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Come on, Eddie. Don't be so negative.

You'll make the basketball team just like I am. Because you're as good as I

Well, thanks.

I wouldn't say I'm fantastic.

Maybe just sensational.

Hang on a minute, Eddie.

What do you want, Tootie?

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Oh, hey, thanks, Tootie.

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I'll meet you in the playground in ten minutes to give you some more pointers.

Oh, okay, Eddie. Bye.

Poor Eddie.

He's got no confidence.

He's not like you. You're full of it.

You know what, Tootie?

You really grow on a person.

Like a wart.

If that's your attitude, Willis, I'll just give these bunnies to Arnold.

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P .S. While I'm at the library, be sure Willis doesn't grab my hair. He's

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Arnold's always so nice to me. He knows how to treat a guest.

I'll say.

Since you arrived, he's never around.

Listen, Mr. Conroy, I did what I thought was right.

I don't need any hot -headed, hostile lawyer to tell me how to run my

And I resent being spoken to that way.

All right, then, sue me.

But remember, the burden of proof is on your side.

Arrogant, self -righteous son of a barrister.

Dad, what are you so mad about? Who's mad?

I think you are. Your ears are turning purple.

How do you like that?

He's going to sue me.

That lowlife, that crumb. Who's suing you? One of my best friends.

At least he used to be.

Charlie Williams.

Mr. Williams?

Well, he's worked for you for such a long time, Daddy. Twenty years.

How can he do this to me? I gave him his first big break at the company.

Then why is he suing you, Mr. Drummond?

Did you fire him?

No, I gave him a raise.

Oh, well, that makes sense.

I don't understand, Dad.

Well, what he wanted was to be promoted to be supervisor of sales.

I gave him a raise instead.

I can understand he's being upset at not getting the job, but for him to take me

into court, suing me for a million dollars.

A million dollars?

What happens if he wins?

First, I cry.

And then I strangled my lawyer.

Well, Daddy, why didn't you give Mr. Williams a promotion?

Wasn't he qualified?

Oh, sure he was. There's nobody better than Charlie. But I had to bring in a

man from outside the company.

Why? That's not fair.

Well, in the first place, the new man is black.

On second thought, sounds fair to me.

You mean this new guy beat out Mr. Williams just because he's black?

Well, no.

More because he's not white.

What is he, off -white?

Look, it was a very difficult situation, kids.

It all came down to a question of affirmative action.

But that's not fair, Daddy. Your old friend doesn't get the job because of

color of his skin.

Affirmative action is very important to minority people.

It helps make up for all the jobs and promotions that they haven't had over

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That's right, Mr.

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Coach really worked our tails.

Yeah, I guess he's trying to figure out whose tail to cut.

Yeah, well, if I don't make the team, I'm not going to cry about it.

I'll just kill myself.

Taking the easy way out, huh?

Hey, Willis, you were really a streak out there, man. I mean, you really

Oh, I don't know about that, Eddie.

I mean, what did I do?

I just begged out the first thing, senior.

Didn't hit my jump shot.

Man,

there's no way you can miss making the team. Oh, come on, Eddie. You're going

make the team, too. I doubt it.

Listen, the coach is really aware of you. Yeah, only because I hit him in the

head with the ball.

Well, at least you got his attention.

Okay, okay, guys, listen up.

Now, before I read the list of the new guys who made it, I just want to say

I got almost my whole team coming back from last year, and there's only room

five of you.

But I want to thank you all for giving it your best, and better luck next year.

Okay, here's the lucky five.

Joe Patterson.

All right, all right.

Eddie Sanders.

Is that me?

Okay,

okay, come on, settle down, guys.

Waldo Henry.

First practice, same time tomorrow, guys.

Hey, you didn't make it. I don't believe it, man. You're ten times better than I

am. Would you stop having my nervous breakdown?

Where's Jackson?

He went home, coach.

He's pretty upset.

I don't blame him.

Hi, sweetheart.

Hi, Daddy.

How did Willis make out in the tryouts today?

I don't know. He isn't back yet.

I sure hope he makes the team. Well, if confidence counts, he not only made it,

but the New York Knicks have signed him for the next 25 years.

That's a little far -fetched.

20, maybe.

I'm really proud of that boy.

Hey, here he is.

How'd you do, son?

Did you make the varsity team? I didn't even make water, boy.

I'm not on the team.

Oh, no.

I'm sorry, son.

I let you down, Dad. No, not at all. I'm sure you did your best.

I just don't understand.

I thought I played so good.

But I guess if I shot the ball as good as I shut up my mouth, I'd have made the

team. Hey, I think it's terrific that they thought you were good enough to try

out. Hey, yeah, well, listen, just work real hard and you'll be good enough next

year. Yeah, but I thought I was good enough this year.

I don't get it.

I'm better than my friend Eddie, and he made the team.

Eddie? Isn't that the kid you were helping?

Yeah, I built my own monster.

Just call me Dr.

Frankenstein.

Well, listen, you can still play on the junior varsity or the freshman team,

can't you?

Dad, our school hadn't had those teams for years.

It was different in your day, Daddy.

Yeah.

Things were a lot different when I went to Neanderthal High.

Mr. Drummond? Yes.

I'm Coach Nichols. Oh, hi, Coach.

Nice to meet you. Come on in.

As a matter of fact, we were just talking about you.

I can imagine.

Your son has told me a lot about you.

This is my daughter, Kimberly.

Hi, Kimberly. Of course, you know Willis, whom you just cut from the team.

I knew this wasn't going to be easy.

Won't you sit down? No, thanks. I just came by to tell Willis something.

Don't tell me you're going to cut me again.

Look,

Willis, you deserve an explanation about that.

Well, it seems obvious.

Apparently, he wasn't good enough to be on the team.

He was good enough.

It's just there's pressure from the community.

But what has that got to do with Willis? There are a lot of groups putting

pressure on the schools.

They want the school team to reflect the ethnic balance of the school. And you

know our basketball team. It's slightly unbalanced.

It's all black.

I guess what we're really talking about here is affirmative action.

Well... When it came down to the last spot on the team and there was a good

enough white player trying out... You mean you gave it to Eddie just because

he's white?

He's also a pretty good ball player.

Look, I'm sorry, Willis, but, hey, next year I'm sure you're going to make it.

Unless the boat people try out for the team.

Well, I'd better be going. Nice meeting you, Mr. Roman. Thanks for coming by,

Coach. See you, Willis.

How do you like that?

Putting a guy on the team just because he's white.

Well, that's affirmative action, Willis.

Now, you were in favor of it when Mr. Williams was the victim.

How come you're against it now?

Because this time it's happening to me.

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No way am I going to get over it. And I'm going to do something about it.

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Doing homework?

Nope, I'm thinking.

I should have known that by the weird look on your face.

What do you guys want?

Look, Willis, we're really sorry it didn't make the team.

Is there anything we can do to cheer you up?

Yeah, leave.

Dad's been here.

Arnold's been here. You know, Arnold even offered to take me to a movie and

cheer me up.

Good idea. A movie could cheer you up.

Not when it's called The Invasion of the Swamp Suckers.

I need to get cheered up.

I'm still going to find a way to make it on that basketball team.

Hey,

I think I got it.

Remember that guy who changed his name to Pedro Sanchez to get a job?

Well, from now on, I'm going to tell everybody I'm white.

I think he's cracking up.

You know what Dad said?

The burden of proof is on them.

If they want white, I'll tell them I'm white.

You better tell them in a very dark room.

Willis, that is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. You can't change

color like you can your name. You're black.

Oh, yeah? Prove it.

For one thing, your face is hanging out.

Well, have you seen my father?

He's white.

Have you seen my sister?

She's white.

Have you seen your mirror?

Don't you guys get the idea?

If I tell them I'm white, maybe the coach will let me play on the team until

they prove I'm not.

By then, maybe this isn't going to be over.

That's ridiculous.

No, it isn't.

Like Dad said, the burden of proof is on their side.

Yeah, but the burden of stupidity is on your side.

Okay, I guess you're right.

It was a stupid idea.

Hey, but here's a smart one. You know that lawyer, Mr.

Conroy, who's suing Dad?

Well, I'm going to get him to represent me against the school.

What?

you're going to get to represent you against Dad.

I'd like to recommend Sugar Ray Leonard.

Willis, you have freaked out. What's going to happen when your dad finds out

phoned the lawyer who's suing him?

I'll tell him at the right time.

That'll be just before your funeral.

I got it.

Willis Jackson?

That's me.

I'm Albert Conroy.

Mr. Conroy?

What are you doing here?

I thought you were going to let me know when I can come to your office. Well,

Willis, I've been thinking about your situation.

Look, can I come in for a minute?

Yeah, but wouldn't it be better if we went to your office?

Look, I was just coming home, and I figured I'd tell you in person.

Willis, I'm taking your case.

Oh, that's great.

Tutti. Oh, how do you do?

Hi.

Willis, I've been looking for just this kind of a case. I'd like to discuss it

with your parents. My parents?

Oh, well, then I hear you'll have to do that some other time. Oh, well, fine.

Look, while I'm here, could you get me that list of your team members that you

mentioned to me on the phone? Oh, right. I'll get it. I'll be right back. Okay.

Uh, Mr.

Conway, would you like a soft drink or something?

Oh, it'd be very nice. Thank you.

Give him the bottle. He can take it with him.

I thought you looked very nice in the blue one. Oh, I like this one. Well,

been... Oh, looks like we have guests.

My name's Drummond. This is my daughter, Kimberly.

And my name's Conroy.

Drummond?

Albert Conroy?

I should have recognized you by the sneer in your voice.

What are you doing in my house?

Your house?

Did you come here to try to settle out of court? Of course not. I'm here on

other business.

Other business?

I've heard of lawyers that chase ambulances.

What do you chase, buildings?

That's that tone with me, Drummond.

This is your house?

Why don't I go into the kitchen and make some more milk to calm everybody's

nerves, especially mine?

I didn't come to see you, Drummond.

I came to talk to my new client.

New client?

What new client? Hi, Dad.

Oh, hi. This is my son. Dad?

Him? You?

Well, that's something.

You've got a black son, and you're prejudiced.

Who are you calling prejudiced?

You won't hire the best man for the job because he's white. I call that

prejudice. I call that affirmative action, and it's important.

But, Dad, they had no right to cut me from the team.

And Mr. Conway's going to help me fight it.

What?

Him?

You?

Willis! How dare you call this man without asking me?

Dad, calm down. I don't want to calm down. I want to be angry.

Of all the lawyers in New York, why did you have to call this man?

Because he's an expert on affirmative action.

You said yourself he was terrific.

Ha! That's high praise coming from someone who called me a... Well, you

that name you called me.

Yes, and I just thought of a few new ones I could add.

And how may I ask you think you're going to pay for this lawsuit?

There's no fee, Drummond.

It's a matter of principle with me.

Reverse discrimination is a violation of civil rights. Just as bad as any other

kind of discrimination.

You're right. And in my case, it's reverse, reverse discrimination.

Willis is the perfect test case.

A black fighting affirmative action. I love it.

Well, I don't love it.

Drummond, why don't you look at it this way?

With all these lawsuits, you can end up a landmark case.

I can make you famous.

Willis, talk to you tomorrow.

Drama.

See you in court.

Charming guy.

Graduate of the Piranha School of Law.

Kimberly says she might like some hot milk.

I hate hot milk.

You like cold milk?

Yeah. Good.

Let this sit for an hour.

Listen,

have a seat.

I need to know something.

I'd like an opinion of a sister.

What's Kimberly, your mother -in -law?

I mean a black sister.

Come on, you know why Dad's mad at me.

I'm not sure what to do.

If you're smart, you'll leave town.

Be serious.

You think I have a right to fight getting cut, don't you? And I want your

opinion.

I think you're wrong.

Who cares what you think?

It suits me.

Wait a minute, Tootie.

Why do you think I'm wrong?

Because you don't really care about discrimination.

You just changed your tune when you got hurt.

Yeah, but this is two different things.

Before, I talked about jobs, and I made everything I said.

But this is basketball.

I mean, black people get stopped from getting jobs.

But no one stops white guys from playing basketball, do they?

Sometimes. What do you mean, sometimes?

Well, I've seen brothers play ball in the playground, and some white dude will

come up, and it's obvious he'd like to play.

Yes, so?

Well, the brothers look at him and freeze him out, like he was recruiting

the Klan.

If he doesn't get a chance to play with the better players, how's he going to

get better himself?

Well, that never happens with me. I mean, didn't I help my friend Eddie?

Willis, not everyone's like you.

I'm sorry, but you wanted my honest opinion.

Yeah, and I think I'll go talk to Kimberly and get a better honest

Mr. Drummond? Yes. I'm Eddie Sanders, Willis' friend. Oh, hi, Eddie. Nice to

meet you. Come on in.

Hey, congratulations on making the team. I think that is terrific.

You really did it, didn't you? Yeah, thanks.

Is Willis home?

Yeah. Right here, Eddie.

Hi.

Willis, I've got to talk to you.

Alone. Well, if it's about the team, you can say it right here.

Don't worry about anything hitting the fan. I've already been splattered.

I heard you're going to sue just to get on the team, and that I only made it

because of reverse discrimination.

Well... It's true?

Hey, Eddie, don't take it personally. Don't take it personally? I'll be the

laughingstock of the whole country.

Don't put me on a Chuck Beres show.

I'm quitting the team.

Now, now, calm down, Eddie.

You don't have to do that.

Yeah, you're not the one I'm mad at, and I don't want you to quit the team.

No, I'm quitting.

Eddie, why should you quit the team?

Well, who wants to be on a team if they think I'm not good enough?

Willis, you can take my place.

No way, Eddie.

And I don't want you to quit the team.

And there's not going to be any lawsuit.

Well, what do you mean?

I'm dropping the whole thing.

I was angry before, and I realized I was only interested in myself.

I'm sorry, Dad.

Willis, I think you're doing the right thing. But I've got to tell you, I was a

little angry, too.

Really? You know, I never really noticed.

Well, I'm still quitting the team. No way.

You wanted to be on that team more than anything.

And now is your chance. Don't louse it up. You really feel that way, Willard?

Yeah, I really do.

Listen, you stay on the team and enjoy it while you can.

Because next year you won't be there. Why not?

Because next year when I make the team, I'm going to play all five positions.

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