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I'm serious.
I don't know if you know this, but this country's been ripping
black fathers away from our kids ever since we got here. They profit off our backs
and threw us into a fucking police state. You know one in four black men
spend time in prison? One in fucking four. Generations of black children
have had to grow up without their dads, subsequently leaving generations
of black fathers with no reference
on how to parent their children. And the job market looks at every
black man like we're criminals, because society has perpetuated
the image that that's all we are is thugs. ♪ We could've been somebody ♪ They took away our access
to quality education, and made sure the only jobs
we're fit to work were unskilled labor. They're keeping us fucking
I don't know if you know this, but this country's been ripping
black fathers away from our kids ever since we got here. They profit off our backs
and threw us into a fucking police state. You know one in four black men
spend time in prison? One in fucking four. Generations of black children
have had to grow up without their dads, subsequently leaving generations
of black fathers with no reference
on how to parent their children. And the job market looks at every
black man like we're criminals, because society has perpetuated
the image that that's all we are is thugs. ♪ We could've been somebody ♪ They took away our access
to quality education, and made sure the only jobs
we're fit to work were unskilled labor. They're keeping us fucking
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I'm serious.
I don't know if you know this,
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but this country's been ripping
black fathers away from our kids
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ever since we got here.
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They profit off our backs
and threw us into a fucking police state.
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You know one in four black men
spend time in prison?
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One in fucking four.
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Generations of black children
have had to grow up without their dads,
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subsequently leaving generations
of black fathers
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with no reference
on how to parent their children.
00:00:25.483 --> 00:00:28.111
And the job market looks at every
black man like we're criminals,
00:00:28.194 --> 00:00:31.114
because society has perpetuated
the image that that's all we are is thugs.
00:00:32.991 --> 00:00:34.367
♪ We could've been somebody ♪
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They took away our access
to quality education,
00:00:36.703 --> 00:00:39.873
and made sure the only jobs
we're fit to work were unskilled labor.
00:00:41.291 --> 00:00:43.767
They're keeping us fucking...
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Movie Summary
A father takes an irreverent and honest approach to parenting and relationships.
