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Stamped from the Beginning

There is a mythabout the founding of this country

[choral music continues] There is a myth
about the founding of this country

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There is a myth about the founding of this country.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:34:17
Uploaded
Apr 12, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
One Story Up Productions,story27

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Movie Summary

A hybrid documentary/scripted feature based on Dr. Kendi's National Book Award-winning "Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas".
People want to erase American history as it truly was. - Stamped from the Beginning 00:08
People want to erase American history as it truly was.
White supremacy has been embedded - Stamped from the Beginning 00:09
White supremacy has been embedded
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Thomas "Contradiction" Jefferson. [chuckles] - Stamped from the Beginning 00:07
Thomas "Contradiction" Jefferson. [chuckles]
[laughs] - Stamped from the Beginning 00:05
[laughs]
He was someone who was very well aware of the atrocities that existed in slavery. - Stamped from the Beginning 00:08
He was someone who was very well aware of the atrocities tha...
He wasn't willing to let go of that divide because of what slavery did for... - Stamped from the Beginning 00:07
He wasn't willing to let go of that divide because of w...
[Kendi] On the one hand, he opposed slavery. - Stamped from the Beginning 00:07
[Kendi] On the one hand, he opposed slavery.
But then on the other hand, he opposed abolition. - Stamped from the Beginning 00:05
But then on the other hand, he opposed abolition.
And so he would speak out against slavery, particularly earlier in his career. - Stamped from the Beginning 00:07
And so he would speak out against slavery, particularly earl...
He'd also speak out against people trying to bring the end of slavery! - Stamped from the Beginning 00:06
He'd also speak out against people trying to bring the ...
[Anderson] That's the paradox that sits right at the core of America. - Stamped from the Beginning 00:08
[Anderson] That's the paradox that sits right at the co...
{\an8}You see, I must write the Declaration of Independence. - Stamped from the Beginning 00:06
{\an8}You see, I must write the Declaration of Independence.
{\an8}[Vanee] As kids, we're taught to love Thomas Jefferson, - Stamped from the Beginning 00:09
{\an8}[Vanee] As kids, we're taught to love Thomas Jeff...
{\an8}[Vanee] When we only talk about one side of it, - Stamped from the Beginning 00:06
{\an8}[Vanee] When we only talk about one side of it,
[Jefferson] Interracial mixing - Stamped from the Beginning 00:27
[Jefferson] Interracial mixing
I think at one point he likened them to orangutans. - Stamped from the Beginning 00:05
I think at one point he likened them to orangutans.
{\an8}raped - Stamped from the Beginning 00:08
{\an8}raped
Espousing the language of democracy, - Stamped from the Beginning 00:12
Espousing the language of democracy,
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