 11 měsíci

      You African Americans are only 16% of the total population but you commit more than 60% of all crimes and that many of the crimes are not even reported so you have to round it up to 80 or 90%, so the mass incarceration of African Americans is more than justified

    • @hellsbellez
      @hellsbellez Před 8 měsíci

      Huh?? "Woke"???

    • @marktaylor4216
      @marktaylor4216 Před 6 měsíci

      Can I ask you a question?

  • @tanyawade5197
    @tanyawade5197 Před 2 lety +90

    49:47 Ms Davis told him to his face what she thought of him & his question in the sharpest & yet, most graceful way! I love seeing her past interviews. The reporter was an unlearned individual that needed to spend some time reading our history.

  • @SK-xv8zw
    @SK-xv8zw Před 4 lety +479

    I’m a Korean college student living in the US. We watched this for a sociology class about race and ethnicity and this documentary blew my mind. It completely changed my perception of how our society works. American high schools should definitely show this to their students.

    • @cyryc
      @cyryc Před 3 lety +18

      propaganda does that to people.

    • @lvw7668
      @lvw7668 Před 3 lety +34

      Majin Yojimbo ...but truth resonates

    • @dairyproducts2775
      @dairyproducts2775 Před 3 lety +7

      @Werk Eng so what in this documentary isn't true?

    • @mikemanners118
      @mikemanners118 Před 3 lety

      @@dairyproducts2775 assuming equality is real

    • @yelloe
      @yelloe Před 3 lety +3

      @Werk Eng I know how you feel they are biased tho that fs. But they are still telling truth. I recommend watching more videos than this on both sides so people will be more well rounded. People should not just use this as their only info source. Look at other ones and reviews of this who likes and dislikes this docu. For me I dont see a problem with prison labor and this vid makes it seem like its a horrible idea. Which it isnt. I see a problem with incarcerating people too long for minor drug offenses.

  • @LordIstar
    @LordIstar Před 2 lety +3318

    I give tremendous props to Netflix for making this available for free on CZcams. This should be assigned material for any educational curriculum, either in high school or college.

    • @SaraKielba
      @SaraKielba Před 2 lety +250

      watching it for a college class now!

    • @fightfannerd2078
      @fightfannerd2078 Před 2 lety +60

      It's propaganda 100%

    • @LordIstar
      @LordIstar Před 2 lety +139

      @@fightfannerd2078 Sure, Jan.

    • @mohamedcalooley4175
      @mohamedcalooley4175 Před 2 lety +5

      💯 agree

    • @yleilaf.a7967
      @yleilaf.a7967 Před 2 lety +45

      Yeah, I completely agree! I watched this in high school for ethics class and it really opened my eyes.

  • @taposherabeya7857
    @taposherabeya7857 Před 2 lety +13

    I can’t watch all of this without crying and being depressed. I’m not black but this is absolutely horrendous.

    • @AMan-iv2rb
      @AMan-iv2rb Před 2 lety +2

      Lol you fell for the trap. This is propaganda

    • @taposherabeya7857
      @taposherabeya7857 Před 2 lety +3

      @@AMan-iv2rb but it did happen right?

    • @meadowlarkb.427
      @meadowlarkb.427 Před rokem +7

      @@taposherabeya7857 yes, it did. Ignore him.

    • @lindjie
      @lindjie Před 4 měsíci

      @@AMan-iv2rb jump

    • @sugarplumfairy777
      @sugarplumfairy777 Před měsícem +1

      ​@AMan-iv2rb what propaganda? These are facts 🤨

  • @juliebosch3169
    @juliebosch3169 Před rokem +48

    I am one of those locked up for minor drug offenses… I was facing 32 years as a mandatory minimum.. now I advocate for change
    !

    • @maxketchum4523
      @maxketchum4523 Před rokem +7

      32 year’s ? Jesus lady just who were you working for Pablo Escobar ?

    • @Learneng5
      @Learneng5 Před 10 měsíci

      Hi

  • @ailynnmckae1130
    @ailynnmckae1130 Před 3 lety +663

    Imagine your family was taken from everything to become slaves, then being homeless after your were freed from slavery just to be arrested for being homeless and put back into another slave system.

    • @ambriaashley3383
      @ambriaashley3383 Před 3 lety +35

      Smh 🤦🏿‍♀️ The American Nightmare

    • @SoyBrig
      @SoyBrig Před 3 lety +18

      It's tragic. I suppose we're complicit if we're not working against it, but I feel our efforts not only do not matter, our tax dollars go to those making the system stronger, the federal forces in Oregon (and moving to other states), the senators who've been in office for 25 plus years with net worths in the millions and who are still hungry for more, etc.

    • @ottovonbismarck7715
      @ottovonbismarck7715 Před 3 lety +5

      Americans get arrested for being homeless?

    • @ottovonbismarck7715
      @ottovonbismarck7715 Před 3 lety +1

      @Private Private same that's tough. Cant relate in europe

    • @empresspaula-mae
      @empresspaula-mae Před 3 lety +2

      And doesn't have a job you're sentenced to prison, such aburdity.

  • @brententhornton8951
    @brententhornton8951 Před 2 lety +2493

    I remember watching this on Netflix late one night about a week after I got out of prison. This changed my life. Seeing what my elders went through in the past and what we still goin through today made me cry man. The next morning I called all my homeboys and big homies and I told them I was out, and I wasn’t gangbangin any more.that was in 2018 it’s 2021 and I’m still on the straight and narrow. Rip to all the brave souls that lost their life’s due to jealousy and hate ima try to live my life the way y’all wanted us to
    Edit: so here’s a little update, im still on the straight and narrow I got my class A CDL about 6 months ago and it’s the greatest decision I’ve made since I decided to leave the streets alone. I’m blessed to be able to take care of my kids and responsibilities the legal way and still be able to have a lil fun here and there lol but thank y’all for all the positivity and wise words 🙏🏾

  • @craigpatterson2592
    @craigpatterson2592 Před rokem +57

    Thank you Netflix for making this free. This is a major issue. I watched this a few years ago and now my history teacher assigned us to watch this documentary and to complete a reaction/discussion assignment based on this documentary.

  • @ABCDEFGHIJKELA...
    @ABCDEFGHIJKELA... Před 2 lety +26

    I'm white, but when I was 13, and had never done a drug or even seen a joint yet, the Reagan era "war on drugs" took my childhood away. they opened up "rehabs" called Straight Inc.(the bases for Scared Straight), a CIA influenced "TOUGH LOVE" way of scaring the disease out of us...they talk my parents into taking out a 30k loan! to lock me in a warehouse with 100 other kids for over a year, 17 months for me specifically. WE watched kids come and go, some would suicide their way out, others had parents with connections, and bought their children back...I was 13, a hyper active latchkey kid, I worked hard mowing lawns, loved to ride my BMX, but I had a rebellious streak due to how strict my home was, and constantly being accused of being a druggy! The worst thing I did was get into fights at school, and apparently that was enough to take me out of school from the 6th grade, and store me in a warehouse where we did whatever we had to do to survive until we go tout, I ran away 3 times, but they caught me each time, and threatened me with JDC until I was an adult if I didn't go back. I LOST my childhood to the war on drugs...without even doing drugs once! >< I wasn't locked in prison, but a lot of my meals were the bare minimum of an apple, 1 slice of bread, and 6 ounces of tap water, locked in one of the 3 time out rooms for way over the legal time allowed foir a minor, one time for 72 hours, without seeing anyone but a "councilor" that came in with a rolling chair and interrogated me for an hour a day, for what, I DON'T KNOW! I was scared, lonely, felt abandoned, unloved, unwanted, and they wanted to turn me into a robot...I had top call my best friend, and tell him that I couldn't ever talk to him again, because he was a "druggy friend"...how fkd up and outrageous is that stupidity...I eventually fell in line, and pretended my way out, but never got over the trauma. almost half of the kids I was in there with are dead now, suicide, OD, or otherwise. I turned 14 in there, had no birthday, they tried putting back in school a year later, and I couldn't relate to any of the kids I met, anyway...I can't imagine even the hell I went thru being as bad as what the adults went thru in prison, if I could be locked up and labeled as a drug addict when I'd never touched a drug at 13 years old, I have no doubt at all, that most of the people being locked away did not deserve what they were dealt. If you think the conservative party, the GOP< republicans, whatever you want to call them...I call them criminals, if you think they've changed, they haven't, they've just gotten much better at hiding what they do under different names, in the same way Straight Inc. changed it's name after being shut down for multiple accounts of child abuse. The right is not a party, it's a cult, a cult of white supremacy praying their way into the deepest pockets of cash money support, and into the most powerful positions in politics. Maybe all this time that these crazy people that claim lizard people run the country are right...but they're not lizards, they're just very bad people pretending to care, in order to keep you scared...straight into voting for them.

    • @blackwomandreaming2724
      @blackwomandreaming2724 Před 9 měsíci +2

      I am very sorry you had to live that and sorry to know these "straight..." houses still exist, with another name.

    • @JazrealWeaver
      @JazrealWeaver Před 18 dny

      You are so true brother

  • @BlahBlah-om3ll
    @BlahBlah-om3ll Před 4 lety +732

    So ALEC, not only passed laws that criminalize drugs, is partnered with major tobacco companies? And every ALEC bill passed benefits the companies it’s partnered with? Y’all see what’s happening here? Why would they fight to criminalize drugs when they are partnered with drug companies. It was never a war on drugs, it was a war on black people. Screw that.

    • @kedwards351
      @kedwards351 Před 4 lety +57

      ALEC is also responsible for destroying workers' rights by pushing Right to Work legislation, always favoring corporate rights above workers rights, and human rights. I was surprised to learn about their powerful role in mass incarceration and profitizing prisons.

    • @nihara2625
      @nihara2625 Před 4 lety +49

      Blah Blah that’s exactly what this documentary is trying to prove. They used a war on drugs as a scapegoat to unlawfully put black people into prison. It’s a very sad reality

    • @leannklingensmith4618
      @leannklingensmith4618 Před 4 lety +59

      @Oliver Von arx and a war on poor people is, by default, primarily a war on black people in a country where systematic racism rooted in hundreds of years of slavery has trapped black communities in poverty at staggeringly disproportionate rates. obviously the "war" destroyed the lives of other poor people and communities too, but socioeconomics reveals all too quickly who the main target was/is

    • @user-cc9jz6qr1u
      @user-cc9jz6qr1u Před 4 lety +16

      Leann Klingensmith thank you

    • @sympthylost
      @sympthylost Před 3 lety +9

      Makes you wonder why marijuana is criminalized but not tobacco....

  • @jubejubexox
    @jubejubexox Před 4 lety +838

    Completely eye opening. For profit prison system is disgusting

    • @Balazak
      @Balazak Před 4 lety +33

      I'm surprised how oblivious I was to the scale of this.
      Speechless.

    • @seacoast4950
      @seacoast4950 Před 4 lety +2

      Who profited from the prison system?

    • @karensutton6830
      @karensutton6830 Před 4 lety +7

      @@seacoast4950 Hillary Clinton for one

    • @jubejubexox
      @jubejubexox Před 4 lety +32

      @@seacoast4950 The companies and corporations that own the private prisons

    • @atirad8
      @atirad8 Před 3 lety +7

      @@seacoast4950CORPORATIONS FREE CHEAP LABOR THERE GO MANY JOBS

  • @wowokwow533
    @wowokwow533 Před 9 měsíci +17

    “how dare these minority groups ask for basic rights and human decency??”

    • @A.D.907
      @A.D.907 Před 14 dny

      This is textbook racism. Nothing else, all the othelr shit people cry about is bigotry, discrimination, and prejudice

  • @jasminebrown744
    @jasminebrown744 Před 6 měsíci +5

    I had to watch this for a Sociology Course at Texas A&M. I would not have watched it on my own due to the pain, sadness, and anger it will inevitably excite in me. I needed to watch this. The new America needs to watch this and we can all cry together....

  • @ChooseCompassion
    @ChooseCompassion Před 3 lety +205

    EXTRAORDINARY! This should be shown in classrooms. The truth needs to come out. I can’t say enough about this extraordinary, timely and beautiful piece of work.

    • @cecea665
      @cecea665 Před 3 lety +1

      No, not with those Politicians in it.

    • @bastienaschehoug6566
      @bastienaschehoug6566 Před 3 lety +3

      Did you know that this documentary is shown in french class?

    • @savykitten_
      @savykitten_ Před 3 lety +4

      Was shown in my class. I watch it often now, and continue to learn from it.

    • @imwrong...7669
      @imwrong...7669 Před 3 lety +2

      @Allan Curtis if you can't do the time don't do the crime.

    • @rudyardwalker9113
      @rudyardwalker9113 Před 3 lety

      Nah

  • @gloriousmindfuck
    @gloriousmindfuck Před 3 lety +870

    And this is why critical thinking isn't promoted in American public schools...

    • @dandydelightasmr5599
      @dandydelightasmr5599 Před 3 lety +18

      facts

    • @allansnackbar4065
      @allansnackbar4065 Před 3 lety +58

      you call this critical thinking? This is straight up propaganda for the ignorant

    • @lotsapoppa994
      @lotsapoppa994 Před 3 lety +96

      @curovia can't find any credible sources other than right wing shill tubers.

    • @dman030
      @dman030 Před 3 lety +7

      lol.....more like snowflake thinking.

    • @andyaria7100
      @andyaria7100 Před 3 lety +45

      curovia you’re probably the same person who thinks being a minority is a political opinion and screeches about how “all lives matter”

  • @ImNotHereEither
    @ImNotHereEither Před rokem +55

    Immensely satisfying to see this film available for free. Share it.

    • @rebel8440
      @rebel8440 Před rokem +4

      So satisfying to see people still commenting on this!!!

  • @napachatp
    @napachatp Před 4 lety +439

    why is it that Eric Garner’s last words were “i can’t breathe” and George Floyd’s were also the same? a six-year difference between the deaths of these two people... nothing has changed

    • @MyHatBites
      @MyHatBites Před 4 lety +9

      This was absolutely striking to me.

    • @timffoster
      @timffoster Před 4 lety +10

      Brace yourself: Rightly or wrongly, "I can't breathe" will become the default cry of anyone who thinks he's being physically mistreated ..especially if a camera is nearby.
      (I've already seen it happen. Seriously)

    • @shiaoweiz
      @shiaoweiz Před 4 lety

      yea its sad

    • @Eklektik40
      @Eklektik40 Před 4 lety

      I wonder what were David Dorn's last words...

    • @Bleye600
      @Bleye600 Před 3 lety +2

      @C Gibson Many white dudes, they are just not in the news.

  • @NoUploadJustComment
    @NoUploadJustComment Před 3 lety +2730

    This movie was released 3 years ago but it feels like it was made 3 days ago.

    • @sherifflasso
      @sherifflasso Před 3 lety +40

      For real

    • @jessicafalstein
      @jessicafalstein Před 3 lety +29

      totally.

    • @lyptus12
      @lyptus12 Před 3 lety +18

      Yeah especially when the commentator pulled his cell phone to say that today we can pull a cell phone and we can engage in a conversations

    • @plantvus6185
      @plantvus6185 Před 3 lety +51

      All the names that would be added to those killed..
      And when they talk about what they will do to discredit protesters next is something we'll have to combat.. well, people are blaming the spike in Corona on protests and not the fact that Trump pushed to open everything back up and encourages people not to wear masks or even BELIEVE THAT THE VIRUS IS A THREAT. It's unreal..

    • @samanthasmile7746
      @samanthasmile7746 Před 3 lety +7

      plantvus you couldn’t be more wrong

  • @AllieTr
    @AllieTr Před rokem +14

    As a conservative, I admit I had no idea about the privatization of prison and the impact certain policies have had on the Black community. It's horrifying.

    • @wegood563
      @wegood563 Před rokem +2

      Actually private prisons are a very small minority of prisons in the us

  • @lindaw.5278
    @lindaw.5278 Před rokem +36

    Thank you Netflix for making this available to all. I'd still love it if you would put it out on DVD too. I've been wanting to purchase a copy since I first saw it.

  • @kashki1145
    @kashki1145 Před 3 lety +811

    Prison is a business, America is the company.

    • @lunalea1250
      @lunalea1250 Před 3 lety +9

      Board of directors, major stockholder and not so silence partner!

    • @tonywiles7725
      @tonywiles7725 Před 3 lety +7

      Unfortunately this is the WORLD

    • @charlesrowe2785
      @charlesrowe2785 Před 3 lety +5

      Civilians are actually cattle so says the gov

    • @annmariemontaque6916
      @annmariemontaque6916 Před 3 lety +5

      Amen, God's creation are its assets. We'll you must answer to God for the people placed into your care. America will answer and will be rewarded.

    • @antwonnyy
      @antwonnyy Před 3 lety +5

      Yup, so much money there it’s sickening

  • @sadiejanes6437
    @sadiejanes6437 Před 4 lety +1660

    THIS is why vague statements about how "racism is wrong" and "unity" are NOT enough. Racism is too entrenched in our legal system. We have to talk about SPECIFIC issues -- police accountability, sentencing disparities, the racial empathy gap, etc. Let's talk to our friends and family and GET SPECIFIC!

    • @lukegibson9410
      @lukegibson9410 Před 4 lety +16

      Give me a specific example of a racist law in the US today.

    • @cikumwaura2378
      @cikumwaura2378 Před 4 lety +123

      @@lukegibson9410 Stop and frisk enforced on communities of color !!! Overpolicing minorities..Am in Kenya and know this

    • @veronikanavratilova1930
      @veronikanavratilova1930 Před 4 lety +72

      Luke Gibson It doesnt need to have Jim crow stample for being rasist.

    • @trevorchester4439
      @trevorchester4439 Před 4 lety +5

      You know you're a white supremacist if you thought this movie was good, right?

    • @lukegibson9410
      @lukegibson9410 Před 4 lety +11

      @@cikumwaura2378 That's not a racist law. If the law was implemented in a racist way, that's another thing. What evidence you have that stop and frisk was implemented in an racist way?

  • @hectorskmetija3015
    @hectorskmetija3015 Před rokem +9

    Thank you for educating my ignorance on the American prison system. Just wish it can change 100% to a truly just system in my lifetime!

  • @h8full575
    @h8full575 Před měsícem +11

    My AP English teacher showed us this in class. When she first brought it up I cannot lie that I sighed, frustrated that a teacher was not teaching what the course was about, but instead forcing personal opinions. The second the documentary started, however, I knew I was wrong. After finishing it, I wish it was mandatory for every student to watch.
    Shout out to Mrs.Fode for opening my ignorant eyes to the true racism that still goes on in America.

  • @amandabelcher6225
    @amandabelcher6225 Před 4 lety +85

    Thank you thank you thank you for posting this!!! I show this in my sociology class every semester and since we are currently doing distance learning, anyone without a Netflix subscription wouldn't have gotten the chance to see it. I am so thankful!

  • @asiatv4arab375
    @asiatv4arab375 Před 3 lety +169

    It hit me hard when the lady said " you have educated the public over years to believe that black people in general are criminals " i'm a black girl from Saudi Arabia who grew up watching a lot of American movies/Media. and because of that i automatically assume that danger comes from black people first. Even when i went to the U.S IN MY HEAD i was like " I should be careful from what a black person would do and I should not trust them" even though i"m a black person myself. Also i would always think that people think of me as a dangerous person or that they have to be more careful around me. That's why i always felt the need to do extra, to make people more comfortable around me when i really didn't have too. It''s sad that media didn't effect the people in U.S only but many people around the world.

    • @ASmith-jn7kf
      @ASmith-jn7kf Před 3 lety +3

      What were you watching out there?? Movies or shows??

    • @Schooner77
      @Schooner77 Před 3 lety +1

      I hear you

    • @YosiahW
      @YosiahW Před 3 lety +7

      We're people just like you. We worry, cry, laugh, get upset and love with our loved ones too.

    •  Před 3 lety

      Great Evil, knows the strategies which are most effective in manipulating the
      minds of others. Great Evil, holds the MINDS of the people globally to
      consider it "Benevolent & Pious" without question !!!😲

    • @So_Cato
      @So_Cato Před 3 lety +6

      I appreciate your introspective and the willingness to share.

  • @andreeailiescu2220
    @andreeailiescu2220 Před rokem +26

    Incredible, gave me shivers from the beginning to the end. One of the best documentaries I have seen lately, I particularly enjoyed the hip-hop interludes - such well chosen songs to reflect on this important issue. Unfortunately, it only made me sadder and angrier with the cancerous plague that the American system is - within the USA and the world as a whole...

  • @Crowned921
    @Crowned921 Před rokem +63

    Dr. Angela Davis, “the power of black intellect.” I love her. I love this documentary ❤

    • @reycesarcarino4653
      @reycesarcarino4653 Před rokem +2

      One in the sea of Many

    • @kiaq1153
      @kiaq1153 Před rokem

      I dont. She cup caked with a white lady now and is soo out of touch with the BLACK struggle. She is all lgbt and socialism

    • @Crowned921
      @Crowned921 Před rokem

      @@reycesarcarino4653 amén! 🙏🏼🙏🏼

    • @whyplaypiano2844
      @whyplaypiano2844 Před rokem +1

      @@kiaq1153 Nothing wrong with the LGBT OR Socialism.

    • @Learneng5
      @Learneng5 Před 10 měsíci

      Hi mam

  • @patriciagras3969
    @patriciagras3969 Před 4 lety +256

    Every American needs to watch this documentary. It needs to be required in every school in America. Thank you for sharing.

    • @trevorchester4439
      @trevorchester4439 Před 4 lety +6

      It's 17+ for a reason. It's political propaganda and it would be unethical to show this to children.

    • @aaronhuskyman4509
      @aaronhuskyman4509 Před 4 lety +20

      Trevor Chester Would you mind elaborating on what you specifically find to be propagandistic about this documentary, or what parts you disagree with the presentation of?

    • @mustafjino425
      @mustafjino425 Před 3 lety +1

      @John Smith ok so here we have a literal documentary calling out and exposing racism and systemic oppression in america backed up by evidence and statistics and literal audio and video proof and you're suggesting that it's not credible because there's no 'opposing view' i understand the problems with only one view but honestly what is an example of the opposing view that is honest and factual.

    • @tomtimelord7876
      @tomtimelord7876 Před 3 lety +2

      @John Smith Yeah, sometimes you shouldn't teach the "opposing view." Like, if you're teaching a course on World War II, you shouldn't have the students read books written by Holocaust deniers.

    • @tomtimelord7876
      @tomtimelord7876 Před 3 lety +1

      @John Smith To answer your question of why not, I'd say:
      1. It's a waste of time. If you're teaching geography it would be a waste of time to make the kids watch a flat earth documentary. It's hard enough getting the kids to learn the things they're supposed to, without muddying the waters.
      2. Mentioning the opposing viewpoint isn't the same as teaching the opposing viewpoint. It's fine for a World War II professor to say, some people deny the holocaust and here's why they're wrong. But to assign a book by David Irving and have the students read it would be a dereliction of duty.
      3. Some people are stupid. The idea that sunlight is the best disinfectant and that truth will out in the marketplace of ideas: that works fine as long as you have a populace of reasonable, fairly intelligent people who sincerely want to know the truth. The problem is that there are stupid people who are easily duped by pseudoscience and there are corrupt people who profit off of lying to the stupid people. Alex Jones for instance, a literal snake oil salesman.

  • @gretchenbach7203
    @gretchenbach7203 Před 4 lety +83

    If you care about, are participating in, or just curious about the Black Lives Matter movement, this film is mandatory viewing.
    The effect is visceral. I feel changed. Speechless, actually. It connects all the dots.
    Make time the time to watch it because you will not be able to turn it off. Thank you Ava DuVernay​ for this gift. You should have won the Oscar, but you were probably too ahead of your time. It is disconcerting that it took me this long find this gem. Thank you Netflix​ for making it accessible to everyone for free.

    • @kashki1145
      @kashki1145 Před 3 lety +5

      Pls share it with your family/ friends and tell them to do the same. Tnx

    • @cyryc
      @cyryc Před 3 lety

      oh f*ck off, Leni Reifenstahl

  • @hoaxadventures
    @hoaxadventures Před 3 měsíci +2

    I am an African and I love this documentary, it has really given great insight on the operative judicial, racial, and political perspective toward African-American historically. I just learned a lot from this work. Thanks

  • @progressivechihuahua7028
    @progressivechihuahua7028 Před rokem +19

    A must see documentary for everyone in America. Thank you for putting this out there for free.
    All lives can't matter until Black lived matter. Power to the people.

  • @fatimahiix
    @fatimahiix Před 3 lety +169

    "prison is a business, America is the company"

    • @amanuelhabtayeyenumberone1581
      @amanuelhabtayeyenumberone1581 Před 3 lety

      Tell the truth.

    • @tigris8235
      @tigris8235 Před 3 lety

      The comment you copied is right above yours

    • @welbyncastro9169
      @welbyncastro9169 Před 3 lety

      We staring in the face of hate again
      The same hate that says will make America great again.

    • @codydayton3573
      @codydayton3573 Před 3 lety

      Actually it's for criminal's . There's all races's in prison . Even back when there was chain games . Whites where put to work too .

  • @sixxygrrl
    @sixxygrrl Před 3 lety +80

    This happened to my husband. He is sitting in prison for 10 years for a crime he didn't commit on NO evidence beyond someone's claims, and a kangaroo court trial. Because he is poor and a former drug addict.

    • @countfloydschillerhorrorth2090
      @countfloydschillerhorrorth2090 Před 3 lety +4

      Everyone says that. You ask Hitlers Mother or Pol Pot's, They will say 'Their boy a Good Boy".
      If he was a victim, then you have my sympathy. But odds are he was the problem and by proxy you for not owning up to the truth.
      P.S. If you know FACTS over FEELINGS. then excuse me for lumping you in with most of the rest of the fools. If it's not you, then disregard. But I would strongly suggest you actually use critique than belief.

    • @14DaPlaya14
      @14DaPlaya14 Před 3 lety +30

      @@countfloydschillerhorrorth2090 Your comment added nothing. You don't know her or her husband. Interesting to see your instinct is to call something a lie based on nothing.
      P.S. don't be such a POS

    • @lowkeytofficialpage4827
      @lowkeytofficialpage4827 Před 3 lety +1

      Брандон Кeллeр we believe her because we know ppl in the same position y’all think that shit don’t happen? you’re fooled

    • @sixxygrrl
      @sixxygrrl Před 3 lety +3

      @@countfloydschillerhorrorth2090 I know everyone says that. However if he had done any of what he was convicted of, I would be the first to walk away. But he didn't. The facts are that the accusations don't add up, there was literally zero evidence to some of the charges except a person's verbal claim, (oh and she admitted to lying previously about another person but wasn't believed because THOSE cops did their jobs and actually investigated.) His attorney legit said nothing in his defense, made no attempt to point out the holes in their logic and the gaping spots of missing evidence, nor did she cross examine the accuser at all. I am not going into it further, but I am not in denial, I am angry. I watched a kangaroo court take 3 hours, with no jury, to convict an innocent man of crimes he not only did not commit but would never have committed and would have cut off his own legs before even thinking of committing. So no, I'm not wearing rose colored glasses, anyone who thinks the justice system is fair, impartial, honest, and balanced is wearing them.... Several pairs of them.
      Thank you all who defended me. I see you.

    • @ramzeylodrigue7873
      @ramzeylodrigue7873 Před 3 lety

      @@countfloydschillerhorrorth2090 you'll would defend the government, police, and the system until the death of it huh? Lets me know that it doesn't affect you'll and who the rules and prisons Are mostly applied for.

  • @Oskar-S-
    @Oskar-S- Před měsícem +2

    Firstly came here from a school project and did not think about it much but ohh mama am I impressed. Award winning deserved! Defintelty captivating, emotional, touching, mind bending with its elements skyrocketed over the moon and beyond. Needless to say a masterpiece many can enjoy and get a better understanding of the message deep down in peoples hearts ❤
    Edit: props to everyone involved. Also, footage, soundtrack, editing and of course the people 🎉

  • @yecatsmailbox
    @yecatsmailbox Před 7 měsíci +6

    One of the flaws of viewing everyone around as equals is not being able to see or fathom just how widely we are not all treated, at large, as equals. An eye-opening documentary that really drives home the point of how they made control more palatable for the masses while simply tightening the reins. I cried a lot, ashamed of the way things are.

  • @iPokerface33
    @iPokerface33 Před 3 lety +888

    I love that there's no ads.

  • @sds136
    @sds136 Před 4 lety +142

    The entire film is gut-wrenching but the last 20 minutes just got me in tears. Thanks to nexflix for making this available ✊🏿✊🏽✊🏻

    • @empresspaula-mae
      @empresspaula-mae Před 3 lety +6

      Sds136, So true, I watched it into criminal justice class, and you imagine the tension in the classroom.

  • @retro_yukkuri
    @retro_yukkuri Před 2 lety +20

    ショッキングな画像も多かったけど、だからこそ印象に残った。差別は昔からあり、ダメなことだと重々承知してたけど、実態を知ったのは初めてだったから学んだことも多かった。これを教材として課題を課してくれた先生ありがとう。

  • @jasonchenoweth4343
    @jasonchenoweth4343 Před 7 měsíci +6

    There is something i learned as a native, taking native history, that has stuck with me. Those that WIN the war, get to write history as they see fit.
    But! One thing that I'm glad has happened, and proud of is... THAT THE TRUTH WILL EVENTUALLY COME OUT! NO MATTER HOW MANY LIES!

  • @young6777
    @young6777 Před 4 lety +760

    This documenary needs to be shared more.

    • @maryjanerunway3647
      @maryjanerunway3647 Před 4 lety +7

      Absolutely! Please share with every person you know.

    • @trevorchester4439
      @trevorchester4439 Před 4 lety +2

      Only a white supremacist would want to share this.

    • @young6777
      @young6777 Před 4 lety +16

      @@trevorchester4439 Lol? wut??

    • @trevorchester4439
      @trevorchester4439 Před 4 lety +2

      @@young6777 Getting black people to engage in civil disobedience based on what amounts to little more than bad science seems like something a white supremacist would do.

    • @vevet6735
      @vevet6735 Před 4 lety +20

      Trevor Chester shut up

  • @byavolo
    @byavolo Před 4 lety +587

    Those who need to watch this won’t watch it, they can’t bear to take off the blinders and actually see what’s going on around them. That hurts too much I think...

    • @andrewgervais3039
      @andrewgervais3039 Před 4 lety +97

      I watched it. I needed to watch it. I have a lot of privilege being white and male and grew up in rural maine where there was only white kids. We got taught whitewashed history. I'm glad to be out of the clouds and on the ground. Saw this film recommended while scrolling through BLM on IG. Will be educating myself further.

    • @dr.deborahbarr4389
      @dr.deborahbarr4389 Před 4 lety +39

      While I agree with you, I also think we need to keep asking them to watch it, or other documentaries like it. As a sociology professor I make sure to cover all of this information in my classes. My one small contribution to educating people on what is really going on in the world. I am so thankful to Netflix for making this documentary available not just on You Tube right now, but also for educators to use in their classrooms in perpetuity. I will now be able to show this to my student every semester and hopefully inspire change.

    • @tylerpatrickgannon
      @tylerpatrickgannon Před 4 lety +18

      I needed to watch it, and I did.

    • @AliciaMarkoe
      @AliciaMarkoe Před 4 lety +23

      I needed to watch it, and I did, and I'm sharing it. Drop by drop the bucket is filled. I won't give up hope.

    • @estebanlara72
      @estebanlara72 Před 4 lety +8

      @@dr.deborahbarr4389 Excellent if I taught children I would do the same.

  • @marcd1981
    @marcd1981 Před 5 měsíci +3

    If this is going to be introduced to more schools, they need to get started on that as soon as they can. Several states have already prevented anything like this from being shown in their schools.

  • @WalnutTwin
    @WalnutTwin Před 3 měsíci +2

    Thanks, Netflix, for supporting this film and making it available for free!

  • @curtiskingii4561
    @curtiskingii4561 Před 3 lety +143

    Every single American needs to watch & fully understand this documentary.

    • @leahmzee5290
      @leahmzee5290 Před 3 lety +1

      Accusations *

    • @curtiskingii4561
      @curtiskingii4561 Před 3 lety +22

      Brown Latina backed with evidence, facts and statistics.

    • @bre5525
      @bre5525 Před 3 lety +13

      Brown Latina how can it possibly be accusations if there is literal proof. facts not theories.

    • @lotusshona6367
      @lotusshona6367 Před 3 lety

      Oh no it's all in our heads

    • @familysutton8508
      @familysutton8508 Před 3 lety +4

      They want,it's 1.4k who do not like the video, because they are closed minded, if not, they are just racist and evil!

  • @eddiemorrone870
    @eddiemorrone870 Před 3 lety +583

    It is tremendous that this is free and absent of advertisement.

  • @bokerlll4661
    @bokerlll4661 Před rokem +5

    Am black and standing your ground is not racist, it goes both ways black and white. It sometimes help black people defending them selfs against racism arm groups

    • @Thunders6381
      @Thunders6381 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Show me one documented case where that has helped a black person

  • @user-xb1vj1ws8t
    @user-xb1vj1ws8t Před rokem +57

    We had to watch The 13th for school and make a summary/essay about it and the whole class was just dead silent every time we watched this. Some of us cried too. Generally in West Europe, we know things aren't as good in America as they are being portrayed and this just made it that much clearer to me. America needs to change, politic has to clean up the mess older politicians left behind like the "stand your ground" right, ALEC and the 13th amendment.

    • @matthewmurray7532
      @matthewmurray7532 Před rokem +1

      Stand you're ground has nothing to do with race. It means you do not have a duty to retreat if threatened

  • @SDavid3388
    @SDavid3388 Před 4 lety +280

    Netflix PLEASE make subtitles for EVERY languages for this! For example Hungarian.

    • @lalineaa
      @lalineaa Před 4 lety +16

      David, if I sent you the transcript in English, would you be able to translate it?

    • @mariamejawara
      @mariamejawara Před 4 lety +1

      Right there are at least 10 languages

    • @torahama362
      @torahama362 Před 4 lety +1

      @@lalineaa It would be nice if you put it in this comment and the main thread.

    • @jerrydearman4679
      @jerrydearman4679 Před 4 lety +1

      @@mariamejawara There are hundreds !

    • @lalineaa
      @lalineaa Před 3 lety

      @@torahama362 feel free to share it. :)

  • @ydnallah1541
    @ydnallah1541 Před 3 lety +696

    The thing that really gets on my nerves is the fact that human beings are still having to justify being seen as equal to other human beings in the 21st century.

    • @TheAyanamiRei
      @TheAyanamiRei Před 3 lety +11

      This is the problem in America. You can't solve problems for 1 Hated Minority, without then piling on problems for another. You got PoC and Immigrants (PoC). So now not only do you have to work on helping and protecting PoC who are Legal, NOW you have to worry about those who are illegal or even PERCEIVED to be legal.
      You have people with disabilities fighting their own battles.
      You have Gender & Sexual Minorities.
      War on Drugs
      The Economy & Corps even without all of THOSE issues.
      It's a constant battle of juggling and too many issues unsolved. You fix one problem, more spawn in another area. You help one group and then others need help. There's so many problems. Nothing is solved. Everything is constantly being in danger of being rolled back.
      An then with the News you can't even get a break or escape the way that you used to now with 24/7 news.

    • @LickBamboo
      @LickBamboo Před 3 lety +20

      @@TheAyanamiRei But this is life is it not? Humanity is highly capable of solving problems and issues MORE THAN ONE AT A TIME might I add. The problem is how do we solve the problem and make sure moving forward that we don’t make the same mistakes again!

    • @TheAyanamiRei
      @TheAyanamiRei Před 3 lety +5

      ​@@LickBamboo True! I mean we ARE multitasking as well as we can given everything.
      Like there was a study done in Massachusettes by Harvard that showed that the reason why so many African Americans are in prison, is due to Systemic Racism from the Police all the way up to judges an parole review boards.
      Which is publicly available and is objective evidence.
      It's just sad that despite all the time we've spent trying to tackle these issues and some of the progress we've made, there's still so much left to do. That there's never enough Time, Energy, People, Hours, etc. That we can't just say "Okay we're going to spend most of our efforts on JUST Systemic Issues involving the Criminal Justice System. THEN in 5 years, we'll be able to focus all our efforts on Racism. Then after that we can work on this other issue." type of thing.
      Though I AM really glad that the Psychology community at large is at least trying to take the issue of racism seriously, and has made progress. Including finding out that an older way of dealing with things wasn't working, so now they're doing things differently. About how even in my own school, the attention focused on social justice issues is quite a bit. Including watching this video as a Grad School Assignment for one of my classes.
      To say nothing of how much bigger and more popular BLM is this time around compared to when it first started. In my hometown awhile back, we had a great BLM parade/march thing that was really cool. It went on for I think 1.5 miles or so and lasted over an hour! There were people of all Races there, and even some signs about how Black Trans Lives matter

    • @welbyncastro9169
      @welbyncastro9169 Před 3 lety +19

      Why are you surprised there still segregation in the 70's. Its only been 50 years since legal segregation. And white people think there isn't any racism lol.

    • @ydnallah1541
      @ydnallah1541 Před 3 lety +14

      There is one big equaliser the world over, which enforces subjugation upon every colour, creed, gender or identity. That is money.
      Money is the great controller, the great enslaver, the greatly objectified and the greatly demonised and resented.
      Have too much and you will become distorted and immoral, this is the case with every single ultra wealthy person or corporation, After all, how did they get there without treading on the little guy, an exploitative contract or outright slave labour?
      Have too little and you too may do things which are, again, distorted and immoral to put food on the table. Desperate times...desperate measures!
      We are all enslaved to a monster utterly without compassion.

  • @aj6837
    @aj6837 Před rokem +4

    FANTASTIC DOCUMENTARY!!! I feel like light has been shined on a bunch of things from my past I didn't know.

  • @qy1883
    @qy1883 Před 10 měsíci +9

    大学の授業でこのドキュメンタリーを観ました。言葉には表せない衝撃が胸に突き刺さるようでした。私は大学で社会学を学んでいます。人種差別の問題を深く、深く学んでいくたびに、でもこれを学んで私になにができる?何を変えられる?そういう自問をしたくなる時があります。でも、これを知ることに意味がある。この事実を知る人が1人、1人と増えて行くことに意味があると信じて、これからも知ることを止めたくない。一緒に戦うなんて烏滸がましい言葉かもしれないけど、言わせてほしい。私はあなたたちと一緒に戦いたいと。

  • @l6cca812
    @l6cca812 Před 4 lety +654

    Imagine if everyone got to sit down, without talking, and watch this.

    • @dr.deborahbarr4389
      @dr.deborahbarr4389 Před 4 lety +61

      Funny you say that, I am holding a live streaming viewing of this in my online classes tomorrow!

    • @SoyelYorch_
      @SoyelYorch_ Před 4 lety +4

      @@dr.deborahbarr4389 way to go!

    • @trevorchester4439
      @trevorchester4439 Před 4 lety +4

      @@dr.deborahbarr4389 Hopefully a classroom of adults. Otherwise that would be pretty unethical.

    • @trevorchester4439
      @trevorchester4439 Před 4 lety +3

      @@blahblahsuperanon It's 17+ because it's political propaganda.

    • @raven7085
      @raven7085 Před 4 lety +15

      Trevor Chester the filmmaker herself said it was a story that wasn’t flattering to either Republicans or Democrats. not propaganda.

  • @jasminew
    @jasminew Před 3 lety +175

    Whoever voted to let this ALEC representative in this movie actually talk, THANK YOU... he didn't have any type of rebuttal except excuses...clearly came not prepared to defend the very company he works for.....NICE!

    • @gcrazy3
      @gcrazy3 Před 3 lety +3

      I completely agree with your comment!

    • @gcrazy3
      @gcrazy3 Před 3 lety +6

      What is to defend when the truth is so compelling

    • @LaceyAnn
      @LaceyAnn Před 3 lety +12

      That’s right, that’s why it’s important to hear everyone’s side. You get to see what people are really like and it’s ugly a lot of the time. They do eventually expose themselves, thinking they’re so smart and righteous and their arrogance will be their biggest downfall by thinking we are all so common and stupid and below them. Looking around, clearly that’s not true. All of this has pushed so many people to educate themselves and that’s what they’re afraid of. Too late for them, we’re waking up and a lot of people been wise to the lie for decades.

    • @carolyntalbot947
      @carolyntalbot947 Před 3 lety +3

      💯👏👏👏

    • @furrytrash8399
      @furrytrash8399 Před 3 lety +3

      Dude has a face like a weasel. The way he flat-out lied about their involvement with immigration was probably the slimiest clip in the entire documentary.

  • @emiliobello2538
    @emiliobello2538 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Thanks for giving availability to those that don’t have Netflix. I do but glad you did this

  • @tierrayoung4
    @tierrayoung4 Před 3 lety +345

    Seeing these comments, I'm absolutely astonished at the amount of "Americans" that were never taught this part of history. Wow..

    • @dutchdna
      @dutchdna Před 3 lety +38

      This should be mandatory in High school

    • @dutchdna
      @dutchdna Před 3 lety +18

      @@Junkman2008 You sure got that right. But the world knows.

    • @cocoaxo
      @cocoaxo Před 3 lety +10

      @@dutchdna no it should be mandatory at home. Your parents are your first teacher. I know mine were and taught me this and so many other things about our culture and racism of America

    • @tierrayoung4
      @tierrayoung4 Před 3 lety +5

      @sure Yoshiki Yes I have, but I think that it's pretty sad and pathetic that people are claiming to be American but don't even know American history.

    • @dutchdna
      @dutchdna Před 3 lety +9

      @@cocoaxo Parents have other responsibilities. They send their kids to school to learn and history is, has been and always will be one the subjects. This is an important part for every kid to learn about their country and people. Plus, not all parents can be trusted or have the tools to teach their kids while schools are obligated to.

  • @vegasheathen_2993
    @vegasheathen_2993 Před 3 lety +368

    "Rights aren't rights if someone can take 'em away. They're privileges, that's all we've ever had in this country..."

    • @Antonius_Block
      @Antonius_Block Před 3 lety +23

      R.I.P Mr. Carlin. You are missed in days like these. Great quote!

    • @taiwanluthiers
      @taiwanluthiers Před 3 lety +10

      Owning a gun is a RIGHT. Saying "felons" can't own them is acknowledging that it isn't. That law is very racist and the fact is too many blacks are "felons". I have little faith anything will change even in light of recent situation. The whole country is divided.

    • @PanhandleFrank
      @PanhandleFrank Před 3 lety +14

      @@taiwanluthiers "Saying 'felons' can't own them is acknowledging that it isn't." Bovine Scat.
      "No person shall be ... deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law ... " ~ Fifth Amendment
      " ... nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law ... " ~ Fourteenth Amendment
      Felons are convicted in courts by due process of law. Thus, they can be deprived of their 2nd Amendment liberties.

    • @bennyblanco715
      @bennyblanco715 Před 3 lety +4

      @Remote Expedition You have a twisted view of things. There are people falsely convicted of all races and there are people that have been released of all races. Same thing with police, everyone is a risk for police brutality. You are one of those people that refuses to acknowledge that certain demographics commit more crime, run into police the most and therefore get arrested the most.

    • @saiddustintoney1366
      @saiddustintoney1366 Před 3 lety +9

      @@taiwanluthiers Remember this country's history. It was set up against the will of the people. This country was founded for White men, not First people. The USA was never meant for Africans, either. We weren't brought here for our good. We were never supposed to be citizens of this country. Today this country is still what it has always been, which is the occupation of N. America. How could this country not be divided. It's kind of funny to me to hear White people talk about how divided this country is "becoming." We may all be connected to this land, but The USA means something different to White people than it does for a lot of others. I don't know how people over look that.

  • @i-run-people-over
    @i-run-people-over Před 28 dny +2

    I watched this in my gender studies class. This was such a great documentary. Its things like these that make me wish more people at my school took gender studies and other classes alike.

  • @AlexaThinks
    @AlexaThinks Před rokem +3

    This documentary is VITAL to the conversation. THANK YOU for making this public. THANK YOU TEN MILLION times over.

  • @jonproffitt4485
    @jonproffitt4485 Před 3 lety +588

    my heart just broke when they said that 2 years after release he took his life.

    • @paulnewton-palmer2669
      @paulnewton-palmer2669 Před 3 lety +17

      Mine too!

    • @GleauxinGem
      @GleauxinGem Před 3 lety +40

      Jay Z helped produce a documentary about him...Broke my heart😢. It's called: Time: The Kalief Browder Story

    • @jaimegarcia965
      @jaimegarcia965 Před 3 lety +15

      Bro watch the documentary jay-z produced about him it’s called Time a 3 part doc. No film has ever broke my heart that much.

    • @jonproffitt4485
      @jonproffitt4485 Před 3 lety +1

      @@jaimegarcia965 I'm About to watch!

    • @jonproffitt4485
      @jonproffitt4485 Před 3 lety +1

      @@GleauxinGem I'm about to watch this!

  • @jwelch5742
    @jwelch5742 Před 3 lety +75

    This film won 4 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Motion Design, Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics - Letter to the Free, Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special and Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program.

  • @Eitner100
    @Eitner100 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Thank you so much for making it possible to watch this documentary. Spread the truth!

  • @snakeoilaudio
    @snakeoilaudio Před 9 měsíci +4

    We should always keep that in mind when another of our glorious politicians travels to China and lectures them about imprisoned slave labor and human rights.

  • @dhoward5757
    @dhoward5757 Před 3 lety +37

    1968, 7th grade English, the assignment was a research paper on someone we admired. I chose Billy Holiday, odd choice for a young white girl in a small Lutheran school with not one black student. Had fallen in love with my Mom's jazz records. Strange Fruit stunned me, opened my eyes and filled them with tears.

  • @p0rnany0ne
    @p0rnany0ne Před 3 lety +231

    This should have two sequels
    The next called 14th. About how states circumvent due process
    The last called 15th. About the fight for the right to vote
    Both should look at the history of the lack of enforcement of those two amendments after they were added to today

    • @sympthylost
      @sympthylost Před 3 lety +5

      Bowling for Columbine touches on the racist aspects of the 2nd.

    • @sweetnov75
      @sweetnov75 Před 3 lety +2

      Good one.

    • @peggyo4240
      @peggyo4240 Před 3 lety +6

      @Sandy Jones Sandy's back at it again 😂, and what exactly do you gain from this??? Other then the fact to get free education from other very educated people

    • @alexcarter8807
      @alexcarter8807 Před 3 lety +3

      They somewhat quietly repealed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 not long ago. We should be rebelling in the streets. I am white and *I am with you* we're together in this until the end.

    • @Raymo2u
      @Raymo2u Před 3 lety +1

      Lincoln and the Civil War was not about Slavery...
      “I declare that I have no purpose, directly or indirectly to interfere with the institution of slavery in states where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.” - Abraham Lincoln 1860
      After Lincoln was elected, he made further efforts to to placate the South and maintain the Union and the institution of slavery by giving his blessing to the Corwin Amendment to the Constitution. It went even further than the infamous Dred Scott decision of 1857 which concluded that no black person (slave or non-slave) could claim U.S. citizenship. The Corwin Amendment stated,
      “No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize or give to Congress power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State.” - Corwin Amendment
      The Corwin Amendment not only protected the institution of slavery, but included language to make itself unamendable so that no future amendment to the Constitution could undo it. Essentially this first version of the 13th Amendment secured slavery as a permanent institution in America.
      The Corwin Amendment won the required two-thirds support in both the Senate and House and was then ratified by a number of states including Ohio, Maryland, and Illinois later that year. However, the outbreak of the Civil War, fortunately, interrupted its complete ratification as the final version of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.
      Yes, that’s right. The original, and now forgotten 13th Amendment was one that protected slavery instead of abolishing it, as the later version of the amendment did in 1865. You won’t read that in most American history books, or hear about it in the movie, Lincoln.
      “If the shoe fits, wear it,
      If New York’s in debt, why should Virginia bear it?
      Uh… Our debts are paid, I’m afraid,
      Don’t tax the South cuz we got it made in the shade.
      In Virginia, we plant seeds in the ground,
      We create, you just wanna move our money around!” - Hamilton (Musical), Cabinet Battle #1
      The Tariff of 1828 called the, “Black Tariff” or “Tariff of Abomination,” (meaning, “the most evil thing ever,”) the tariff was created to repay the national debt after the War of 1812. However, by 1832 the national debt was paid and there was no reason for such high taxes. The tariff had created a favorable situation for the North, who benefited greatly from such high taxes. The South produced and exported most of the goods in America, and under the tariff, that resulted in the South paying about 75% of all taxes in America.
      The tariff also prevented them from buying European imports because after taxes were collected they were too costly. This meant that the South’s only option was to buy from the North.
      It seemed that either way the South’s money was ending up in the North, and Southerners resented the arrangement. President Andrew Jackson was able to reduce some of the taxes on the South in the Great Compromise of 1833, but the same year the Force Bill was passed that allowed the government to collect federal tariffs from states by any means necessary, including by force. The seeds of the Civil War had been sown.
      Lincoln's first inaugural address on March 4, 1861, he threatened “invasion” and “bloodshed" in any state that refused to collect the federal tariff tax on imports, which had just been more than doubled two days earlier. At the time, tariffs accounted for more than 90 percent of all federal tax revenue, so this was a gigantic tax increase. This is how Lincoln threatened war in his first official oration:
      “The power confided in me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.”
      But of course the states of the lower South, having seceded, did not intend to “collect the duties and imposts” and send the money to Washington, D.C. Lincoln committed treason (as defined by Article 3, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution) by levying war upon the free and independent states, which he always considered to be a part of the American union. By his own admission (and his subsequent actions), he invaded his own country over tax collection.
      The Republican Party of 1860 was the party of protectionism and high tariffs. The Confederate Constitution had outlawed protectionist tariffs altogether. The result would have been a massive diversion of world trade to the Southern ports which would have forced the U.S. government to reduce its desired 50 percent average tariff rate to competitive levels (10-15 percent), depriving Northern manufacturers of this veiled form of corporate welfare, and depriving the government of the revenue it needed to pursue its “manifest destiny” of a mercantilist empire complete with massive subsidies for railroad corporations (among others).
      Lincoln’s dilemma was that he knew he would be condemned worldwide for waging a bloody war over tax collection. Another excuse for war had to be invented, so he invented the notion of the “mystical,” permanent, and non-voluntary union. He did not want to be seen as the aggressor in his war for tariff revenue, so he hatched a plot to trick Southerners into firing the first shot by sending American warships to Charleston Harbor while steadfastly refusing to meet with Confederate peace commissioners or discuss the purchase of federal property by the Confederate government. He understood that the Confederates would not tolerate a foreign fort on their property any more than George Washington would have tolerated a British fort in New York or Boston Harbors.
      Quite a few Northern newspapers recognized the game Lincoln was playing. On April 16, 1861the Buffalo Daily Courier editorialized that “The affair at Fort Sumter . . has been planned as a means by which the war feeling at the North should be intensified” (Howard Cecil Perkis, Northern Editorials on Secession). The New York Evening Day Book wrote on April 17, 1861, that the event at Fort Sumter was “a cunningly devised scheme” contrived “to arouse, and, if possible, exasperate the northern people against the South.” “Look at the facts,” the Providence Daily Post wrote on April 13, 1861. “For three weeks the [Lincoln] administration newspapers have been assuring us that Ford Sumter would be abandoned,” but “Mr. Lincoln saw an opportunity to inaugurate civil war without appearing in the character of an aggressor.” The Jersey City American Standard editorialized that “there is a madness and ruthlessness” in Lincoln’s behavior, concluding that Lincolns sending of ships to Charleston Harbor was “a pretext for letting loose the horrors of war.”
      After Fort Sumter, on May 1, 1861, Lincoln wrote to his naval commander, Captain Gustavus Fox, to say that “You and I both anticipated that the cause of the country [i.e., a civil war] would be advanced by making the attempt to provision Fort Sumter, even if it should fail; and it is no small consolation now to feel that our anticipation is justified by the result.” He was thanking Captain Fox for his role in duping the Confederates into firing upon Fort Sumter (where no one was either killed or wounded). He was thanking Captain Fox for his assistance in starting the war. Lincoln responded with a full-scale invasion of all the Southern states and a four-year war that, according to the latest research, was responsible for as many as 850,000 American deaths with more than double that number maimed for life.
      Its only because of Lincoln destroyed the 10th Amendment, and set a very dangerous precedent of Federal government having authority over individual State's rights. In his zeal to "preserve the union," he trampled on the sovereignty of the Southern states. We are paying a heavy price for that today. Individual states today who wish to enact their own laws or policies can no longer do that, thanks to Lincoln. Lincoln did NOT free slaves. The Emancipation Proclamation freed ONLY slaves in states that were fighting for the Confederacy. E.P did NOT free slaves in states fighting for the Union. The E.P. was a political / economical move to punish states who dared stand up to the power of the federal government.

  • @austinharris4
    @austinharris4 Před rokem +9

    Wow, this was heavy. I've been saying for years slavery still exists but didn't even realize the depth of my own words. The drug abuse part made me think of the Breonna Taylor story a little better which never added up but was all about a pursuit of "drugs". They even tried to criminalize George Floyd saying he had drugs in his system. Sick.

  • @mariar5948
    @mariar5948 Před rokem +3

    This is a great documentary and eye opening on oppression that has been happening for many years.

  • @alexishopkins9514
    @alexishopkins9514 Před 4 lety +132

    So glad this is available for everyone to watch, just sent this to my grandmother who I talked with earlier today about the issues currently going on. I had no idea the enormity of these issues and their history and I hope she'll benefit from the knowledge gained from seeing this as much as I did.

    • @sagecaddenhead506
      @sagecaddenhead506 Před 3 lety

      It's been two weeks since you posted this comment. Did it work?

    • @alexishopkins9514
      @alexishopkins9514 Před 3 lety +2

      @@sagecaddenhead506 honestly I'm not sure. I didn't receive a response after sending it to her so likely not, but I'm still hoping!

  • @ashleypun2597
    @ashleypun2597 Před 4 lety +639

    Some parts of this documentary made me uncomfortable, but racism is uncomfortable. The fact that it's still here (and keeps coming back) just shouldn't be acceptable. Watching this after the death of George Floyd (Rest in Power🙏) just shows how relevant all this still is.

    • @SundayCookingRemix
      @SundayCookingRemix Před 4 lety +7

      Amen

    • @captneckbeard1513
      @captneckbeard1513 Před 4 lety +14

      I mean... yeah what happened to George Floyd was terrible and shouldn't have happened but the guy was a career criminal that robbed people at gunpoint, i'm not religious but if i was i'd probably think he'd go to hell >.

    • @alainmutesa8862
      @alainmutesa8862 Před 4 lety +55

      @@captneckbeard1513 The police is and has always been a corrupt institution. You're just too uncomfortable to question your privilege. Just listen and stop trynna question your way out of this one.

    • @thugnificent3496
      @thugnificent3496 Před 4 lety +41

      @@captneckbeard1513 he moved to a different town to turn his life around. Either way we have seen people do much worse things but were afforded their due legal process.

    • @captneckbeard1513
      @captneckbeard1513 Před 4 lety +5

      @@alainmutesa8862 Out of what? I just stated the obvious, the guy is a scumbag and the world is better off without him and that police officer on duty.

  • @nicolecarnevale3226
    @nicolecarnevale3226 Před 6 měsíci +1

    We had 5 percent of the world”s population and so much character blending here.
    In the arts, sciences, and human individuality ( gay rights, ending racism etc.) this country was pretty phenomenal.
    Much love to all of you global humanity.

  • @amantekle127
    @amantekle127 Před rokem +5

    Massive thanks to Netflix for making this accessible to everyone!

    • @nelsonmaingi1297
      @nelsonmaingi1297 Před rokem

      The victimhood narrative must continue to sustain the white liberal savior complex

  • @alison7414
    @alison7414 Před 4 lety +804

    commenting for the youtube algorithm because everyone needs to see this

    • @JerdyV
      @JerdyV Před 4 lety +5

      💜💜💜

    • @jellea.mogony8685
      @jellea.mogony8685 Před 4 lety +13

      if that's how it works, i'll do my part

    • @BryanM86
      @BryanM86 Před 4 lety +3

      Stupid not how it works at all what they want at the top is at the top which is why this is at the top and the truth is buried where you can't find it

    • @firstEmperorAugustus
      @firstEmperorAugustus Před 4 lety +1

      Comment

    • @brownbeast1735
      @brownbeast1735 Před 3 lety +1

      Hello Fellow Human

  • @JeffreyFalkenstein
    @JeffreyFalkenstein Před 4 lety +255

    i love the way this documentary points up how slavery was NOT actually abolished with enactment of the amendment, it only changed the conditions servitude of an entire population is enforced.

    • @charlespeters4401
      @charlespeters4401 Před 3 lety +10

      It was abolished, don't be stupid. Even today we all have to provide for this system and we all have to contribute. But by no means are we slaves. You can easily move out of America, no one forces you to stay here.

    • @cyryc
      @cyryc Před 3 lety +4

      did it mention that WHITES were enslaved globally MUCH LONGER? You know.. the white GREEKS who were enslaved for 400 years until 1918? The Janissaries?

    • @goodrose4734
      @goodrose4734 Před 3 lety +23

      @@cyryc By other white people.

    • @delinquentnation
      @delinquentnation Před 3 lety +5

      @@goodrose4734 lol

    • @radioraheem9820
      @radioraheem9820 Před 3 lety +11

      @@cyryc is that supposed to justify the slavery that happened in America. Both were bad, why even bring this up. Also, those whites weren't forced to build an entire country, and then thrown out into the world with no knowledge of how it works.

  • @soominchoi8119
    @soominchoi8119 Před rokem +5

    I came here to watch the documentary for my assignment. Even though I have lived in the USA for 3 years and seen the Black Lives Mater movement in my life, I didn't fully understand how it was ignited and started. It is much more complex than I thought. There is more story behind the police brutality. This really inspires me. I realized that this is why learning history is important to live in the present. History is all connected and reflected in every single life. I am super glad I found this film and am being educated.

  • @avnmech
    @avnmech Před rokem +8

    Powerful, this needs to be presented in every high school as part of a civics and economics class. This is how we save liberty, we include everyone. This is how we make America great again, by realizing we have failed, starting the quick path to a fix. This also needs to be mandatory viewing in every Police Academy in America.

  • @KaneishaWoods
    @KaneishaWoods Před 3 lety +242

    While this is extremely difficult to watch, I also feel that it is so necessary. I applaud Netflix and Ava Duvernay for bringing truth to the masses. Now, it's up to us to fight this system of oppression.

    • @KaneishaWoods
      @KaneishaWoods Před 3 lety +5

      @Remote Expedition Believe me, I don't think this will be simple at all but, I also want to leave my children in a better spot than we're in right now and I think that knowledge is the start.

    • @aaronlandry3934
      @aaronlandry3934 Před 3 lety +4

      Kaneisha Woods One thing that can be done to make the problem of incarceration better in the US would be to undo the legislation of politicians like Joe Biden and allow for the legal purchase of drugs. If it becomes legal for pharmacies to make the drugs legally and it’s illegal to make drugs on the streets, people can use drugs without facing criminal charges, the instances of overdoses declines, and gangs lose power, because people will go to pharmacies instead of gangs for their drugs now.
      This doesn’t stop all crimes and won’t stop people from going to jail for breaking other laws, but it should make a very big improvement

    • @trevorchester4439
      @trevorchester4439 Před 3 lety +1

      @@aaronlandry3934 most people in prison for drug charges are violent criminals.

    • @giannaw.8140
      @giannaw.8140 Před 3 lety +6

      Trevor Chester America doesn’t care about rehabilitation. Instead of treating them like criminals give them the mental health, education, and rehabilitation they need to become non criminals. Some people just want to take care of their families or need help. Don’t be ignorant.

    • @trevorchester4439
      @trevorchester4439 Před 3 lety +1

      @@giannaw.8140 Good luck teaching people to have an IQ above 90.

  • @Metal-Joker
    @Metal-Joker Před 3 lety +89

    This is absolutely one of the Greatest Documentaries I've ever seen about racism.
    The saddest thing is, most blacks and whites will definitely get shocked from it.

    • @Sky-Of-Amethyst
      @Sky-Of-Amethyst Před 3 lety +8

      Like they said in the film, people need to be shocked into the movement or else nothing gets done.

    • @paramparam5365
      @paramparam5365 Před 3 lety +1

      what other documentaries would you recommend to watch?

    • @Metal-Joker
      @Metal-Joker Před 3 lety +1

      @@paramparam5365 Strong Island on Netflix, unless you are asking other than the struggle docs.

    • @SimonSloototter
      @SimonSloototter Před 3 lety

      without relatively, all humor is racism.

    • @tomtimelord7876
      @tomtimelord7876 Před 3 lety

      @@paramparam5365 I strongly recommend "The House I Live In" which is about the war on drugs. I think it's even better than 13th.

  • @mcarthurtolbertjr1904
    @mcarthurtolbertjr1904 Před rokem +8

    This was so educational, hopefully this will touch some people lives.

  • @JustinKent
    @JustinKent Před rokem +6

    Thank you Ava 🙏 happy to see some states deciding to condemn this through their votes.

  • @monique1235
    @monique1235 Před 4 lety +55

    I'm so grateful this has been shared on CZcams making it easier for people to view. Please Netflix, consider releasing more documentaries and films that offer the black perspective and more education on the systems that perpetuate racism.

    • @margaretshelton7289
      @margaretshelton7289 Před 3 lety

      @Markus Patients You probably have and just didn't know it. BUT there are always exceptions. Just know youre one in a million

  • @amazingmaniac9231
    @amazingmaniac9231 Před 3 lety +369

    This is one of the most eye opening and well done documentaries I have ever watched in my life

    • @v1ct0r1a6
      @v1ct0r1a6 Před 3 lety +6

      agreed.

    • @bambi1971
      @bambi1971 Před 3 lety +3

      Trump the only one for school choice, Boycott Netflix cuties promoting pedophilia and child trafficking Sundance owners who had been previously charged with pedophilia gave award for the movie cuties over 600girls auditioned for cuties, Susan Rice and Obama's are members of the board of Netflix and stock holders also.

    • @ArtseyHayton06
      @ArtseyHayton06 Před 3 lety +4

      @@bambi1971 even the democrats are disgusted by this,.

    • @ArtseyHayton06
      @ArtseyHayton06 Před 3 lety

      @TheSatireGames not gonna lie though the editing was cool.

    • @kentamplin5233
      @kentamplin5233 Před 3 lety +2

      That's a real shame. Hope life picks up

  • @daweimer71
    @daweimer71 Před měsícem

    Just amazing, well done, and truly eye-opening. I already knew a lot of this, but there's a lot of people who need to watch this!

  • @mariak6470
    @mariak6470 Před měsícem

    Thank Netflix for making this available for free. This is a MUST-SEE Documentary. Well done.

  • @god-son-love
    @god-son-love Před 4 lety +60

    I asked my African American friend what I can do to support them he recommended this show to me. I am going to watch it. Support from Taiwan.

    • @passionwaldon2005
      @passionwaldon2005 Před 4 lety +1

      Thanks for caring.

    • @kashki1145
      @kashki1145 Před 3 lety +1

      Hope Taiwan will get the recognition that it deserves. Much love

  • @hectorblackman1797
    @hectorblackman1797 Před 4 lety +232

    I hope that this documentary is never pulled down from CZcams.

    • @AKKoolman
      @AKKoolman Před 4 lety +12

      it wont be because its part of the narrative ...

    • @Icanhandlethetruth
      @Icanhandlethetruth Před 4 lety +13

      Ask all your friends, neighbors, relatives to watch this. Be the change you want to see.

    • @nicoleskorupsky1007
      @nicoleskorupsky1007 Před 3 lety +5

      It won’t be taken down because it’s informative and helpful to watch. People probably have t seen this yet, I haven’t heard of it till now, and it was from tik tok a few days ago.

    • @gawby7513
      @gawby7513 Před 3 lety

      I hope too

    • @projectdcb7525
      @projectdcb7525 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Icanhandlethetruth no