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Uncle Tom

When I became old enough to vote, I registered as a Democrat, because that's what the...

When I became old enough to vote, I registered as a Democrat, because that's what the black people did

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When I became old enough to vote,
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I registered as a Democrat,
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because that's what the black people did.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:59:29
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

An oral history of the American black conservative.
I suffer for it because I started to believe - Uncle Tom 00:08
I suffer for it because I started to believe
Louis Farrakhan would come out here to LA - Uncle Tom 00:08
Louis Farrakhan would come out here to LA
We and white people are mortal enemies. - Uncle Tom 00:04
We and white people are mortal enemies.
They were made to be our enemies, - Uncle Tom 00:07
They were made to be our enemies,
That is why I challenge you now to stand together. - Uncle Tom 00:05
That is why I challenge you now to stand together.
Raise your fists together - Uncle Tom 00:09
Raise your fists together
I would listen to them, and they would say - Uncle Tom 00:04
I would listen to them, and they would say
And so, I started to believe - Uncle Tom 00:06
And so, I started to believe
And for the first time in my life, - Uncle Tom 00:05
And for the first time in my life,
I finally got over it but I suffered for it. - Uncle Tom 00:05
I finally got over it but I suffered for it.
When I turned 30-something, I started asking questions like, - Uncle Tom 00:16
When I turned 30-something, I started asking questions like,
Their kids went to the best school, - Uncle Tom 00:07
Their kids went to the best school,
And so, I wonder, why is it that they're not holding - Uncle Tom 00:08
And so, I wonder, why is it that they're not holding
Jesse Jackson is a racist demagogue, - Uncle Tom 00:06
Jesse Jackson is a racist demagogue,
Keeping 'em angry, brainwashing them - Uncle Tom 00:06
Keeping 'em angry, brainwashing them
And they have lost that power-- - Uncle Tom 00:05
And they have lost that power--
I grew up in Alabama on a plantation, - Uncle Tom 00:07
I grew up in Alabama on a plantation,
They deliberately kept us down - Uncle Tom 00:08
They deliberately kept us down
And so, what we're trying to do is wake them up - Uncle Tom 00:05
And so, what we're trying to do is wake them up
When I was growing up, I was just taught good and evil, - Uncle Tom 00:06
When I was growing up, I was just taught good and evil,