The Persecution Of Black Americans: Film Analysis

The persecution on Black Americans is not new but with a society revolving around social media and technology in general, the way one stands up to be united against this persecution is changing. The film “13th” named after the 13th amendment that abolished slavery was directed by Ava DuVernay’s. Her objective was to demonstrate how for hundreds of years the American justice system has been serving as a vehicle for racism and the political rhetoric that capitalizes on it. Releasing facts about prison population that reveals the number Black Americans living in cages compared to other groups. In 2016 there were “2.3 million people living in cages and a third of them were black”. In 2003, the Bureau of Justice Statistics estimated that “black men have a 1 in 3 chance of going to federal or state prison in their lifetimes”. Statics like these set a quota and creates an attitude for young black americans to have. Films like the “13th” makes us, the viewer, paralyzed with awareness of the shocking realities of black Americans. …show more content…
Black lives matter is a call to action and a response to virulent anti-black racism that permeates our society. The black community not only uses the Black lives matter hashtag to spread the world, they take on to the streets to exercise their amendment rights and protest. These protests were a reminder to progressives that only believing in something and not taking action is not sufficient to change the status quo. The Black lives matter movement successfully managed to intertwine with mainstream politics and forced people in high places to listen to their cause and shed light to the persecution of Black