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13th (Review!!!)

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Hey readers! I left for a whole week😭. I missed you guys so much! I left due to technical difficulties, but don't worry I'm back at my laptop coming at you with a whole new review!!! This review should be considered as an educational resource, so enjoy!!! Now let me tell you something, this documentary right here blew my mind😱! I loved the way that the speakers explained the impacts of the 13th amendment and why slavery was never really over. I understood the judicial system a lot more. This was an amazing documentary folks. Let me summarize it for you. So you see the 13th amendment technically says that nobody in the United States of America can be held against their own will UNLESS they are convicted of a crime. So that means, you are free until you go to jail. That clause right there is what is ruining lives till this day. Immediately after the Civil War, America had to rejuvenate its economy. The basis of their economy before was actually slavery. So they thought, "N...

Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story (Review!)

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Hey Readers!!!! I'm coming at you with another review! Although the girl in this story is black, I don't think her case was judged like that because of her skin color, it was more of.... Well, let me just begin. Cyntoia Brown, a girl who was convicted of a crime in 2004. This was when she was 16 years of age. She was a child. Did she commit the crime? Yes, infact she did. She killed a man and was sentenced to life in prison (well 60 years with parole after 51). Why is this a story since she did commit the crime? Well, to answer your question, it wasn't the case of if she did it; it was why she did it. Let me explain. Cyntoia Brown came from a bloodline of... messed up people if you will. In this documentary, they refer to her as a child who didn't have a chance before birth and didn't have a chance now (at the time that is). She comes from a family of mentally abused, molested, and addicted people. This was on her mother's side by the way. Her fat...

When They See Us (Review)

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Hey readers! This here is another review that provides education about the Black Lives Matter movement. Enjoy reading!!!!! When They See Us was pretty scary for me to watch. The fact that this could happen to me or my friend terrified me. All because of the difference in skin colours. I'm not going to lie, I watched this last year and not recently. I couldn't watch it again. I remember balling my eyes out because of what happened to these 5 children. These 5 children were Korey Wise, Antron McCray, Raymond Santana, Yusef Salaam, and Kevin Richardson. Let me explain. The Central Park 5 were accused of the sexual abuse of a white woman. Yes, this woman was sexually abused, beaten and almost killed and of course, justice needed to be served. She didn't lie about that, she didn't lie about anything in fact. Let's look into the system now. This crime was reported to the NYPD and lo' and behold a band of children that were found in the park were rounded up and i...