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As someone who got a GED, went to a community college
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Uncle Tom

As someone who got a GED, went to a community college, then went on to get a four-year...

As someone who got a GED, went to a community college, then went on to get a four-year degree, graduating magna cum laude, while I was working 40 hours a week, nights and weekends at the community college library

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As someone who got a GED, went to a community college,
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then went on to get a four-year degree,
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graduating magna cum laude,
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while I was working 40 hours a week,
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nights and weekends at the community college library.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
61
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:55
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

An oral history of the American black conservative.
By the time I was 21, I had three small children. - Uncle Tom 00:04
By the time I was 21, I had three small children.
I had no idea that I would end up going to college - Uncle Tom 00:06
I had no idea that I would end up going to college
Graduate school was very interesting for me - Uncle Tom 00:05
Graduate school was very interesting for me
I had this experience in a course - Uncle Tom 00:09
I had this experience in a course
At some point in the classroom, - Uncle Tom 00:17
At some point in the classroom,
There I learned that I was black, I was poor, - Uncle Tom 00:13
There I learned that I was black, I was poor,
When I was a kid, I went to a summer camp - Uncle Tom 00:06
When I was a kid, I went to a summer camp
Really bucolic, flowers everywhere, it was just wonderful. - Uncle Tom 00:05
Really bucolic, flowers everywhere, it was just wonderful.
There was a Boy Scouts jamboree, - Uncle Tom 00:06
There was a Boy Scouts jamboree,
And from what I can tell, - Uncle Tom 00:05
And from what I can tell,
I was in a cabin with maybe seven or eight kids, - Uncle Tom 00:07
I was in a cabin with maybe seven or eight kids,
He and I got into some sort of argument, - Uncle Tom 00:06
He and I got into some sort of argument,
And I literally had to restrain the other kids - Uncle Tom 00:04
And I literally had to restrain the other kids
They were more angry about it than I was. - Uncle Tom 00:04
They were more angry about it than I was.
And so, I never really felt that those who are bigots, - Uncle Tom 00:07
And so, I never really felt that those who are bigots,
I always felt that people who were bigots - Uncle Tom 00:08
I always felt that people who were bigots
That seemed to be consistent - Uncle Tom 00:05
That seemed to be consistent
I always knew I had a good memory, - Uncle Tom 00:07
I always knew I had a good memory,
I always knew I was going to be an achiever, - Uncle Tom 00:04
I always knew I was going to be an achiever,
There was never a time when I thought of myself - Uncle Tom 00:05
There was never a time when I thought of myself