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[applause] Once you realize, man, that your house is funky
with rats and roaches, you know, same way
a black dude's house is, you know, once you realize that your brothers have been
brutalized by the cops, the same way the West Side
and South Side is, once you realize
that you are paying taxes, taxes for the cops
to whup your ass!
with rats and roaches, you know, same way
a black dude's house is, you know, once you realize that your brothers have been
brutalized by the cops, the same way the West Side
and South Side is, once you realize
that you are paying taxes, taxes for the cops
to whup your ass!
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[applause]
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Once you realize, man,
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that your house is funky
with rats and roaches,
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you know, same way
a black dude's house is,
00:00:09.441 --> 00:00:10.974
you know, once you realize
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that your brothers have been
brutalized by the cops,
00:00:13.646 --> 00:00:16.179
the same way the West Side
and South Side is,
00:00:16.248 --> 00:00:19.999
once you realize
that you are paying taxes,
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taxes for the cops
to whup your ass!
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Movie Summary
Chicago 1969: Activists from the Black Panthers, Young Lords, and Young Patriots united African Americans, Latinos, and poor whites to confront police brutality and unfair housing practices in one of America’s most segregated cities. A timely story of collective action, The First Rainbow Coalition tells this little-known chronicle of political struggle with insight and urgency using archival footage and interviews with those who lived it.