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Stamped from the Beginning

By constructing Black womenas promiscuous, they can say, "Well, they wanted it." "Well,...

[growls] [Jones-Rogers] By constructing Black women
as promiscuous, they can say, "Well, they wanted it." "Well, they came on to me,
they seduced me." ♪ I see sinners in a church
Sometimes I might be introvert ♪ [Gates] That is a trope
in American popular culture, that has become so part of the fabric, that I'm not even sure creators realize
that that's what they are invoking

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[Jones-Rogers] By constructing Black women as promiscuous, they can say,
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"Well, they wanted it."
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"Well, they came on to me, they seduced me."
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♪ I see sinners in a church Sometimes I might be introvert ♪
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[Gates] That is a trope in American popular culture,
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that has become so part of the fabric,
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that I'm not even sure creators realize that that's what they are invoking.
Duration
29 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:38:49
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".
We see that even with the way that people talk about Black girls as being "fast." - Stamped from the Beginning 00:13
We see that even with the way that people talk about Black g...
♪ ...when your grandma died ♪ - Stamped from the Beginning 00:09
♪ ...when your grandma died ♪
We have to understand that sexual violence was fundamental to violence of slavery. - Stamped from the Beginning 00:07
We have to understand that sexual violence was fundamental t...
["Introvert" continues playing] - Stamped from the Beginning 00:11
["Introvert" continues playing]
You are considered unrapeable in slavery, legally considered unrapeable. - Stamped from the Beginning 00:07
You are considered unrapeable in slavery, legally considered...
[Vanee] There were so many different ways Black women were violated - Stamped from the Beginning 00:15
[Vanee] There were so many different ways Black women were v...
[Kendi] White enslavers tried to cover up their sexual assaults of Black women, - Stamped from the Beginning 00:11
[Kendi] White enslavers tried to cover up their sexual assau...
[Jackson] Harriet Jacobs was the first woman - Stamped from the Beginning 00:08
[Jackson] Harriet Jacobs was the first woman
And she writes it in a way - Stamped from the Beginning 00:10
And she writes it in a way
[Harriet Jacobs] Reader, - Stamped from the Beginning 00:07
[Harriet Jacobs] Reader,
Slavery is terrible for men, but it is far more terrible for women. - Stamped from the Beginning 00:19
Slavery is terrible for men, but it is far more terrible for...
[tense music playing] - Stamped from the Beginning 00:26
[tense music playing]
[panting] - Stamped from the Beginning 00:33
[panting]
[Jacobs] They would hide me in Snaky Swamp - Stamped from the Beginning 00:22
[Jacobs] They would hide me in Snaky Swamp
{\an8}A place of concealment had been provided for me at my grandmother's. - Stamped from the Beginning 00:29
{\an8}A place of concealment had been provided for me at my ...
There was joy, - Stamped from the Beginning 00:18
There was joy,
Reader, my story ends with freedom. - Stamped from the Beginning 00:16
Reader, my story ends with freedom.
It would have been more pleasant to me to have been silent about my own history, - Stamped from the Beginning 00:09
It would have been more pleasant to me to have been silent a...
I do earnestly desire to arouse the women of the North - Stamped from the Beginning 00:13
I do earnestly desire to arouse the women of the North
I want to convince the people of the free states - Stamped from the Beginning 00:07
I want to convince the people of the free states