article_snippet: Besides, this illegal fight is the safest way this illegal fight can make money.
article_snippet: When I first saw this footage from the documentary "Dawg Fight," I recoiled.
article_snippet: Here we are recognizing the 50th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday" in Selma, Alabama, and in the next state over there are desperate, unemployed black men beating the hell out of each other for a hundred bucks.
article_snippet: While the 1999 cult classic "Fight Club" made organized street fights look like a sexy form of psychotherapy for repressed men (and some of the guys who participate in street fights do fit the bill), the vast majority in the documentary "Dawg Fight just need the money.
article_snippet: And in West Perrine, the suburb where "Dawg Fight" takes place and where nearly 75% of the residents are black, unemployment remains high.
article_snippet: When you look at the incarceration rate, especially for black men, and income inequality, the life you see in 'Dawg Fight' is where we are headed.
article_snippet: So while it is true unemployment is down and Wall Street is booming, the combination of a debilitating criminal justice system and low wages has created an environment in which men such as those featured in "Dawg Fight" feel backyard fights are actually one of the less nefarious ways those featured in "Dawg Fight" can make money.
article_snippet: Dawg Fight" certainly doesn't sugarcoat anything.
article_snippet: The fights are raw, vicious.
article_snippet: Two of the fighters featured are dead -- including one on whom police used a Taser.
highlights_snippet: The documentary "Dawg Fight" shows men fighting in a Miami suburb for money .
  