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[Dr. Angela Davis] The work that ought to have been done
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Stamped from the Beginning

The workthat ought to have been done in the immediate aftermath of slavery, the work of...

[Dr. Angela Davis] The work
that ought to have been done in the immediate aftermath of slavery, the work of reorganizing, retooling, reconceptualizing the entire society, so that it might be possible
for previously enslaved individuals to be free and equal, that work was never done

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[Dr. Angela Davis] The work that ought to have been done
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in the immediate aftermath of slavery,
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the work of reorganizing, retooling,
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reconceptualizing the entire society,
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so that it might be possible for previously enslaved individuals
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to be free and equal,
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that work was never done.
Duration
30 seconds
Views
48
Timestamp in Movie
01:18:52
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".
[clamoring] - Stamped from the Beginning 00:05
[clamoring]
[explosives going off] - Stamped from the Beginning 00:12
[explosives going off]
They'll be able to see that for generations, for centuries, - Stamped from the Beginning 00:12
They'll be able to see that for generations, for centur...
"Now that you know, then what?" - Stamped from the Beginning 00:10
"Now that you know, then what?"
[Kendi] The heartbeat of being racist is denial, - Stamped from the Beginning 00:12
[Kendi] The heartbeat of being racist is denial,
In order to address the way in which racism is... is baked in, - Stamped from the Beginning 00:13
In order to address the way in which racism is... is baked i...
[gentle music playing] - Stamped from the Beginning 00:06
[gentle music playing]
[Kendi] People are constantly thinking about, - Stamped from the Beginning 00:14
[Kendi] People are constantly thinking about,
[Perry] If you want an effective social network of human beings, - Stamped from the Beginning 00:15
[Perry] If you want an effective social network of human bei...
[gentle music continues] - Stamped from the Beginning 00:16
[gentle music continues]
And if they can put the system together in the first place, - Stamped from the Beginning 00:07
And if they can put the system together in the first place,
[inaudible] - Stamped from the Beginning 00:07
[inaudible]
If all "anti-racist" means, - Stamped from the Beginning 00:13
If all "anti-racist" means,
But if, after you have reckoned with that, you then go out and say, - Stamped from the Beginning 00:17
But if, after you have reckoned with that, you then go out a...
[evocative music playing] - Stamped from the Beginning 00:08
[evocative music playing]
They have ideas about what freedom and liberation will look like. - Stamped from the Beginning 00:06
They have ideas about what freedom and liberation will look ...
And it doesn't look like this radical utopia. - Stamped from the Beginning 00:06
And it doesn't look like this radical utopia.
[chuckling] The world that white people living in never question. - Stamped from the Beginning 00:05
[chuckling] The world that white people living in never ques...
I love all of the things that Blackness has given America, - Stamped from the Beginning 00:07
I love all of the things that Blackness has given America,
♪ Alive ♪ - Stamped from the Beginning 00:21
♪ Alive ♪