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The 13th Reflection
The event that was being held was in the romita auditorium, in which they watched a documentary known as the 13th. I didn't attend the actual event but I did participate in watching it on netflix. The 13th is an american documentary by Ava Duvernay that was centered around race and the criminal justice system in the United States. This extraordinary and informative documentary completely changed my entire mindset. I always was confident that I was woke, in the sense that I was very aware about black issues and how african americans have been discriminated against and wrongfully convicted for hundreds of years. But actually watching this shed light on all the things I wasn't ever aware of. It's all in the title 13th, refers to the 13th

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