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The American public welfare system
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Uncle Tom

The American public welfare system is only expanding 1/2 of what it should be expanding if...

The American public welfare system is only expanding 1/2 of what it should be expanding if it were reaching all of the people who are eligible under existing statutes

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The American public welfare system
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is only expanding 1/2 of what it should be expanding
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if it were reaching all of the people
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who are eligible under existing statutes.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
01:13:14
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

An oral history of the American black conservative.
A couple of renowned sociologists - Uncle Tom 00:08
A couple of renowned sociologists
And their theory was, if we could separate - Uncle Tom 00:24
And their theory was, if we could separate
The welfare rights movement and the lawyers - Uncle Tom 00:08
The welfare rights movement and the lawyers
This, I presume would be additional people - Uncle Tom 00:09
This, I presume would be additional people
Yes, that would raise the cost even more. - Uncle Tom 00:05
Yes, that would raise the cost even more.
To recruit people into the welfare system, - Uncle Tom 00:07
To recruit people into the welfare system,
If a woman had to declare paternity - Uncle Tom 00:12
If a woman had to declare paternity
They also said that the nuclear family, - Uncle Tom 00:08
They also said that the nuclear family,
The women's movement concurred with that. - Uncle Tom 00:04
The women's movement concurred with that.
The Black Power movement also agreed. - Uncle Tom 00:04
The Black Power movement also agreed.
Millions of blacks in a period of less than four years - Uncle Tom 00:09
Millions of blacks in a period of less than four years
At a time when the unemployment rate - Uncle Tom 00:08
At a time when the unemployment rate
If I could get me a job where I could be my own man. - Uncle Tom 00:04
If I could get me a job where I could be my own man.
Give me this, give me what I need, - Uncle Tom 00:05
Give me this, give me what I need,
What you then saw is a consequence - Uncle Tom 00:05
What you then saw is a consequence
The out-of-wedlock births in the black community - Uncle Tom 00:05
The out-of-wedlock births in the black community
Went from under 25% to 70%. - Uncle Tom 00:04
Went from under 25% to 70%.
It is a neutron bomb that was dropped on this country, - Uncle Tom 00:08
It is a neutron bomb that was dropped on this country,
During slavery, a black kid was more likely - Uncle Tom 00:09
During slavery, a black kid was more likely
The welfare state has done more to destroy - Uncle Tom 00:07
The welfare state has done more to destroy