13th Amendment loophole
Based on the documentary 13th, the 13th amendment loophole was based on the focus on ending slavery without assertion the perspectives for helping reduce the issues of mass incarceration and discrimination. The ban on slavery by the United States constitution through the 13th amendment only allowed the end of slavery, but did not anticipate an era of mass incarceration and discrimination of the black people (Scott, 2020). These concepts continue to date, including the inability to address the adverse impacts of slavery on racism and dominance of the white culture and contexts. Thus, the 13th amendment loophole failed to anticipate and contextualize what would happen when the scenario unfolds, including the continued mental an emotional enslavement of the black community by the white supremacists. These concepts define the measures and the loopholes as identified in the 13th documentary (Liu, 2020). More problems followed this amendment that failed to achieve the economic, political and cultural aspects of the United States, thus, there are more problems with 13th amendment that define the missteps that it failed to comprehend or anticipate in the long run.
The loopholes have allowed the continued discrimination, segregation, and other forms of social vices against the former slaves by the former slave owners. For instance, the victimization of the black people through the mass incarceration highlights parts of these challenges in the long run. the arguments and counterarguments in the 13th and the critical assessment underscore the persistent challenges associated with such situations in the long run. In such scenarios, the formal engagement on the impacts of the 13th amendment loopholes are evident in the mass incarceration of the black community and the structural racism that includes the law enforcers. The end of slavery through the 13th amendment did not end the discrimination and segregation that have continued to date (Liu, 2020). These elements suggest the challenges associated with such frameworks regarding the history of black community in the united States despite the efforts to assimilate them into a society.
Real’s Arguments and Counterarguments
Based on the concept of 13th Amendment loophole in the 13th documentary, it is evident that such contexts are rebutted by several scholars and individuals who think it is detached from the gains of antislavery crusaders. For instance, Rael believed that the 13th amendment loophole was structured to demean the gains and do to have any little semblance to the actual history of such amendment. In this regard, the focus of Real’s rebuttal and counterargument is structured on the fact that opponents of the amendment do not see the gains and impacts it had especially on the southern states that depended on it for economic development. Unlike the Northern states, the southerners depended on slavery as the foundation of its economic progress, which highlight the need to discredit the essence of loopholes.
However, Rael can be excused for citing the economic and historical contexts, without firm assessment of the plight of the black community since the passage of the 13th amendment. Rael believe that the critics of the 13th amendment have lost touch with the historical motivation towards such policies in the first place, which was to end the humanistic nature of slavery, as opposed to the social and economic attachments. These concepts define the necessity for improving the long-term engagement practices and ensuring that slavery was ended, without an understanding of how it would impact the rest of the black community’s history (O’Malley, 2018). Moreover, the structural and institutional racism that have shaped the society based on how the whites and blacks view each other. These components suggest a larger discourse of critical management practices that conform to the long-term goals and objectives.
Evaluation
Jelani Cobb’s argument on the 13th is based on the economic model and how the Southern states would cope with the slavery’s end. In this regard, the focus is on how the many states found it had to lose their model of operations, production, and other aspects through the 13th amendment. Therefore, I believe that Cobb and his colleagues were right on how they shaped the argument on what continues to hurt the progresses made through the 13th amendment. However, understanding the socio-cultural impacts of the 13th amendment requires the critical assessment of Rael’s counterargument, especially on the focus of what might be the reasons behind the current dispensations such as mass incarceration and such movements as black lives matter (Liu, 2020). Thus, the focus should be on the foundation history and its deficits and faults, which continue to hurt the progress of the current American community and society.
In this regard, the situation is anchored on the more than just the argument on the 13th amendment, but the overarching historical connotations that discriminated and segregated the African Americans. the history since independence did not capture the discourse of coexistence; hence the laws cannot reverse the undefined contexts and situations to advance the long-term gains and challenges regarding slavery and racism in the United States.
References
Liu, J. M. (2020). Ministerial Exception: The Involuntary Servitude Loophole. First Amend. L. Rev., 19, 313.
O’Malley, S. (2018). Netflix documentary” 13th” is a must-see. Maine Campus.
Scott, D. M. (2020). The Social and Intellectual Origins of 13thism. Fire!!!, 5(2), 2-39.
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