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The 13th amendment is flawed
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13th amendment: Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
I propose there should be no exception to slavery or involuntary servitude. As written the 13th amendment can (and is) being subverted. All that is necessary to make someone into a slave is to convict them of a crime. The very reason for the 13th amendment, setting free African American slaves (and slaves in general), has not been completely realized.
"If current trends continue, one of every three black American males born today can expect to go to prison in his lifetime, as can one of every six Latino males—compared to one of every seventeen white males." [Link]
I propose there should be no exception to slavery or involuntary servitude. As written the 13th amendment can (and is) being subverted. All that is necessary to make someone into a slave is to convict them of a crime. The very reason for the 13th amendment, setting free African American slaves (and slaves in general), has not been completely realized.
"If current trends continue, one of every three black American males born today can expect to go to prison in his lifetime, as can one of every six Latino males—compared to one of every seventeen white males." [Link]
A supreme being is just like a normal being...but with sour cream and black olives.
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