Review of 13th (2016) by Ratedrex — 19 Nov 2016

"13th" did its best to explain how the system has purposefully disenfranchised black Americans since the 13th Amendment was passed in 1863. It does an outstanding job shedding light on the subject.

But what the documentary did not try to explain is why too many black Americans choose to drop out of school, join gangs, sell drugs inside their own community, and spend a lot of their time disrespecting themselves, their neighbors, and the rest of society.

There is a lot of self-hate in certain black communities. The self-hate is as much to blame for the rising jailed population as the system that works hard to keep the black man down. Once black America makes a concerted, unified effort to get pass this malaise that we've been in for the last 400 years, the sooner we will see progress in every facet of society.

Every black American has to do his/her part. Documents like these are important to remind us how we got here. But it is time for a few documents to start coming up with solutions on how we can get out.

Now that would REALLY be an award winning film.