They Invented This Cruel Plan To Keep Black People Enslaved
Black History Year
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🗓️ 20 January 2025
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You might already know about the loophole in the 13th Amendment that allowed slavery. But did you know there’s a loophole in THAT loophole that's still being used today? And, as always, it’s used to brutalize and exploit Black people the most.
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| 0:27.8 | slash UK slash AI for people. You may already know about the loophole in the 13th Amendment that allowed slavery. |
| 0:40.3 | But did you know that there's a loophole in that loophole that's still being used today? |
| 0:46.3 | And as always, it's used to brutalize and exploit black people the most. |
| 0:51.3 | This is two-minute black history, what you didn't learn in school. |
| 1:03.9 | Centuries ago, the 13th Amendment abolished slavery with a few loopholes. |
| 1:11.0 | The Constitution made it so enslavement could still be legal through incarceration, |
| 1:17.5 | but there was another hidden loophole to that loophole that's still being abused today. |
| 1:24.1 | The 13th Amendment allowed slavery for people in prison, specifically after due process. |
| 1:31.0 | So, Southern officials wondered, how do you convict, incarcerate, and exploit more black people |
| 1:38.1 | without a fair trial? Their answer was, the plea bargain, where a prosecutor can offer you less time behind bars in exchange for you admitting guilt, whether you did it or not. |
| 1:54.0 | Another incentive to pleading guilty was financial. Following through with a trial was expensive for black defendants. |
| 2:03.6 | Plea bargaining ensured that more black people could be trapped behind bars, so states |
| 2:10.2 | made huge financial gains off of black imprisoned field laborers too. |
| 2:16.4 | Today, over 97% of federal felony convictions and 94% state |
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