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So there we were,
broke, uneducated, and now forced to live
with the very same people who, for 400 years, had oppressed us. ♪ I want a little sugar ♪ What were we supposed to do? What would anybody do? You think about how to make it. How do you get accepted
in an environment like this? Most of the time, you don't. You just end up in jail
doing the same kind of work for free, you just got finished doing for free. But for anybody
who didn't want to end up in jail, you tried to figure out a way to make it. And the only reference we had to when we ever
were treated halfway decent was when we were in our Sunday best. That's what they called the church clothes
the plantation owners bought us to take us to church and show us off
to the other plantation owners who were being good Christians. It created this belief in black people
that presentation equals acceptance. It basically put peacocking
right into our DNA
broke, uneducated, and now forced to live
with the very same people who, for 400 years, had oppressed us. ♪ I want a little sugar ♪ What were we supposed to do? What would anybody do? You think about how to make it. How do you get accepted
in an environment like this? Most of the time, you don't. You just end up in jail
doing the same kind of work for free, you just got finished doing for free. But for anybody
who didn't want to end up in jail, you tried to figure out a way to make it. And the only reference we had to when we ever
were treated halfway decent was when we were in our Sunday best. That's what they called the church clothes
the plantation owners bought us to take us to church and show us off
to the other plantation owners who were being good Christians. It created this belief in black people
that presentation equals acceptance. It basically put peacocking
right into our DNA
Full Transcript
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So there we were,
broke, uneducated,
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and now forced to live
with the very same people who,
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for 400 years, had oppressed us.
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♪ I want a little sugar ♪
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What were we supposed to do?
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What would anybody do?
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You think about how to make it.
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How do you get accepted
in an environment like this?
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Most of the time, you don't.
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You just end up in jail
doing the same kind of work for free,
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you just got finished doing for free.
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But for anybody
who didn't want to end up in jail,
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you tried to figure out a way to make it.
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And the only reference we had
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to when we ever
were treated halfway decent
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was when we were in our Sunday best.
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That's what they called the church clothes
the plantation owners bought us
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to take us to church and show us off
to the other plantation owners
00:00:45.169 --> 00:00:46.796
who were being good Christians.
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It created this belief in black people
that presentation equals acceptance.
00:00:52.802 --> 00:00:55.513
It basically put peacocking
right into our DNA.
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Movie Summary
A father takes an irreverent and honest approach to parenting and relationships.
