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Dre: Every four years,
Americans participate
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in one of the greatest
competitions in the world.
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But since we didn't get
to have an Olympics this year,
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all eyes are on the election.
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The stakes couldn't be higher.
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And unlike the Summer Games,
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there's no silver medal when
you're running for president.
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As the world's longest
continuous democracy,
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Americans pride ourselves
on the power we are given
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to choose our leaders.
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It's one of the things
that makes this country
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the greatest on Earth.
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Here, everyone is guaranteed
to have a voice.
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Ah.
What are you doing?
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Counting down the daysuntil you move out?
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[ Scoffs ] Please.
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Who would take care
of the baby?
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Only one month
till the big day --
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my first time votingin a presidential election.
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Ahh.
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I remember voting in my
first presidential election.
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I voted for Bill Clinton.
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I liked how he only jogged
if he ended up at a McDonald's.
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♪
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I could relate to that.
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[ Both laugh ]
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Thanks for sharing that storywith me, Dad.
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You know, one day,I, too, hope to share the story
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of me voting in my firstpresidential election...
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[ Cellphone chimes ]...with my childre--
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Hold up.
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I-It says hereI'm not registered to vote.
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Ooh.
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That's gonna be
a real...short story.
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[ Sighs ]
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--Captions by VITAC--
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♪
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Oh, Lord.
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Help us,
Black Jesus!
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Earl, I think he's back
on the Pokémon again.
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You remember
when he walked
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into that abandoned
construction site?
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Oh, yeah.[ Laughs ]
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Boy ain't got no sense.
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No, I've been purgedfrom the voter rolls.
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Now it's like
I don't even exist.
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That's the dream, son.
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You're no longer
on the government's radar.
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You don't have to worry about
being drafted, paying taxes,
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getting the Presidential Medal
of Freedom.
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You're in the clear.
Oh!
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No, I wantto vote.
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I've been so careful
to protect myself.
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I don't driveover the speed limit.
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I've never opened
anyone else's mail.
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You know, I didn't even drinkunderage in college.
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Please.
Now, how hard was that?
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You were only in college
for three days.
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Mm-hmm. Anyone can notdrink
for three days.
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I-I'm not gonna do it.
I got nothing to prove.
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Okay.I've gotta sort this out.
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What should I search for?
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"Purge"?
No, that's a movie.
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Uh..."California rolls."
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Nope.
That is a food.
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Um...
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"Removed
from voter rolls."
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Hmm. Ah.
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Ah! Dr. Wilkins.
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Very wise man.
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Maybe he'll tell mewhy I'm not on the rolls.
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♪
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Election Day.
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You've done all your
preparations and are ready
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to make sound, conscious choicesacross the entire ballot,
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only to find out that you've
somehow become unregistered.
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Purged.
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See, the system is always
coming up with new ways
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to keep you from voting.
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Like making you get a photo I.D.just so you can vote.
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Or moving your polling place
at the last minute.
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Or like when you're standing
in line to vote
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and they make you go through
a separate portal
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made for Black people.
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Mm! You go in,
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you think you're voting,
but guess again.
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You've been
sucked into a simulation,
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and there is no escape.
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Boom!
You're in the Matrix.
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To talk further about
this purposeful oppression,
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let me bring out my brother
Nick Cannon.
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Come on out here, Brother Nick.
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Brother's kind of shy.
He's been in hot water lately.
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Okay, I'm out.
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How is thisthe number-five
search result?
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Right?
Should be number one.
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Let's see what Dr. Wilkins
has to say
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about the governmentusing pennies to steal your DNA.
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Pops, this is clearlya conspiracy website.
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Damn right. And it's pointing
out the conspiracy
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to keep us from voting.
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You know, he was the one
who figured out
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that menopause was invented
by the fan industry.
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Okay, I am not interestedin conspiracies.
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I am trying to figure outwhy I'm not registered,
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hopefully from someonewho doesn't use their platform
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to promoteboutique colon cleansing.
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Oh. Like this.
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Here's a piece
from a documentary.
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Hmm.
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Narrator: American history
teaches us that in 1776,
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the Founding Fathers declaredthat all men were created equal.
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But is that
too rose-colored a view?
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Three-quarters of the people
who signed
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the Declaration of Independence
owned slaves.
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Not only were the vast majority
of them slaveowners,
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but the Founding Fathers
imposed limits on voting
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that not only excluded
Black people,
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but all women and non-property
holders, as well.
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When this nation elected
its first president,
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only six percent of the adultpopulation was eligible to vote.
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That means that "We the People"
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has never meant
"allthe people."
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Six percent?
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That's not democracy.
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Hell, I tipmore than 6%.
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When the service
demands it.
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Mm.
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Everything we've been taughtis a lie.
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Junior.
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Junior, you asleep?
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Nope.
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Just given up hope.
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Well, good.
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Means you won't need
this popcorn.
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Wha--
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♪
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Dre: Junior started out trying
to answer a simple question
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about why he was purged
from the voter rolls,
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but he ended up
facing some unpleasant truths
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about how America
wasn't living up
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to the ideas he'd been taught.
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♪
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Doing a deep dive
into the founding of America,
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Junior went down a rabbit hole,
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looking up
presidential writings,
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searching
unfair voting practices,
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with an occasional break
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to snack on
scalding-hot pizza rolls.
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He was investigating whether
voter fraud is real or not,
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all in the pursuit
of understanding our system.
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If only there was some way
I could help him understand.
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Welcome back
to "Democracy in Jeopardy!",
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the only game show that combinesall the fun of trivia
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and all of the unfairness of
the American political system.
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Our next question --
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Who votes
to determine the winner
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of a presidential election?
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The American people.[ Buzzer ]
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The Illuminati.[ Buzzer ]
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The Electoral College.[ Ding ]
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Good for you, for $100.[ Cheers and applause ]
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The president, in fact,
is chosen
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by an unelected group
of 538 people
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who you've never heard of.
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Who are they?
How did they get there?
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You'll never know.
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Uh, that's the definition
of the Illuminati.
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Judges?
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Uh...well, the judges say
they can't prove
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that you're notright,
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so, Charlie,
you get $100.
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Yes!
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Can I get that up out you
right now?
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Our next question.
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True or false --Even with the Electoral College,
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everyone's vote for
the president counts the same.
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True.
One person, one vote.[ Buzzer ]
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Ooh. Sorry.
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The answer is false.
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States with smaller populations
get more power.
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So if you're from Wyoming,
congratulations!
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And if you're from California,
prepare for the Big One.
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But you are better off
than all the people
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in Puerto Rico
and the U.S. Virgin Islands
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and all of the other less
vacation-y U.S. territories.
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They have no say-so
in who the president is,
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but lucky for them,
they still get to pay taxes.
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Mm. That part.[ Chuckles ]
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All right.
Here's our final question.
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Why was the Electoral College
implemented?
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Illuminati! It's got--
It's gotta be the Illuminati.
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[ Buzzer ]Ooh. Sorry, Charlie.
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The answer is slavery.
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The answer is
almost alwaysslavery.
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Did you know that four
of the first five presidents
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were from the South?
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The other, John Adams,
was from Boston,
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the South of the North.
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[ Laughs ]
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[ Buzzer distorts ]
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Uh-oh.
Looks like we're out of time.
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Let's tally up the scores
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and see who our winner is
for today.
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Okay. It looks like
our winner is Contestant One!
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Yeah!
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What?
But I'm winning.
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Ooh. You werewinning.
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But your points only countfor three-fifths of a White man.
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[ Gasps ]
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Thanks, Founding Fathers.
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[ Theme music plays ]
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I never knew
our elections were so unfair.
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[ Scoffs ] Oh, yeah.
I learned that the hard way.
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In the Sprite Remix
"Meet LeBron" contest,
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I voted 8,000 times
for my favorite flavor,
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and what did I win?
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Nothing!
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Plus, I drank so much soda
that now my teeth are soft.
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It makes no sense.
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My entire life, I have heard"one person, one vote."
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But it turns out
that my vote
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doesn't matter as muchas other people's?
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Okay. The Electoral Collegeis messed up.
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But...hold on.
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Ah!
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The Fifteenth Amendment gaveBlack people the right to vote.
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That should've fixed things.
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Oh. Look.
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Here's a kids story
about what happened
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once we were finallyable to vote.
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♪
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Oh, hello, children.
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Would you like to hear a story?
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You would?
[ Chuckles ]
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♪
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It says here it's all about
a young man down South
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who's finally old enough
to vote.
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And it's called...
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"Frankie's Big Day."
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Would you, could you...
read it with me?
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All right. Here we go.
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♪ Mmm
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"Frankie couldn't help
but gloat.
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'Look at me!
I'm old enough to vote!'
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He walked to the polls
in his new red vest.
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Where a man said, 'Look here,
boy, you need a literacy test!
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If we say it's correct,
then we'll know
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if into the voting booth
you can go.'
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Frankie knew he was smart,
so he wasn't afraid,
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till he heard the questions,
which made him dismayed.
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'How many bubbles are
in a bar of soap?
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Spell "backwards" forwards.
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Can you? Nope?
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Well this one's easy,
so don't get lippy.
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Interpret the Constitution
of Mississippi.'
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With a heavy broken heart
and a lump in his throat,
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Frankie left and walked home,
unable to vote."
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The End.
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[ Sniffs ]
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That's the end
of "Frankie's Big Day."
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[ Utensils crash ]
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[Bleep] that noise.
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[ Mug shatters ]
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Man, it's like every timewe jump over one hurdle,
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they throw two more
in our way.
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Wow.
Sounds terrible.
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Do you know
our dentist's phone number?
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[ Scoffs ]
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♪
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Junior was losing his faith.
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Every bit of solid ground
he tried to stand on
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turned out to be quicksand.
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But he still had
an ember of hope.
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Thank God
for the Voting Rights Act.
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Announcer: Please welcome
Dick's first guest,
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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[ Funky music plays ]
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♪
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Not bad.[ Laughter ]
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How are ya?
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I'm fantastic.
283
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I mean, I rememberwhen I was just a glimmer
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in Dr. King's eye,and now I'm fully enacted,
285
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sitting here
with Dick Cavett.
286
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Good to see you.
287
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You too.
288
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Do you mindif I brag for a minute?
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In the two years
I've existed,
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I have made voting fairerin this country.
291
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I have eliminated
literacy tests
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and placed observersin problem states.
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I'm not gonna name themon television, but...
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[ Southern accent ]y'all know who y'all are.
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[ Laughter ]
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[ Normal voice ]And Black voter registration
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is up 100%!
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[ Cheers and applause ]Yeah, makes me so happy,
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I just...have to dance.
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[ Funky music plays ]Hey! Hey!
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Announcer: You know her,
you love her, she's an icon.
302
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Put your hands together for
The Voting Rights Act of 1965!
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Yes. Ho ho!
304
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Hello.
305
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Nice to see you.
How you doing today?
306
00:12:32,316 --> 00:12:36,799
Well, I'm still doing my thing
after 30 years!
307
00:12:36,843 --> 00:12:38,801
So, yeah, I guess
I'm holding up all right.
308
00:12:38,845 --> 00:12:40,803
I noticed that.
Just upon looking at you,
309
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you've got it goin' on.
310
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Thank you, thank you.
311
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But what I really got going on
is some hard work.
312
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You know, since I started,
the South has moved
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from three Black state
legislators to over 250!
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And Washington now has
40 Black Congresspeople.
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[ Cheers and applause ]
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Oh, I hear that.
317
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Y'all want me to dance.
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All right.
Need a shoulder roll.
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Give me that shoulder roll.
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Hey! Hey!
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Announcer: From Hollywood,
it's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"
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[ Cheers and applause ]
323
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Very good to see you.
You look great.
324
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Like your hair.
It's good to see you.
325
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How --
How are you doing?
326
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Not great.
327
00:13:22,192 --> 00:13:26,109
It's been a nightmare sincethe Supreme Court gutted me.
328
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That might be
a little bit unpleasant.
329
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Yeah.
330
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For almost 50 years,I kept problem states
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from discouragingBlack and minority voters.
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And then the court turned aroundand ripped out my Section 5!
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That's right.
And so --
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And let me tell you,once the court ruled,
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a bunch of states
drew up new maps,
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dilutingminority voting power.
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They enacted
new voter I.D. laws
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and killedsame day registration
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and cut polling place hours.
340
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And I was helpless
to stop it.
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[ Slurps ]
342
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I'm sorry
I'm not more fun.
343
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I know I normally dance,
344
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but there'snothing to dance about.
345
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Nothing!
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Damn.
347
00:14:20,729 --> 00:14:22,731
Why the longer face?
348
00:14:22,774 --> 00:14:25,995
All our lives, we've been toldhow important it is to vote...
349
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Mm-hmm.
350
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...to change the system.
351
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But it feels like the systemjust keeps on finding ways
352
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to make sureour voices don't matter!
353
00:14:33,481 --> 00:14:35,526
You know, I'm starting to feel
like this country
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isn't what
I thought it was.
355
00:14:36,963 --> 00:14:39,443
Hey!
Don't talk like that.
356
00:14:39,487 --> 00:14:42,533
You know what? I got
just the thing for you.
357
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[ Whoosh ]There you go.
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[ Hip-hop music plays ]
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♪
360
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♪ Yeah, I just wanna
focus on my vote ♪
361
00:14:56,330 --> 00:14:59,289
♪ I ain't got no time,
I got to work ♪
362
00:14:59,333 --> 00:15:02,031
♪ Yeah, rent is comin' up,
I need this cash ♪
363
00:15:02,075 --> 00:15:06,122
♪ Plus, I got a couple
terminations in my past, yeah ♪
364
00:15:06,166 --> 00:15:09,299
♪ Gotta ask my bosses
for a day off ♪
365
00:15:09,343 --> 00:15:12,563
♪ But if I do,
I know I might get laid off ♪
366
00:15:12,607 --> 00:15:15,523
♪ I just wanna focus
on my vote ♪
367
00:15:15,566 --> 00:15:18,743
♪ I just wanna focus
on my vote, yeah ♪
368
00:15:18,787 --> 00:15:21,355
♪ 'Cause now I'm old enough,
but I ain't know ♪
369
00:15:21,398 --> 00:15:23,705
♪ So many things
were gonna hold me up ♪
370
00:15:23,748 --> 00:15:26,969
♪ Wanted to rock the vote
when I was growin' up ♪
371
00:15:27,013 --> 00:15:30,277
♪ Now they hit the re-rock,
how they slow me up ♪
372
00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:31,974
♪ I just want
to get to the ballot ♪
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♪ I just want to feel
like I'm valid ♪
374
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♪ Put in my vote,
I can have it ♪
375
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♪ But that shouldn't
feel like magic ♪
376
00:15:36,892 --> 00:15:38,589
♪ It's the best way
to make my voice heard ♪
377
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♪ And that should be
automatic ♪
378
00:15:40,243 --> 00:15:42,071
♪ That's my American right
379
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♪ I just wanna focus
on my vote ♪
380
00:15:46,989 --> 00:15:48,730
Why'd you show me that?
381
00:15:48,773 --> 00:15:50,819
Now I feel even worse.
382
00:15:50,862 --> 00:15:53,169
Uh, yeah. That's why
I showed it to you.
383
00:15:53,213 --> 00:15:56,564
Everything I thoughtI knew about voting is wrong.
384
00:15:58,087 --> 00:15:59,567
The more I look,
the more I see
385
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there were a million roadblocksset up from the beginning.
386
00:16:02,439 --> 00:16:05,268
The greatest trick thatthe Founding Fathers ever pulled
387
00:16:05,312 --> 00:16:08,489
was convincing us that we werea real democracy.
388
00:16:08,532 --> 00:16:10,534
Maybe not everyone deserves
their right to vote.
389
00:16:10,578 --> 00:16:12,101
It would probably work better
if there was
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just one young womanwith amazing glasses and dimples
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who made the decisions for all
the mouth-breathers out there.
392
00:16:18,107 --> 00:16:20,283
Um...And if they
had a problem with it,
393
00:16:20,327 --> 00:16:22,198
then the streets would
run red with their blood.
394
00:16:22,242 --> 00:16:25,027
Junior had come to the end
of his search
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and found
the worst possible thing --
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the truth.
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America hasn't wanted
Black people to vote
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00:16:31,947 --> 00:16:34,602
since the day
this country became a country.
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00:16:34,645 --> 00:16:36,821
He learned
that the system isn't broken.
400
00:16:36,865 --> 00:16:40,434
It's working exactly
how it was designed.
401
00:16:40,477 --> 00:16:42,827
"Streets would run red
with their blood."
402
00:16:42,871 --> 00:16:45,265
Ooh, I like that.
403
00:16:45,308 --> 00:16:46,570
I'm gonna tweet it.
404
00:16:46,614 --> 00:16:48,181
[ Whoosh ]Okay.
405
00:16:53,012 --> 00:16:55,231
I don't even know
what to believe anymore.
406
00:16:55,275 --> 00:16:57,886
Did Sam Adams
even make beer?
407
00:16:57,929 --> 00:17:00,193
Okay, how am Isupposed to enjoy secret cake
408
00:17:00,236 --> 00:17:01,759
with you here watching me?
409
00:17:01,803 --> 00:17:02,847
Man, that's not secret!
410
00:17:02,891 --> 00:17:04,980
[ Sighs ]
411
00:17:05,024 --> 00:17:06,634
What's wrong, son?
412
00:17:06,677 --> 00:17:08,723
Are you still upset that you gotkicked off the voting rolls?
413
00:17:08,766 --> 00:17:09,941
Just go re-register.
414
00:17:09,985 --> 00:17:11,552
Why?
415
00:17:11,595 --> 00:17:13,597
So they can figure out another
way to keep me from voting?
416
00:17:13,641 --> 00:17:14,990
[ Scoffs ] I'm out.
417
00:17:15,034 --> 00:17:16,209
You're out?
418
00:17:16,252 --> 00:17:17,471
Yeah!
419
00:17:17,514 --> 00:17:18,950
Everything
I have been taught
420
00:17:18,994 --> 00:17:21,692
about the promise
of this country is a lie.
421
00:17:21,736 --> 00:17:23,390
From the founding
to the way
422
00:17:23,433 --> 00:17:26,610
that the Electoral College
disenfranchises people
423
00:17:26,654 --> 00:17:28,917
to the way that even when
we got the right to vote,
424
00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:31,311
we had to pass
all these crazy tests.
425
00:17:31,354 --> 00:17:33,791
Every time we have
earned the right to vote,
426
00:17:33,835 --> 00:17:36,664
they have figured out some way
to claw it back from us.
427
00:17:36,707 --> 00:17:38,318
Dr. Wilkins was right.
428
00:17:38,361 --> 00:17:39,928
Dr. Wilkins?
429
00:17:39,971 --> 00:17:41,930
That dude from the Internetthat Pops loves
430
00:17:41,973 --> 00:17:43,410
that thinksmayonnaise makes you sterile?
431
00:17:43,453 --> 00:17:44,933
Yeah.
432
00:17:44,976 --> 00:17:46,717
I mean, the science is
still out on that one.
433
00:17:46,761 --> 00:17:48,415
But he isright
about there being
434
00:17:48,458 --> 00:17:50,678
a conspiracy
against us voting.
435
00:17:50,721 --> 00:17:52,680
Well, it isa conspiracy.
436
00:17:52,723 --> 00:17:54,290
It is.
437
00:17:54,334 --> 00:17:56,510
"A group of peopleplotting purposefully
438
00:17:56,553 --> 00:17:58,120
to do something harmful."
439
00:17:58,164 --> 00:18:01,123
That is the definitionof "conspiracy," son,
440
00:18:01,167 --> 00:18:02,907
and it's been happening
since jump.
441
00:18:02,951 --> 00:18:05,214
So you get why there is
no point in voting.
442
00:18:05,258 --> 00:18:07,695
Hey, I seewhy you're frustrated, son.
443
00:18:07,738 --> 00:18:10,611
The machine was built
to keep us out.
444
00:18:10,654 --> 00:18:13,483
But the only time that thingschanged in this country
445
00:18:13,527 --> 00:18:15,790
is when people did
whatever it takes
446
00:18:15,833 --> 00:18:17,052
to make their voices count.
447
00:18:17,096 --> 00:18:19,315
From the Civil War
to Women's Suffrage
448
00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:22,188
to the Civil Rights
Movement,
449
00:18:22,231 --> 00:18:25,539
America got betterwhen more people voted.
450
00:18:25,582 --> 00:18:28,672
[ Leon Bridges'
"That Was Yesterday" plays ]
451
00:18:28,716 --> 00:18:31,936
♪
452
00:18:31,980 --> 00:18:36,027
♪ Yesterday, I had nothing
453
00:18:36,071 --> 00:18:39,988
♪ Didn't know whether
I'd amount to something ♪
454
00:18:40,031 --> 00:18:45,167
♪ I had holes in my shoes
and in my clothes ♪
455
00:18:45,211 --> 00:18:47,778
We must say
"Wake up, America! Wake up!"
456
00:18:47,822 --> 00:18:52,218
For we cannot stop, and we will
not and cannot be patient.
457
00:18:52,261 --> 00:18:54,785
Obama: ...and that the faith
of this democracy
458
00:18:54,829 --> 00:18:57,092
depends on how we use it,
459
00:18:57,136 --> 00:19:00,574
that democracy isn't automatic.
460
00:19:00,617 --> 00:19:03,664
It has to be nurtured.
461
00:19:03,707 --> 00:19:05,840
It has to be tended to.
462
00:19:05,883 --> 00:19:07,972
We have to work at it.
463
00:19:08,016 --> 00:19:09,452
It's hard.
464
00:19:09,496 --> 00:19:11,846
So we're also gonna have to
remember what John said --
465
00:19:11,889 --> 00:19:17,199
"If you don't do everything
you can do to change things,
466
00:19:17,243 --> 00:19:19,027
then they will remain the same."
467
00:19:19,070 --> 00:19:20,724
♪ That was yesterday
468
00:19:20,768 --> 00:19:23,205
"You only pass this way once.
469
00:19:23,249 --> 00:19:25,686
You have to give it
all you have."
470
00:19:25,729 --> 00:19:27,992
♪ That was yesterday
471
00:19:30,865 --> 00:19:33,041
So, you see,you
haveto vote, son.
472
00:19:34,912 --> 00:19:37,001
I knowit may sound hopeless,
473
00:19:37,045 --> 00:19:38,873
but that's whatthey want you to believe
474
00:19:38,916 --> 00:19:40,309
to keep you
from participating.
475
00:19:40,353 --> 00:19:44,400
But the ballotis the best weapon we have.
476
00:19:44,444 --> 00:19:45,923
[ Sighs ]
477
00:19:45,967 --> 00:19:48,796
Okay. Let me tell it to youlike this.
478
00:19:48,839 --> 00:19:51,755
There are people out therewho are working their asses off
479
00:19:51,799 --> 00:19:53,757
to keep us from voting.
480
00:19:53,801 --> 00:19:55,150
Now,they're only doing that
481
00:19:55,194 --> 00:19:58,675
because they are afraid
of our power.
482
00:20:00,938 --> 00:20:02,418
I'm gonna re-register.
483
00:20:02,462 --> 00:20:03,985
Good.
484
00:20:04,028 --> 00:20:05,421
All right, now,while you're out there
485
00:20:05,465 --> 00:20:07,249
doing thatfor the next couple of weeks,
486
00:20:07,293 --> 00:20:09,817
checking and double-checking
to make sure
487
00:20:09,860 --> 00:20:12,428
that you're still
on the voter rolls,
488
00:20:12,472 --> 00:20:14,038
can you check myname,
too?
489
00:20:14,082 --> 00:20:15,214
[ Chuckles ]
Of course.
490
00:20:15,257 --> 00:20:16,693
All right.
[ Chuckles ]
491
00:20:16,737 --> 00:20:18,565
Hey.
Hmm?
492
00:20:18,608 --> 00:20:21,176
You think I got booted
because we have the same name?
493
00:20:21,220 --> 00:20:23,483
You know, like, maybethey thought it was a duplicate?
494
00:20:23,526 --> 00:20:24,919
[ Chuckles ]
495
00:20:24,962 --> 00:20:27,226
You really thinkit's that simple, son?
496
00:20:27,269 --> 00:20:29,315
Nah.
497
00:20:29,358 --> 00:20:31,404
It was definitely
something sinister.
498
00:20:31,447 --> 00:20:32,970
Yeah.
That's my boy.
499
00:20:33,014 --> 00:20:33,971
Yeah.
500
00:20:34,015 --> 00:20:35,234
Uh-huh!
501
00:20:35,277 --> 00:20:38,106
That's Andre Jr.talking right there!
502
00:20:38,149 --> 00:20:39,194
Ha ha!
503
00:20:39,238 --> 00:20:40,674
I never thought he'd leave.
504
00:20:46,114 --> 00:20:48,116
Ooh. Sticker.
505
00:20:48,159 --> 00:20:50,292
♪
506
00:20:50,336 --> 00:20:51,598
What are you doing?
507
00:20:51,641 --> 00:20:52,773
I just voted.
508
00:20:52,816 --> 00:20:53,730
But you didn't leave
the house.
509
00:20:53,774 --> 00:20:55,428
Yeah, I'm voting by mail.
510
00:20:55,471 --> 00:20:57,691
Not surprisingly,they are doing all they can
511
00:20:57,734 --> 00:20:59,214
to slow down mail service,
512
00:20:59,258 --> 00:21:01,303
so I'm sending it inas early as possible.
513
00:21:01,347 --> 00:21:03,044
Mm. You trust
the post office?
514
00:21:03,087 --> 00:21:04,567
Of course I do.
515
00:21:04,611 --> 00:21:05,699
You don't?
516
00:21:05,742 --> 00:21:06,961
No way!
517
00:21:08,223 --> 00:21:10,356
Dr. Wilkins says that
all the post office delivers
518
00:21:10,399 --> 00:21:12,053
is diabetes.
519
00:21:12,096 --> 00:21:15,099
♪
520
00:21:15,143 --> 00:21:18,059
Thank God he can't vote yet.
521
00:21:18,102 --> 00:21:19,278
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