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My answer to you

The Good Lord Bird

My answer to you is you better not educate any more Black folks or they might read the...

The Good Lord Bird • S01E06 • 2020

My answer to you is you better not educate any more Black folks or they might read the Declaration of Independence as I have done. [mayor] For Christ's sake, Copeland, your parents paid good money to this Boston lawyer! Come out here before we all get killed! I prefer to stand my trial here, Mayor. Let me explain something to you, Copeland. This country was made by white men for white men. You colored are not free... -[clicks tongue] -...because you're better off -under our care. -[gun clicks] If you think-- -[gunshot] -[grunts] -[shouting] -[gunfire] [woman screaming] Jesus-- [shouting, wailing]

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My answer to you

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is you better not educate any more Black folks

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or they might read

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the Declaration of Independence as I have done.

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[mayor] For Christ's sake, Copeland,

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your parents paid good money to this Boston lawyer!

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Come out here before we all get killed!

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I prefer to stand my trial here, Mayor.

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Let me explain something to you, Copeland.

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This country

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was made by white men

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for white men.

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You colored are not free...

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-[clicks tongue] -...because you're better off

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-under our care. -[gun clicks]

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If you think--

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-[gunshot] -[grunts]

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-[shouting] -[gunfire]

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[woman screaming]

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Jesus--

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[shouting, wailing]

Duration

51 seconds

Views

32

Timestamp in Movie

00:37:31

Uploaded

May 28, 2025

Season

1

Episode

6

Genres

comedy, drama, war

Production

Blumhouse Television,Under the Influence Productions

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Movie Summary

Ethan Hawke stars as abolitionist John Brown in this series based on the novel. "Onion" is a fictional enslaved boy who becomes a member of Brown's family of abolitionist soldiers and finds himself in the 1859 raid at Harpers Ferry.