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Because of that big loophole in the 13th Amendment
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Dear Mama

Because of that big loopholein the 13th Amendment that slavery would beabolished...

Because of that big loophole
in the 13th Amendment that slavery would be
abolished everywhere except in prison. Prisons make money. So men and women
all across this country, the Black community,
the Brown, White, the Yellow,
queer community were arrested
under false pretenses with bails that were not
bails at all. That they were ransoms. So, whatever happened to us
was part of a bigger fight, and we wanted to educate
the masses. Now, Afeni, would
phrase things in a way that you hadn't heard before

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Because of that big loophole in the 13th Amendment
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that slavery would be abolished everywhere
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except in prison.
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Prisons make money.
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So men and women all across this country,
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the Black community, the Brown,
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White, the Yellow, queer community
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were arrested under false pretenses
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with bails that were not bails at all.
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That they were ransoms.
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So, whatever happened to us was part of a bigger fight,
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and we wanted to educate the masses.
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Now, Afeni, would phrase things in a way
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that you hadn't heard before.
Duration
34 seconds
Views
37
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:41
Uploaded
Apr 17, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary, biography, music
Production
Film Cellar

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Movie Summary

A documentary series which follows the life and legacy of Tupac Shakur and his mother, the Black Panther activist Afeni Shakur.
S01 • E04 They didn't know it because no one knew - Dear Mama 00:07
They didn't know it because no one knew
S01 • E04 [Allen] I'm reading these addresses: Bank Street, - Dear Mama 00:19
[Allen] I'm reading these addresses: Bank Street,
S01 • E01 Because I can talk to my mother about anything, - Dear Mama 00:17
Because I can talk to my mother about anything,
S01 • E02 So, she thought the best way to do that for herself - Dear Mama 00:10
So, she thought the best way to do that for herself
S01 • E01 LEILA: He was like me. - Dear Mama 00:14
LEILA: He was like me.
S01 • E04 [Allen] What was going on with Afeni that she was moving... - Dear Mama 00:05
[Allen] What was going on with Afeni that she was moving...
S01 • E04 That displaced in her life, - Dear Mama 00:07
That displaced in her life,
S01 • E04 Well, when Afeni was moving a lot, - Dear Mama 00:12
Well, when Afeni was moving a lot,
S01 • E02 We were petrified, - Dear Mama 00:06
We were petrified,
S01 • E02 And it was Lumumba who said, - Dear Mama 00:28
And it was Lumumba who said,
S01 • E03 [Allen] Right. Right. Now we know he got shot multiple times. - Dear Mama 00:08
[Allen] Right. Right. Now we know he got shot multiple times...
S01 • E01 LEILA: But everything he ever wrote - Dear Mama 00:24
LEILA: But everything he ever wrote
S01 • E04 Afeni's spirit was totally diminished in 1984. - Dear Mama 00:26
Afeni's spirit was totally diminished in 1984.
S01 • E02 And we then saw this trial as... - Dear Mama 00:34
And we then saw this trial as...
S01 • E05 Had a mission, had a goal. And so he kind of, - Dear Mama 00:12
Had a mission, had a goal. And so he kind of,
S01 • E03 [Jasmine] When Tupac was shot in New York, it was a Sunday. - Dear Mama 00:14
[Jasmine] When Tupac was shot in New York, it was a Sunday.
S01 • E01 AFENI: This is when I was smoking crack cocaine. - Dear Mama 00:06
AFENI: This is when I was smoking crack cocaine.
S01 • E05 Why is it sad? He's away from all of this bad stuff - Dear Mama 00:06
Why is it sad? He's away from all of this bad stuff
S01 • E05 He's, I mean, at the worst, - Dear Mama 00:06
He's, I mean, at the worst,
S01 • E03 And when I got there, the security guard was like, - Dear Mama 00:23
And when I got there, the security guard was like,