An amendment was introduced in Congress last week that would eliminate the so-called 'slavery loophole' in the U.S. Constitution.
Nikema Williams, D-Ga., is shown during an interview with ABC News.in Congress last week that would eliminate the so-called slavery loophole in the U.S. Constitution.
The United States incarcerates more of its population than any other country, including a disproportionate number of Black Americans. NIKEMA WILLIAMS: I mean, a very important moment. I was just looking at - one of the things that is good about social media is you get memories from the years in the past. And I served in the state Senate before I was in Congress, and I saw where I filed legislation in Georgia to make Juneteenth a state holiday to replace our Confederate memorial holiday.
WILLIAMS: That's exactly right. So as we're commemorating Juneteenth, when every enslaved person learned that they were actually free in this country after slavery had already been abolished, one thing that most Americans probably don't even know is that we still have an exception clause in the U.S. Constitution and the 13th Amendment that allows slavery for punishment for a crime.
WHITWORTH: And we know the U.S. incarcerates more of its population than any other country and that includes a disproportionate number of Black Americans. Practically speaking, how would this amendment help address mass incarceration? Right now, we have to make, we have to get this through Congress. We need two-thirds of a vote in both chambers. So we have a lot of work ahead of us. But the more we tell the story, the more we educate people, the more - regardless of where you stand on the political spectrum, which part of the country you're from - the more people are coming on board to say that we need to end the exception once and for all for slavery.
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