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? I know my parents loved me ?

? Stand behind me Come what may ?

? I know now that I'm ready, yeah ?

? For I finally heard them say ?

? It's a different world ?

? Than where you come from ?

? Yes, it is now, yeah ?

? Here's our chance to make it ?

? And if we focus on our goal ?

? You can dish it We can take it ?

? Hey, just remember That you've been told ?

? It's a different world ?

? It's a different world ?

? It's a different world ?

? It's a different world ?

? Yeah, than where you come from ?

? Than where you come from ?

�I come downstage, and you follow me downstage

for 16 counts of this,

and then everything goes into blue. Everything goes into blue.

Then I have eight counts of-

Excuse me. Excuse me!

I'm trying to mark my steps.

Can you pipe down? Put a lid on it?

I would be happy to comply with your wishes�

Thank you.

�if I understood what they were.

Never mind.

Erika, can I have some music, please?

Wait, wait.

Your Alvin Ailey dance tribute is still too long.

Do you expect me to compact Mr. Ailey's work

- into a measly five minutes? - Yes.

Four would be even better.

All right, Erika, hit it.

Dwayne? Thank you.

Got you covered, babe.

? Wade in the water ?

? Wade in the water, children ?

? Wade in the water ?

? God is gonna trouble the water ?

? Wade in the water ?

? Wade in the water� ?

Dwayne! Dwayne, the spot's over here.

Yeah, just changing bulbs.

? �God is gonna trouble the water ?

? See that man all dressed in white ?

? God is gonna trouble the water ?

? Looks like a man of the Israelites ?

? God is gonna trouble the water ?

? See that band all dressed in red ?

? God is gonna trouble the water ?

? Looks like the band that Moses led ?

? God is gonna trouble the water ?

? Wade in the water� ?

Hello.

That looks like an Ailey composition.

Not exactly.

It's my tribute to Mr. Ailey.

You're familiar with his work?

Very.

- I'm Julian. - Whitley.

- You don't look like a Whitley. - Who do I look like?

I think Camille.

- That's beautiful. - Then it's appropriate.

Well, Julian, how come I haven't seen you around campus before?

I haven't been here. I'm on an exchange program from Georgetown.

You look very mature to be an undergraduate student.

I took a couple years off

to research post-colonial economic development

in Nigeria and Senegal.

Fascinating!

After grad school, I'm going into foreign service,

the diplomatic corps, State Department.

I'd be proud to have you serving-

You, dude by the stage! Yeah, you, curly.

Could you back up a little? You're casting a shadow. Thank you.

Yo, twinkle toes.

Does not mean you.

Listen, have you seen Freddie Brooks?

What do you want with her?

We're on a committee together. Hillman Students against Apartheid.

She mixed up our fliers with the programs from this celebration.

Julian, the programs. I'm so sorry about the mix up.

That's okay. How's the research coming?

What research?

A list of local companies with holdings in South Africa

'cause we're organizing a boycott.

A boycott! Finally.

Just tell me what I shouldn't buy.

In fact, do you need any extra envelope stuffers?

What? You never-

I never miss an opportunity to get involved�

in any capacity.

Come to our next meeting.

I'm there. When is it?

As soon as Freddie finishes the boycott list.

Avanti, Freddie.

Let us not hold freedom hostage to procrastination.

The fliers are backstage.

Very nice meeting you, Whitley.

Welcome to Hillman�

- Julian. - Yo, Whitley!

Get moving, or come show time you'll have to flick your own Bic.

Did I say cue the music?

Thank you.

Walter, I want to check CSF and Orange Glow.

We've already checked those companies. They divested.

I checked these annual reports out of the graduate library,

the grown folks library, on my card. Don't lose them.

Don't take them out this building.

- Just read them right here. - Here?

Stand there. Who knows? You might get a date.

Winifred Brooks, who was that man

and why have you kept him hidden?

- Who? - Julian. Does he live alone?

Whitley, I don't have time for this. Gotta go through annual reports.

- Finish my boycott list. - You and your list.

Don't you ever think of anybody but yourself?

Ladies, humble friends, meet a recipient

of the Charles Drew pre-medical scholarship!

Awarded by the Harrelson Pharmaceutical Company

to extraordinary, extraordinarily brilliant students.

Yes! This is fantastic!

Kim, I'm so ecstatic for you. Now about Julian�

You have to be almost perfect to get that scholarship.

They also gave me a job in their research department

starting immediately!

No more slinging hash for Mr. Gaines.

Good-bye, hairnet. Hello, lab coat.

Isn't that nice?

Does Julian live on or off campus?

I have to tell Mr. Gaines I'm quitting.

Uh-oh. He's probably going to put black armbands on the chili dogs.

Okay, Freddie.

You got ten minutes to give me the lowdown.

Where is he from? What do his parents do?

Does he have a girlfriend? Someone to bump off?

Mr. Gaines?

Don't talk to me unless the Berlin Wall is going back up

or they discontinued Dippity Do.

I guess it hasn't been a good day.

That butterfingers, Clarence Peel,

spilled dishwashing liquid all over my ground round.

I'm sure he didn't mean to.

He tried to wipe the meat off like nobody'd know,

until I looked at the grill and saw bubbles in my burgers

after I ate one.

Montezuma is going to take his revenge tonight.

What do you want?

Well, sir, I've come to give you two weeks' notice.

Notice of what?

I got offered a position at Harrelson Pharmaceuticals.

Too bad. You already have a job.

I promise I will train my replacement

to be just as efficient as I am.

You'd have better luck training fleas not to jump.

Clarence Peel, leave my Brillo pads alone.

I don't want steel wool in my tuna melts.

You still have me for another two weeks.

Don't turn freakish on me in the end.

I want your mind in this kitchen,

not at Harold and Sons Farm Supplies.

Harrelson Pharmaceuticals.

Do they make good cotton swabs?

The brand Velma use has skimpy tips.

They hurt my ears.

I'll look into it.

And thank you for understanding. Mwah!

Mm-hmm.

Brother, brother.

To the northwest and heading south.

Brick house alert.

Ah!

Stay cool now.

I only caught the rear view.

This could be a classic case of dreamboat body and shipwreck face.

Come on, turn around. Turn around, baby.

Homey, I got a foolproof plan.

Ah-choo!

Damn!

Hello.

What are we reading?

De Tocqueville. In French, no less.

Oui, ma belle.

What do you study?

- Art history. - What area?

Um, French and American paintings of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Let me guess.

You're a Renoir lover.

Nuh-uh.

Those fuzzy pink ladies have adorned too many cheap chocolate boxes.

- I like Rodin. - Why?

Uh�

Because his sculpture has such movement and power and�

Sex.

That, too.

His model and lover

was a brilliant sculptress in her own right.

- Was she? - And her name was Camille.

Oh.

Well, Julian, since you speak French,

why don't you join our French table?

We meet every Thursday night.

Why wait till then? Why don't we have our own French table?

Why not, indeed?

Dinner, tomorrow night.

Yes.

I'll pick you up at 7:00?

7:00 it is.

I live in Gilbert.

See you tomorrow, Julian.

See you tomorrow, Camille.

Camille?

What is he, a Muslim or something?

You just can't go changing a woman's name like that.

- Ron, let it go. - No, man! This is disgusting!

Perfect.

Wearing jeans on a date? I'm calling your mother.

Kim, be happy for me and Julian.

From our very first hello

something inside me said, "This is right."

You don't hear that when you're with Dwayne?

With Dwayne, I�

I don't know.

He's so� sweet.

I hate that in a guy.

You know what I mean.

I don't want a man to bare his soul to me

like he's whipping off his undershirt.

I want him to reveal it� slowly

but surely.

Are we talking about love or striptease?

Maybe both.

I don't know, girl.

I just made a discovery

that's going to rock this casbah to its foundation.

I know, Whitley's wearing jeans on a date.

She is? This is bigger than that.

Orange Glow soda company, the largest employer of Hillman students,

has not, I repeat, not divested from South Africa.

They did, three years ago.

They lied. They still own the bottling plant there

and provide the syrup.

If you need help organising the boycott, I'm with you.

I'll forfeit my daily can of Tangelo Fizz.

This is a lot bigger than soda.

They built our library. They support our chemistry lab.

No, that's Harrelson Pharmaceutical.

A fully owned subsidiary of Orange Glow.

So Orange Glow funds the Charles Drew pre-medical scholarship?

That's right.

My scholarship.

Oh, Kim, I'm sorry.

Said the iceberg to the Titanic.

You have the tact and timing of a bulldozer.

- It's not her fault. - Yes, it is!

We'll pretend this conversation never took place.

I will not withhold the truth.

Besides, I already told the school paper.

Splendid!

Kim, just ignore her.

Go right on and enjoy your scholarship.

- If she keeps it. - She will keep it.

Won't you, Kim?

- I don't know. - Yes, you do know.

You have worked too hard to throw this away on some idealistic whim.

Like protesting the fact

that 28 million Black South Africans don't have the right to vote?

So you think that the president of South Africa

is going to hear this news flash and say,

"Kim Reese gave up her scholarship.

"I feel terrible.

"Let's let all the Black people go to the polls"?

It's a gesture of solidarity. It's symbolic.

It's dumb!

If I don't keep this scholarship,

I'll have to work two jobs next year.

My dad's medical expenses, my parents are tapped out.

Kim, I'll help you in any way that I can.

I can sell incense on the street-

I'm sure that's how the surgeon general financed her education.

Knock, knock, Whitley, your date is downstairs

and he is looking tasty.

Julian?

He's early.

Girl, you better hurry up.

The sharks are already circling.

She's keeping it.

Hello, Julian

You look good.

Sorry I'm early but I just found out Orange Glow soda company-

Hasn't divested from South Africa.

Isn't that terrible?

The Hillman Students against Apartheid are holding an emergency meeting tonight.

Oh!

Can I have a rain check on our date?

Of course.

I'm glad you understand.

I hope the school shows the same sense of responsibility

when we ask them to cut their financial ties with Orange Glow.

When you say, "cut financial ties,"

you don't mean scholarships?

I mean everything.

But, Julian,

- my roommate� - Mmm.

�was just awarded a scholarship from Orange Glow.

I'm sorry.

- Can I count on you? - What for?

Not to ask the students to give their scholarships back.

At least until Kimmie cashes her little check.

Whitley, I sympathize with your roommate's situation

but I can't do that.

Why not?

We can't accept money from a company that supports a system

based on racial segregation and exploitation.

Kim didn't create apartheid. Why should she suffer?

She has responsibility, we all do,

to the brothers and sisters in South Africa.

I don't even know them!

I know Kim!

How can you be so shortsighted?

And what grand sacrifice have you made, Julian?

Are you giving up a scholarship?

You are completely missing the point.

Au contraire, I think I've hit it.

I'm not on financial aid, either,

but I don't go around dictating

the social responsibilities of those who are.

- That's not what I'm doing. - Sounds like it.

You're not listening.

You're blowing more hot air than a bellow.

If you think about it,

- you'll realize that I'm right. - Mm-hmm. No, I won't.

And� your rain check just bounced, buddy.

How's it going, Georgetown?

Bounce, bounce, bounce.

It is clear to us that the reforms undertaken

by the South African government in the last five years

are a direct result of international economic pressures.

Sanctions work!

We must force Orange Glow to divest now!

They lied to us. I say we storm the executive offices!

Sit your butt down.

Hillman Students against Apartheid proposes an immediate

and total boycott of all Orange Glow products.

- I'm for that. - Absolutely.

In addition,

Hillman must cut all financial ties with Orange Glow.

Whoa, Julian.

How do we do that?

Do we give the library back book by book?

What about people who are paying their way with jobs from Orange Glow?

What about scholarships?

We don't need the oppressor's filthy orange money!

Ron, not so fast.

That orange money funds the engineering lab.

We'll replace the dollars of oppression with alumni dollars.

- They support the athletic programs. - Have you seen the gym?

We listen to you, we won't have a school.

So you're saying accept the status quo.

close our eyes and take Orange Glow's money?

No, Rap Brown. That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying ask for more.

Orange Glow misled us. Let them make it up to us.

Let's get more scholarship money out of them.

Make them bring more South African students here to Hillman.

And create more lackeys for the system?

If we accept funds from a corrupt company like Orange Glow,

what does that make us?

College graduates!

And in the case of my roommate,

Kimberly Reese, a brilliant doctor.

Whitley, not now.

I fully support divestment

but I don't think any student should give up their scholarship to achieve it.

Exactly! What did you say?

My education is funded by the factory

in which my father has toiled all his life

for 17 cents an hour.

Once I've completed my studies,

I will go home to carry on the struggle.

But I can never go home.

At 13 years of age,

I was arrested for participating in the student protests in Soweto.

Many of my friends died in those protests.

We may not agree on how to address the problem,

but we must agree to do something.

Right on! Fight the power!

Fight that power, man!

Wait a minute.

Hold, hold!

Kobie, if we Americans use Orange Glow's blood money

to get an education,

how do the people of South Africa benefit?

By the example of your triumph.

When you grow up in a South African township,

all you see is poverty and disease.

You eat rotten food, you breathe foul air.

Then you see the white suburb where the air is clean,

the houses so beautiful.

You begin to ask yourself why is it so?

And the only logical answer seems to be that, as a Black person,

squalor and shame are all that you deserve,

because by nature you're inferior.

Didn't you know any Black people who lived decently?

Any at all?

Whitley, you see, you cannot even conceive of it.

And until I came here I could not conceive of people like you.

Neither could we.

Your ancestors once counted for three-fifths of a person.

But today

you submit candidates for the presidency.

Here, I learned that the way it is

is not the way it has to be.

So, you're saying it all works itself back?

Exactly.

In light of what Kobie and my man here said,

I suggest we ask Hillman

to put Orange Glow on a timetable to withdraw from South Africa.

The problem is their timetable is not the same as ours.

I know their timetable, PDQ!

So, Kim. You don't have to thank me. I just did what needed to be done.

I'm not taking the scholarship.

Why? Kobie said you can keep it and he's African.

If I do, I'll know that I could have made a stand, and I didn't.

Kim, how are you going to manage?

I have to, so I will.

A full course load? Two jobs?

Oh, my gosh! My job! Mr. Gaines!

But, Kim, Kobie said you can't give it up!

You didn't listen.

My roommate is giving up her scholarship.

I guess she thought you were right.

I'm not sure I was.

You weren't, but you were arrogant.

And you were presumptuous and narrow-minded.

You were cold-hearted and insensitive.

- Will you have dinner with me? - Absolutely.

? Zembe sigaule ?

? Woza woza ?

? Yelelema ?

? Woza woza ?

? Sigaule ?

? Woza woza ?

? Yelelema ?

? Woza woza ?

? Sigaule� ?

- Mr. Gaines? - Mm-hmm.

You're going to think I'm crazy. Maybe I am.

- But I want my job back. - Mm.

See, Harrelson Pharmaceuticals turned out-

Would you help me seal this?

"Orange Glow soda company"?

You're sending back the syrup?

Won't be buying it again

until those people straighten up and fly right.

When you're finished taping that,

- wipe off the counter, please. - Thank you, sir.

Clarence Peel,

I don't pay you to stand there

and smell ammonia bottles.

This is not "the cleaning fluid of the month club."

- Kim, get this boy out of my kitchen.

And while you're in there, fire me up a burger.

And don't skimp on the cheese.

? Hulala hulala hulala ?

? Hem hem ?

? Hulala hulala hulala ?

? Hem hem ?

? Hulala hulala hulala Hem hem� ?

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