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Uncle Tom

I think the fact that a black person can start in government housing, and go on to be one...

I think the fact that a black person can start in government housing, and go on to be one of the most successful brain surgeons ever to exist, that's somebody you should emulate

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I think the fact that a black person
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can start in government housing,
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and go on to be one of the most successful brain surgeons
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ever to exist,
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that's somebody you should emulate.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:55:22
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

An oral history of the American black conservative.
Came from nothing, became a neurosurgeon, - Uncle Tom 00:06
Came from nothing, became a neurosurgeon,
Some of things he done, nobody's ever done in the world. - Uncle Tom 00:06
Some of things he done, nobody's ever done in the...
He was the first person to perform surgery - Uncle Tom 00:07
He was the first person to perform surgery
I don't think myself as a surgeon, - Uncle Tom 00:11
I don't think myself as a surgeon,
(audience laughing) - Uncle Tom 00:05
(audience laughing)
He's a former brain surgeon - Uncle Tom 00:12
He's a former brain surgeon
To ignore that and say like, oh well, he's a doctor. - Uncle Tom 00:05
To ignore that and say like, oh well, he's a doctor.
So we can't even have people - Uncle Tom 00:05
So we can't even have people
Just because Dr. Ben Carson - Uncle Tom 00:07
Just because Dr. Ben Carson
So, I don't agree with calling people Oreos - Uncle Tom 00:06
So, I don't agree with calling people Oreos
You know, I grew up in Detroit and I grew up in Boston. - Uncle Tom 00:05
You know, I grew up in Detroit and I grew up in Boston.
In Boston, we lived in the ghetto. - Uncle Tom 00:05
In Boston, we lived in the ghetto.
(audience laughing) - Uncle Tom 00:07
(audience laughing)
What kind of black person says, "Ghetto." - Uncle Tom 00:07
What kind of black person says, "Ghetto."
This kind of crap goes on all the time. - Uncle Tom 00:05
This kind of crap goes on all the time.
They're trying to say he is not black enough. - Uncle Tom 00:04
They're trying to say he is not black enough.
I was at a Popeyes organization, - Uncle Tom 00:10
I was at a Popeyes organization,
Thereafter, I rounded out the night - Uncle Tom 00:08
Thereafter, I rounded out the night
(audience laughing) - Uncle Tom 00:04
(audience laughing)
The Detroit school board now considering - Uncle Tom 00:09
The Detroit school board now considering