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And that would be, if you would be my wife.

- Yes. - Yes!

Yeah.

You taught me how to depend on myself.

You taught me how to love, Whitley.

You taught me how to love.

If we were all that to each other,

why didn't our relationship work?

Well�

good-bye, Whitley Gilbert.

If there is any man who can show just cause,

let him now speak,

or forever hold their peace.

Whitley, I love you, and if you'll have me, I want you to be my wife.

- What are you doing? - I'm sorry, Byron, I love her.

- Die, just die! - Let it go, man!

Will you have me, Dwayne, as your lawfully-wedded husband

from this day forth,

to have and to hold, in richer, for poorer?

Baby, please! Please!

I do!

What a dream.

Good morning, Mrs. Wayne.

I really am married, huh?

Really, and for true?

Woman, you are very, very married.

- What if I'm still dreaming? - Then don't wake up.

? I know my parents love me ?

? Stand behind me Come what may ?

? Come what may ?

? I realize that I'm ready ?

? I'm ready ?

? 'Cause I finally heard them say ?

? I heard them say ?

- ? It's a different world ? - ? It's a different world ?

? From where you come from ?

? A different world ?

? Now, here's our chance to make it ?

? Here's our chance ?

? If we focus on our goal ?

? Focus on our goal ?

? If you dish it We can take it ?

? We can take it ?

? Just remember that you've been told ?

? That it's a different world ?

? It's a different world ?

? It's a different world ?

? It's a different world ?

? From where you come from ?

? It's a different world ?

? It's a different world ?

? From where you come from ?

? It's a different world ?

? From where you come from, yeah ?

Stop switching the channels of the boob tube,

and seize the levers of power of the voting booth.

My young brother�

Yes, homie, I'm talking to you.

Talk? Baby, I'm about getting busy.

Isn't that sweet?

I'm married, honey.

Bet, I ain't looking for no commitment.

I'm trying to get your little booty to vote.

I got to go.

You're gonna hip-hip-hop your rights away.

Mrs. Wayne, you need to work on your rap. What's happening? Come on.

- I can't help it, Dwayne. I'm on fire. - I know.

I mean, what happened to us during my honeymoon was just�

I don't know, I want to sound the alarm! Tell the world!

But baby, you're annoying.

- Hey, what's happening? - What's happening, bro?

Oh. Hello, Mrs. "Leave Byron crying" Wayne.

That's not funny. I'm tired of those Byron jokes.

This is a new face and a lovely one, I might add.

Ron Johnson at your service with a smile.

What cemetery did you rob?

Your name and year?

Oh, he already graduated, Dean.

- Barely. - Hey.

Just an old wolf snooping around for young buds.

Out, out, out, wolf!

Wait, wait, I am not here to look for some young bud.

I'm here to pluck a freshly bloomed flower, Kimberly Reese.

Kim's registering at medical school. Got a big future ahead of her.

And don't you screw it up.

Dean Davenport, I've unpacked, called my mama,

my man, Lance, and the head of the business department

to discuss career opportunities in a corporation

for a female multilingual African American,

but he ain't home.

Damn.

I didn't know a tongue could wag that fast.

Is there anything else I should know about, Dean?

Yes. An hour of silence.

I can get with that.

Dean Dorothy Dandridge Davenport.

You can call me Dean Davenport.

Your name and year?

And can I get you a sewing kit?

Lena James, '95.

And this, Dean, is my style.

Hi! I'm Charmaine Tyesha Brown, your roommate.

Did you get my letter?

All 18 pages.

I was brief, and I've completely forgotten that you were trying to hit on my man�

Wait a minute. Who is your man?

Who is that?

- Mm-mm. Well, well, well. - He is too fine.

That's Hillman's new basketball star, Dorian Heywood.

Never trust tight buns and a smile.

I heard that.

Kim!

Oh, Kim, my beauty, my empress, my queen.

- Hello. - Nefertiti of my heart.

I'd be entombed with you anytime.

Will you be my mummy?

Oh, Ron. You haven't lost that certain poetic something.

Wait till you hear my drum solo, "Congas for Kim."

Let me hum a few bars.

No, that's okay. I think I know the tune. It's okay.

- Huh? - It's okay.

Oh, well. More importantly, I, Ron "International Olympic Booty" Johnson

was� frequently faithful.

It's all right, Ron. I mean,

we made no promises I couldn't keep.

What does that mean?

I mean, why dwell on the past when we have the future?

No, what does that mean?

While we're talking about the future, can I bunk with you a couple of nights?

I'm in between cribs.

I'll have to ask Freddie, she's my roommate.

We're running this dorm together.

You mean I have to look at her? Oh! And that funky Shazza

when I come out of your bedroom in the morning?

No. You'll see them when you wake up in the living room in the morning.

Well, that's cool.

But one day, and soon,

you're going to be begging for Ron "Mac Daddy" Johnson like I am.

- Kimmie, Kimmie! - Mrs. Wayne!

You look wonderful.

It's the glow of abstinence.

Colonel Taylor. Hey, bruh.

- There you are, Dwayne. - The missus.

And Mrs. Dwayne Wayne.

- Look at you. - I still go by Gilbert.

- Do you really? - No, you don't still go by Gilbert.

Oh, gosh. Listen, listen.

How did your folks take the news of the marriage?

Well, you know, Dad was cool. Mom sent us a funeral wreath.

No, she didn't.

With a note on it that said,

"Call me when you divorce Miss Thing."

No, she didn't.

Look at her.

Some sisters just put all their merchandise in the window.

That's our other roommate.

Oh, hi!

I'm Charmaine Tyesha Brown, your new roommate.

Hi. I'm Gina Devereaux. Nice to--

Put that down. I'm waiting for a man to pick it up.

You're gonna be waiting a long time.

Why don't you just trot your hot pants over here to the registration booth

so we can get you voting.

Oh, please. You can drop that politically involved routine.

You didn't even marry the senator. Which reminds me,

when am I gonna get my toaster back?

I don't know about anyone else, but I want to hear about the honeymoon.

- No, you don't. - Yes!

Yes!

- It was pretty nice. - Details.

Not that kind of nice, you tramps.

I beg your pardon?

- Dwayne, you know what I mean. - Do I?

Would you tell the damn story?

- We went to Los Angeles. - Oh. Was it nice?

During the riots.

? I know my parents love me ?

? Standing by me ?

? Come what may ?

? Come what may ?

? Then I realize now I'm ready ?

? I'm ready ?

? 'Cause I finally heard them say ?

? It's a different world ?

? It's a different world ?

? From where you come from ?

? From where you come from ?

? Now here's our chance to make it ?

? If we focus on our goal ?

? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ?

? If you can dish it We can take it ?

? Just remember that you've been told ?

? You've been told ?

? It's a different world ?

? It's a different world ?

? It's a different world ?

? It's a different world ?

? From where you come from ?

? It's a different world ?

- ? Than where you come from ? - ? It's a different world ?

? It's a different world ?

? It's a different world ?

- ? Than where you come from ? - ? It's a different world ?

? Here's our chance to make it ?

? If we focus on our goal ?

? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ?

? If you can dish it We can take it ?

? Just remember that you've been told ?

? Don't you know ?

? It's a different world ?

? It's a different world ?

? Than where you come from ?

? It's a different world ?

? It's a different world ?

? It's a different world ?

? Than where you Than where you come from ?

? It's a different world ?

? Don't you know ?

? It's a different world ?

? It's a different world ?

Everybody say, "Ho!"

Hey, what are you doing?

They're gonna announce the Rodney King verdict.

Oh, we know what they're gonna say. "Guilty! Guilty! Guilty!"

Everybody saw that videotape.

You never know.

Are you gonna tell me that the members of that jury don't have VCRs?

This is America, the land of justice for all.

Yeah, right.

Don't you remember how nice those lovely salespeople were to us today?

And we were in the finest of shops.

So, those salespeople were on the jury?

Totally missed the point.

Well, I'm lost. Help me. What is your point?

Progress. This is not 1965 in Selma, Alabama.

Times have changed, and so should this station.

So, you're telling me

that just because your money is now good at Gucci,

that the struggle is over?

I'm not saying it's over, Dwayne.

I'm just saying it's not as hard.

For who, Whitley? Most Black folk never get a chance

to test your theory in those boutiques of democracy.

The brothers in South Central got it a lot harder.

- South Central? - Yeah.

Oh. That's where they shot Boyz n the Hood.

Oh. I know what you're thinking.

You're thinking, "Here I am, Mr. Dwayne Homeboy

with this bougie flibbertigibbet."

That's not what I was thinking.

- Yes, you were. - No, really.

I would never use no words like "flibbertigibbet."

Well, just because I don't spend my life walking around

with this cloud of oppression looming over my head,

doesn't mean I'm not concerned, informed and aware.

Dwayne, you're going the wrong way to go to the mall.

Mall? We're going to the forum to get the tickets to the game tonight.

You told me we were gonna go to Melrose Court tonight.

Are you crazy? Look at the back seat of this sled, Mrs. Santa.

- I'll drop this out of the car. - That's my new dress, Dwayne.

Get off me. Sick, sick child.

I am not sick. I'm materialistic, and I am going to that mall

even if I have to walk on my own feet.

- What are you doing? - I'll show you what I'm doing.

- Dwayne. - I'll show you what I'm doing.

Madame.

- Okay, fine. - Fine.

Fine.

Put them suede orange mules where your mouth is.

Cantaloupe.

Your cantaloupe orange mules where your mouth is.

Have a lovely trip.

See ya.

Drives me crazy.

Drives me� wild.

Hey, hey. Hey, slim.

Sure look good to me. Look good enough to eat.

Wouldn't mind being a pleat in one of them shorts.

Come on, shorty. I'm talking to you, girl.

Last chance to change your mind and come with your loving husband Mandingo

over to the forum to pick up our tickets for the game tonight.

You wanna do that?

Oh, you don't know who I am. You want to ignore me now.

All right, listen.

Have your little self outside the mall at 6:00 p.m. sharp.

I'll be back to get you.

If Denzel don't pick me up first.

Denzel, Denzel, Denzel.

Or Eddie or Wesley.

You left her on the street? That's cold-blooded.

- I'm impressed. - Excuse me?

Depressed, man.

How could you treat your sister that way?

Thank you.

You know what? That verdict is all the proof we need to prove

that there's no respect for Black people here.

So you're gonna buy a one-way ticket to Africa?

They don't love us either.

Yeah, I ain't seen any ads saying, "Come back to Zimbabwe."

Don't cheat me, okay? We need our own nation.

Oh, Sarafina, please.

Yo, man, looks like you sweatin' my girl.

I just appreciate someone who's politically aware.

Look, man, if we gonna be roommates, you might as well be straight with me.

As fine as she is, slow, you blow.

That's not my style. Besides, she's a sophomore.

Weak.

No, no.

Who's gonna be the president of your little nation

of Lilliputians.

The Lilliputian nation.

What�

Hello.

The freshman orientation is at four o'clock, sweetheart.

Thank you.

The defense won their case based on what they claim happened

before and after the video.

If the prosecution had done some prosecuting,

- we wouldn't even be sitting here. - That's right.

They only called six witnesses. And the defense called 49.

They didn't even call Rodney King.

Oh, Rodney King and his wine cooler and processed hair

- did not need to take the stand. - Ron!

Come on, Kim. A couple of weeks after the verdict,

he was caught getting drunk in a white neighborhood.

If you're gonna get drunk, stay home and drive erratic

in the comfort of your own driveway.

That's pretty harsh there, pal.

It had nothing to do with the prosecution.

The minute they moved the trial, it was over.

The point is, nothing ever changes.

- Hi, everybody. - Hey�

I take that back.

Freddie?

So, what's going on?

What in the hell happened to you?

- Freddie's going to law school. - No.

- Congratulations, Winifred. - Thank you, my sister.

- And you look fabulous. - Wait a minute. Hold it. Hold it.

- They're worth it. - Thank you.

What is up with this Robin Givens look?

They're just clothes.

Are you serious?

Yes, I am, and I plan to be taken seriously.

Freddie, you're buying into the system.

And you used to be about something.

I am about something. I'm about studying this system,

understanding it, so I can change it.

I'm your secret weapon, little sister.

So, if and when you finally decide to walk some of this talk and march,

then I will be the one making sure you don't get arrested, oh, militant one.

Goodbye, Tracy Chapman.

Hello, Barbara Jordan.

She's changed.

I, too, have changed.

I think LA, what happened in Los Angeles,

has changed all of us.

Excuse me. I was looking at that.

"Was" is right, 'cause I'm looking at it now.

Just a moment, missy.

No, actually, the name is Ianta,

but you can call me dark and lovely.

So quick with the zingers.

You don't understand. I was here first, looking at it first,

- so it belongs to-- - Miss Scarlett,

that may work on the other side of town, but you're in LA now.

Don't let me turn street on you.

Hey, honey, I ain't no magician.

Please give me the flower. Just give it to me.

- Oh, my God! - What happened?

They just acquitted the officers that beat up Rodney King.

How can they acquit them? It was on tape.

- Hard evidence. - Yeah, we all saw it.

Girl, please.

They can beat us, kill us,

do whatever they want to do,

and get off just like they always have.

We still have the constitution to protect us.

When that piece of paper was written,

African people in this country were slaves, all of us.

We sisters were considered nothing but bed-warmers.

Well, we have our rights now.

I mean, they're not gonna deny me. I'm an African American.

Here Miss Lamb Chop,

stop worrying about integrating and being accepted,

and start thinking about building,

for yourself, for our people,

so that we can provide a future for our children.

The Simi Valley jury delivered a verdict of not guilty

for three of the four police officers accused in the beating trial�

Oh, no!

In the case of the fourth officer, Officer Powell,

it was a hung jury resulting in a mistrial. Prosecution�

Damn! Damn, I knew it.

I knew it. Yeah.

Okay, stop what you're doing. Stop it.

What are you stopping me for? What did I do, huh?

What are we stopping him for, sir?

I'm not afraid of you, and these windows are bulletproof.

Well, I guess I brought my Uzi for nothing, man.

Drop it to the ground.

Man, where would I be hiding a Uzi?

The guy is in shorts.

Stop trying to control the situation.

Put your hands behind your head and step back.

You are under arrest.

Why are we arresting the guy? For assaulting his tires?

You're getting on my nerves.

Why were you kicking those tires?

This is a classic auto.

Because your boy Daryl Gates won, man.

Who are you calling "boy," pal?

Rodney King was dangerous and under the influence of PCP.

Don't you-- You know what?

"Pins and needles, needles and pins."

- "A happy man is a man who wins." - He's talking to himself.

He's talking to himself.

Make out a report. Make out a report.

African American male�

- two-hundred pounds� - Two-hundred pounds?

Me, 200 pounds?

Go on a diet, chubby!

Don't get vain with me.

Get near the car, near the car.

Attention, shoppers.

Due to the looting and fires in the vicinity,

Melrose Court will be closing early this evening.

Please evacuate the building.

Sorry, everyone, we're closing.

Miss, you have to leave.

But I don't have anywhere to go. My husband's not coming till 6:00.

Well, that's not my fault or my problem.

Excuse me, can anybody give me a ride?

Can I bum a ride from you, please?

Taxi! Dwayne. Dwayne.

Okay, Dwayne.

Okay, Dwayne, you got to be home. Please.

Hello. Hello. This is Whitley Gilbert.

Mrs. Wayne from room 410.

Yes, I'm at this Melrose Court in�

Could you send me a limo right away?

Of course you can.

Well, send me a cab.

I don't care.

Look, if my husband calls,

you be sure that you tell him I got out a little early.

Hello? Hello!

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