Trevor Noah turns Ben Carson's slaves were 'immigrants' comment into an Oscar movie

When you have no words, only satirical short films.
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Heather Dockray
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There's no way to repeat what Ben Carson said this Monday without uttering a loud "Ugh" and shaking your head in a familiar despair for at least one minute, flat.

Thankfully, Trevor Noah found a way. On The Daily Show last night, Noah went after the neurosurgeon for essentially arguing that slaves were, in fact, just immigrants serving unpaid internships.

To illustrate his point, Noah turned 12 Years a Slave into a movie about an unpaid immigrant and, well.

Watch and then cry without stopping for yourself.

Someone please make it stop.

Topics Trevor Noah

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Heather Dockray

Heather was the Web Trends reporter at Mashable NYC. Prior to joining Mashable, Heather wrote regularly for UPROXX and GOOD Magazine, was published in The Daily Dot and VICE, and had her work featured in Entertainment Weekly, Jezebel, Mic, and Gawker. She loves small terrible dogs and responsible driving. Follow her on Twitter @wear_a_helmet.

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