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Hiding part of who you are
is a time-honored tradition.
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It's called code switching.
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Girl, you know my mama
didn't raise no fool, now.
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Come on, y...
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No, we are not fools over here.
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Absolutely not!
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We will represent you to the fullest!
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Code switching is when you
change the way you act or speak
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to fit in with the people around you.
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Black people do it around white people.
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Lord. So...
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Parents do it
when they want to sound cool
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around their kids.
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Dude, what's your damage?
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Clean up you room.
It's, like, so... grody.
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And girls did it with boys all the time.
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But I didn't know that yet.
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Science tests are graded and... yikes.
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I hope you know how to... oof...
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cook a mean dinner
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or throw a football.
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I plan to marry rich.
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Oh, except Rainbow here.
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She even noticed a mistake that I made
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and earned extra credit.
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Keep it up.
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The older you get, the more
people will love that.
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I got a 105. What'd you get?
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Oh.
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I failed it on purpose. See?
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Why'd you fail it on purpose?
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I'm not sure how it worked
on the commune,
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but here, girls don't do science.
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I don't even like teaching it.
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How'd you guys do?
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Good, I think.
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Mine says I'm wife material.
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And mine says,
"Good thing you're pretty."
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Now it seems insane, but back then,
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girls would purposely take
a back seat to boys in classes
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so they wouldn't get made fun of.
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Especially in math and science.
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- Hey, guys.
- No, no, no, no, no...
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I don't know what's wrong with everyone,
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but I got a 105.
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On a science test?
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You're like a super nerd.
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My mom says girls like you
grow up to die alone.
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Even though I'm proud of being
a super-successful doctor now,
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12-year-old me had to learn
how to code switch.
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Ooh, I meant to erase that.
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Okay. Who wants to skip math today?
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♪ In the mix ♪
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♪ Oh, oh, oh, they keep trying ♪
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♪ But they can't stop us ♪
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♪ 'Cause we got a love ♪
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♪ That keeps rising up ♪
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♪ In the mix ♪
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♪ Life turns around ♪
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♪ 'Round and 'round it goes ♪
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♪ Ooh, it's a mixed-up world ♪
♪ Ooh, it's a mixed-up ♪
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♪ And that's for sure ♪
♪ Mixed-up ♪
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♪ In the mix ♪
♪ Baby ♪
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♪ We're gonna get by ♪
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♪ We're gonna ♪
♪ On our own, side by side ♪
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♪ Love's all we need to be free ♪
♪ Lo-o-o-ve is all ♪
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♪ I got you, you got me ♪
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♪ Yaaaaay us! ♪
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♪ I-I-In the mix ♪
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♪ Yaaaaay us! ♪
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♪ I-I-In the mix-ish ♪
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Before the Internet,
career fairs were the only way
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to learn about jobs
we'd grow up to hate.
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Hey, want to check this out tomorrow?
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Didn't you learn anything
in class today?
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Nobody likes science girls.
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But I really like science.
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And I really like burning ants
with a magnifying glass,
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but at least I know to keep it private.
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Look, you just went
to the dance with Bryce.
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Don't ruin it by being weird.
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That's where we need to go tomorrow.
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Who's Wendy Whiteman?
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You don't know Wendy Whiteman?
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She's a news anchor
with a weather girl's body.
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In 1985, there was no YouTube
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or reality TV...
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...so if you were
a local news personality,
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you might as well have been Madonna.
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News anchor, are you crazy?
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I could never do that.
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Of course you can't.
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But you can try to be more like her...
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beautiful, busty,
has definitely kissed a boy.
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But I want to be me.
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I don't think you do.
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Whoa!
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What's all this?
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These are spices.
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No, these are unnecessary.
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So you don't want no Lawry's?
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What about Season All?
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Nice try, but nothing can "season all."
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- Daddy...
- Your food is bland, Paul.
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Your black kids deserve better.
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By the way, my Aunt Dee-Dee
does not code switch.
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The kids need to learn their way
around spices, all right?
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The worst day in a black person's life
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is when you and someone else
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bring the same dish to a potluck,
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and at the end of the night,
theirs is all gone,
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and yours is just sitting there all sad.
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Spices are what
amateur cooks use to mask
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- the mistakes they've made in the kitchen.
- Dad!
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So, Denise, what are you hiding?
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Come on, Johan.
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I'mma teach you about TV dinners.
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You gonna need 'em.
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Wait, they sell TVs you can eat?!
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No, baby.
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- Daddy, Daddy!
- Hey.
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Look what I can do!
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Uh-huh! It's Santi!
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- Uh-huh.
- Okay, Santi. Okay.
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- Uh-huh!
- Come on.
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Hey.
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- My wrist.
- Oh.
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- Oh, no. No, no, no, no.
- My wrist.
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What happened?
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- This wouldn't have happened...
- Oh.
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...if you would've had
spices in your kitchen
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- like a grown man.
- No, spices hurt people.
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- Ohh.
- There you go, big guy.
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Come here.
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Oh! Oh, my pumpkin.
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You okay?
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Since I was rudely interrupted...
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This was the first time
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- my sister wasn't the center of attention.
- Uh-huh!
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I'm cute! Don't deny it!
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- Mm-hmm. Uh-huh.
- She was even born a month early
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because Johan had just learned
to ride a bike
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and she wanted to steal his thunder.
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- Go Santi.
- Okay, not now, Santi.
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If my wrist doesn't heal,
can I get a hook?
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Johan, why don't you go lie down, baby?
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Yeah, make sure
your brother's comfortable.
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- Get him anything he needs.
- Mm-hmm.
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Who's gonna get me what I need?
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Good news, hippies.
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I just got off the phone
with the grocery store.
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They're gonna pay
Johan's medical expenses?
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- And for my Jamaican vacation?
- Nope.
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They're a national grocery chain,
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and we get to sue
the [bleep] out of them.
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Wait, they're not gonna pay anything?
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Not a dime. They're famous
for doing this sort of thing.
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They said you're lying, that you
poured water on the floor.
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They said you're scammers.
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We poured water on the floor?!
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That's genius, but we didn't do it.
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It's like Denise said, the floor
was already wet, Johan slipped.
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- It's the store's fault.
- It's not bad enough
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these greedy corporations
have a monopoly on food?
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Now they want to pull one over
on the little guy?
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Well, wait until they see
how big this guy can get.
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Yeah, get 'em, sis!
We about to get paid!
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No, we're gonna make sure
these greedy fat cats
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are held accountable.
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By getting paid!
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Ooh, I'mma look so good
in my Louis Vuitton.
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So, what'd you decide to sign up for?
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Answer wisely, Rainbow.
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Um...
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I know my mom has always said
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that I shouldn't let anyone
dim my light.
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But when Bryce was around,
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my light was looking really nerdy.
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Hey, dork, your books fell.
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Loser.
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Look!
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There she is!
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She's really here!
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Wendy Whiteman.
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♪ Remember my name ♪
♪ Fame ♪
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♪ I'm gonna live forever ♪
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♪ I'm gonna learn how to fly ♪
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♪ High ♪
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♪ I feel it comin' together ♪
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♪ People will see me and cry ♪
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♪ Fame ♪
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♪ I'm gonna make it to heaven ♪
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♪ Light up the sky like a flame ♪
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Shut up!
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Wendy Whiteman is speaking.
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Journalism.
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Journalism connects us
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to what's happening on our
block, and around the globe.
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The news is our bulwark against tyranny.
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It is the blood that flows
through the veins of democracy.
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I've never thought
of the news like that.
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I guess it's really important.
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For career week, one lucky student and I
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will research, write, and report
a news story
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about your state champion
girls' volleyball team.
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So, who is going to be
the lucky student?
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Me!
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Raise your hand, girl!
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When else are you gonna be able
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to do nerdy stuff that's still cool?
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Me!
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But journalism takes grit.
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So, put your hand down
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if you can't handle getting yelled at.
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Or being judged
on your physical appearance.
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Or being in a war zone
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with bullets flying by.
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Oh. Please pick me, Miss Whiteman!
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All three of those things
happened to me in one day
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when our commune was raided.
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Huh. I like a lady with a story.
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You're in.
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♪ Baby, look at me ♪
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♪ And tell me what you see ♪
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This just in,
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my life is awesome.
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- Yeah, it is.
- ♪ Remember my name ♪
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♪ Fame ♪
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So, I made the conscious decision
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to accompany my sister's dusty
white husband to the store
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to pick up said spices.
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Normally, I would go to
the store on the west side,
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but my "friend" Hakeem...
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Bald Hakeem, not
Little Hakeem... works there,
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and I didn't want him to think
I was with a white man.
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So, I went to the freezer section
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to try the new Hungry Man meals
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my girlfriend Lorraine
had told me about.
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By the way, Lorraine works
at that grocery store.
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And she drive a Volvo.
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Something ain't adding up.
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Let me stop you right there,
if that's even possible.
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But I haven't gotten to the
particulars of the incident yet.
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For this arbitration,
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you just need to focus
on the relevant facts.
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It's a relevant fact that
Lorraine is up to no good.
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Listen, when we do this for real,
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you don't have to do the snap...
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up, down, or diagonal.
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And, uh, I'll introduce you as Denise.
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You don't have to wear
two earrings that say that.
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Oh, and maybe you should shave
your mustache
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so people don't think
you a dirty-movie star.
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Paul, are you sure
you didn't see anything?
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Not even out of the corner of your eye?
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Please?
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I told you, Santi was dancing.
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00:09:59,643 --> 00:10:01,743
Would you be comfortable
lying under oath?
259
00:10:01,845 --> 00:10:02,978
Of course not.
260
00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:04,279
What's wrong with her testimony?
261
00:10:04,348 --> 00:10:06,548
Well, for one thing, the
arbitrator doesn't need to hear
262
00:10:06,650 --> 00:10:08,417
everything that happened
on "Falcon Crest."
263
00:10:08,485 --> 00:10:10,252
She doesn't watch "Falcon Crest."
264
00:10:10,354 --> 00:10:11,620
She's a "Dynasty" girl.
265
00:10:11,689 --> 00:10:14,189
Don't you have, like,
a "job interview" voice?
266
00:10:14,291 --> 00:10:16,091
Now my accent's not good enough?
267
00:10:16,193 --> 00:10:18,627
None of these things should
matter if I'm telling the truth.
268
00:10:18,696 --> 00:10:20,162
This is how these things work, Dee.
269
00:10:20,230 --> 00:10:21,730
I-It's not like he's saying
270
00:10:21,799 --> 00:10:22,965
you should become a different person.
271
00:10:23,033 --> 00:10:24,199
No, I'm absolutely saying
272
00:10:24,268 --> 00:10:25,601
she needs to become a different person.
273
00:10:25,669 --> 00:10:28,503
Perhaps someone who doesn't know
anyone named "Bald Akeem."
274
00:10:28,606 --> 00:10:30,138
It's Hakeem.
275
00:10:37,247 --> 00:10:40,115
So... what do you think
of my story research?
276
00:10:40,184 --> 00:10:41,316
I would've gotten it done sooner,
277
00:10:41,385 --> 00:10:43,151
but, you know, I'm 12.
278
00:10:44,622 --> 00:10:47,255
You're what Barbara Walters
calls a "natural story hound."
279
00:10:48,325 --> 00:10:49,758
You're gonna be a hit when this airs.
280
00:10:49,860 --> 00:10:51,793
I'm sorry.
281
00:10:51,895 --> 00:10:53,395
- "Airs"?
- Yep.
282
00:10:53,497 --> 00:10:55,597
Like on TV?
283
00:10:55,699 --> 00:10:57,432
I know it sounds scary,
284
00:10:57,534 --> 00:10:58,533
but it's fine.
285
00:10:58,636 --> 00:11:01,503
You just have to show people
who you are.
286
00:11:01,605 --> 00:11:03,739
So...
287
00:11:03,841 --> 00:11:05,823
who the heck are you, Rainbow Johnson?
288
00:11:08,105 --> 00:11:09,838
Well, I grew up on the commune, and...
289
00:11:09,932 --> 00:11:12,791
Over the next half hour,
Wendy and I got deep.
290
00:11:12,846 --> 00:11:14,449
Did you live, like, in tents?
Or did you have houses?
291
00:11:14,551 --> 00:11:17,352
She told me how she was also
the oldest of three,
292
00:11:17,421 --> 00:11:20,422
how she also felt like
an outsider at my age.
293
00:11:20,524 --> 00:11:21,923
She even told me what went down
294
00:11:22,026 --> 00:11:23,625
at the station's Christmas party,
295
00:11:23,727 --> 00:11:26,428
which was so not appropriate.
296
00:11:26,497 --> 00:11:29,998
Anyway, no one ever opened up
to me like that before.
297
00:11:30,067 --> 00:11:31,867
It really made me feel special.
298
00:11:31,969 --> 00:11:32,934
I get it.
299
00:11:33,037 --> 00:11:34,670
Being different is hard.
300
00:11:34,772 --> 00:11:36,138
As the only woman in the news room,
301
00:11:36,206 --> 00:11:38,610
I'm either too brassy or too meek.
302
00:11:38,688 --> 00:11:40,809
But I eventually figured it out,
303
00:11:40,878 --> 00:11:42,811
and I'm sure you will, too.
304
00:11:42,913 --> 00:11:44,212
Rainbow?
305
00:11:44,314 --> 00:11:45,881
You missed class.
306
00:11:45,983 --> 00:11:47,689
- Miss Whiteman, hi.
- Hi.
307
00:11:47,791 --> 00:11:51,787
I need you to sign
this form excusing her.
308
00:11:51,889 --> 00:11:53,221
Sure.
309
00:11:53,290 --> 00:11:55,891
Can you make it out to my niece?
310
00:11:55,959 --> 00:11:58,093
Her name is Miss Collins.
311
00:11:58,162 --> 00:12:00,228
He can't just talk to me
any old kind of way.
312
00:12:00,431 --> 00:12:02,431
He doesn't think I can give
a simple deposition
313
00:12:02,533 --> 00:12:05,333
to demonstrate negligence
on the part of a business owner?
314
00:12:06,670 --> 00:12:07,736
Was that from "Night Court?"
315
00:12:07,805 --> 00:12:08,904
So?!
316
00:12:09,006 --> 00:12:10,739
Look, I'mma tell the truth
the way I want to,
317
00:12:10,841 --> 00:12:12,841
and if they don't believe me,
screw them.
318
00:12:12,943 --> 00:12:14,509
Okay, I know it feels icky
319
00:12:14,611 --> 00:12:16,745
to tone yourself down for these folks,
320
00:12:16,814 --> 00:12:19,648
but if we're going to hold
those people accountable,
321
00:12:19,717 --> 00:12:20,982
then you'll have to play ball.
322
00:12:21,051 --> 00:12:22,584
Hold on, Alicia.
323
00:12:22,653 --> 00:12:24,386
You're saying that who I am as a person
324
00:12:24,488 --> 00:12:25,854
is the only thing getting in the way
325
00:12:25,956 --> 00:12:26,988
of us getting what we want?
326
00:12:27,057 --> 00:12:29,091
I'm saying I'm in court rooms every day.
327
00:12:29,193 --> 00:12:30,792
I use any little thing
328
00:12:30,894 --> 00:12:32,794
about a witness to discredit them.
329
00:12:32,896 --> 00:12:34,830
I don't want to see
that happen to my sister.
330
00:12:34,898 --> 00:12:36,865
I thought black folks like you
practicing law
331
00:12:36,967 --> 00:12:38,533
was gonna change how they see us.
332
00:12:38,635 --> 00:12:42,137
Look, I'll do my best,
333
00:12:42,239 --> 00:12:43,839
but if you're saying them believing me
334
00:12:43,907 --> 00:12:46,141
depends on me talking a certain way,
335
00:12:46,243 --> 00:12:48,043
then you part of the problem.
336
00:12:50,447 --> 00:12:52,814
Mind your business!
337
00:12:52,916 --> 00:12:54,816
Uh-huh! It's me!
338
00:12:54,918 --> 00:12:56,351
Go Santi! Uh-huh!
339
00:12:56,453 --> 00:12:58,620
- Johan, can I sign your cast?
- Go me! Go me!
340
00:12:58,689 --> 00:13:00,655
Go me! Look at me!
341
00:13:00,758 --> 00:13:02,691
What?!
342
00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:04,159
Leave some room for me to sign!
343
00:13:04,228 --> 00:13:06,361
Hey, Santi, you want to come
sign my cast?
344
00:13:06,463 --> 00:13:09,431
So you can sell it when I become famous?
345
00:13:09,533 --> 00:13:11,666
Uh... that's a no.
346
00:13:12,903 --> 00:13:14,903
As an adult, when my sister
wants attention,
347
00:13:15,005 --> 00:13:16,571
she just fakes a pregnancy.
348
00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:18,206
But before that was an option,
349
00:13:18,275 --> 00:13:19,941
she had to be more creative.
350
00:13:35,559 --> 00:13:36,758
It's on the left. You got that?
351
00:13:36,827 --> 00:13:38,627
The desire to be the center of attention
352
00:13:38,729 --> 00:13:42,063
definitely did not run in the family.
353
00:13:42,132 --> 00:13:43,165
I was starting to wonder
354
00:13:43,233 --> 00:13:44,866
if I was ready to make the news.
355
00:13:44,968 --> 00:13:49,471
In three, two...
356
00:13:49,540 --> 00:13:51,106
I-I-I'm here
357
00:13:51,175 --> 00:13:55,811
with the Mondale School's
Lady Roadrunner Volleyball Team.
358
00:13:55,879 --> 00:13:58,647
Ladies of ball court...
359
00:13:58,749 --> 00:13:59,981
Volley great...
360
00:14:00,083 --> 00:14:01,049
State great...
361
00:14:01,151 --> 00:14:02,784
State champ great...
362
00:14:02,853 --> 00:14:04,119
Uh, Roadrunners...
363
00:14:04,188 --> 00:14:06,121
Okay, cut.
364
00:14:06,223 --> 00:14:07,622
Come here, come here.
365
00:14:07,724 --> 00:14:09,724
Don't worry so much.
366
00:14:09,827 --> 00:14:11,426
The first time I was on camera,
367
00:14:11,528 --> 00:14:14,095
I tripped Eartha Kitt
with my microphone cord.
368
00:14:14,164 --> 00:14:15,163
So you'll be fine.
369
00:14:15,265 --> 00:14:16,631
Just remember, breathe...
370
00:14:17,734 --> 00:14:19,801
...and smile. Yeah!
371
00:14:19,870 --> 00:14:22,304
Breathe and smile.
372
00:14:22,406 --> 00:14:24,247
Good, you're doing great. Go, go, go.
373
00:14:24,309 --> 00:14:26,675
Smile.
374
00:14:26,743 --> 00:14:28,410
Let's talk to the team general.
375
00:14:28,512 --> 00:14:29,878
Team captain.
376
00:14:29,947 --> 00:14:31,780
Let's talk to the team captain.
377
00:14:31,882 --> 00:14:34,516
Face the camera.
378
00:14:34,585 --> 00:14:37,319
- Team...
- The microphone is shaking.
379
00:14:37,387 --> 00:14:38,720
Talk.
380
00:14:38,789 --> 00:14:40,322
Okay, cut.
381
00:14:40,424 --> 00:14:42,457
Okay... um...
382
00:14:42,526 --> 00:14:45,927
A lot of people have
a natural talent for this.
383
00:14:46,029 --> 00:14:48,363
You do not.
384
00:14:48,432 --> 00:14:50,332
Well, I am more interested in...
385
00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:53,235
Pursue that, whatever that is.
386
00:14:53,337 --> 00:14:54,769
It's science.
387
00:14:54,872 --> 00:14:56,805
Honestly, I bet
you'd be really good at that.
388
00:14:56,907 --> 00:14:58,840
Well, I'm already a commune weirdo.
389
00:14:58,876 --> 00:15:00,775
I can't stack "science nerd" on top.
390
00:15:00,844 --> 00:15:03,845
If you love science, go for it.
391
00:15:03,947 --> 00:15:06,982
Sorry, Miss Whiteman,
but you'll never understand.
392
00:15:07,084 --> 00:15:09,150
You're perfect and beautiful.
393
00:15:09,253 --> 00:15:10,919
You get to be yourself every day,
394
00:15:11,021 --> 00:15:13,054
and everyone adores you.
395
00:15:13,156 --> 00:15:15,357
I'm just a weird mixed girl.
396
00:15:15,425 --> 00:15:18,727
Hey, hey, hang on, hang on.
397
00:15:18,829 --> 00:15:21,129
Um...
398
00:15:21,231 --> 00:15:24,666
I'm sorry I didn't tell you
this earlier, but...
399
00:15:24,735 --> 00:15:28,236
I'm also a weird mixed girl.
400
00:15:28,305 --> 00:15:30,438
Well, I'm not weird, but...
401
00:15:32,142 --> 00:15:34,142
...I am mixed.
402
00:15:34,244 --> 00:15:35,744
My dad is black.
403
00:15:35,846 --> 00:15:37,379
I thought you were white.
404
00:15:37,447 --> 00:15:40,282
Everybody does. I mean...
405
00:15:40,384 --> 00:15:43,285
Look, back in the '60s,
my mentor told me
406
00:15:43,387 --> 00:15:44,953
it was best to keep it a secret
407
00:15:45,022 --> 00:15:47,756
because he was afraid
it would ruin my career.
408
00:15:47,824 --> 00:15:50,625
But luckily, things are different now.
409
00:15:50,694 --> 00:15:52,527
So say it loud.
410
00:15:52,629 --> 00:15:55,530
You're a mixed science nerd
and you're proud.
411
00:15:57,434 --> 00:15:59,701
If things are so different now,
412
00:15:59,803 --> 00:16:02,871
then why don't you tell the truth?
413
00:16:02,973 --> 00:16:05,507
Well, it's just that people
414
00:16:05,609 --> 00:16:07,409
already think one thing about me,
415
00:16:07,511 --> 00:16:10,445
and I'm not sure it's a good
idea to switch things up.
416
00:16:10,547 --> 00:16:12,948
- But it was all built on a lie.
- Well...
417
00:16:13,050 --> 00:16:14,849
How can you tell me
to be proud of who I am
418
00:16:14,952 --> 00:16:16,418
when you're scared of what we are?
419
00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:17,850
Rainbow...
420
00:16:17,944 --> 00:16:20,555
If a famous news anchor can't be proud,
421
00:16:20,657 --> 00:16:22,483
what hope do I have?
422
00:16:27,249 --> 00:16:29,022
You never forget the first time
423
00:16:29,093 --> 00:16:30,897
someone you respect disappoints you.
424
00:16:30,984 --> 00:16:33,733
And the last thing you want
in that moment is a party.
425
00:16:33,796 --> 00:16:35,229
If you get rich and famous from this,
426
00:16:35,331 --> 00:16:36,830
can you buy me a hand hook?
427
00:16:36,932 --> 00:16:38,997
I just think my body
needs a little more metal.
428
00:16:39,860 --> 00:16:41,104
I talked to Denise.
429
00:16:41,142 --> 00:16:43,180
She's going to tone it way down.
430
00:16:43,274 --> 00:16:45,985
So, somewhere between
Jimmy Walker and Mr. T?
431
00:16:46,046 --> 00:16:48,169
You owe her an apology.
432
00:16:48,279 --> 00:16:49,378
You insulted her.
433
00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:51,147
I gave her legal advice.
434
00:16:53,451 --> 00:16:55,685
I guess she told you I'mma play ball.
435
00:16:55,753 --> 00:16:57,353
Thank you.
436
00:16:57,422 --> 00:17:00,523
And evidently, I owe you an apology.
437
00:17:00,591 --> 00:17:02,803
- But trust me...
- Okay, stop talking.
438
00:17:02,866 --> 00:17:03,952
Unh-unh, unh-unh.
439
00:17:05,101 --> 00:17:06,901
...exactly who you are
440
00:17:06,970 --> 00:17:09,702
just isn't perfect
for every situation...
441
00:17:09,795 --> 00:17:11,631
or any situation
442
00:17:11,702 --> 00:17:13,249
outside of "The Phil Donahue Show."
443
00:17:13,311 --> 00:17:16,978
Anyway, glad you came to your senses.
444
00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:18,813
That's when Mom realized
445
00:17:18,915 --> 00:17:21,319
that she had always told me
never to dim my light,
446
00:17:21,389 --> 00:17:23,577
but she was snuffing out her sister's.
447
00:17:23,639 --> 00:17:25,027
Okay, that's it.
448
00:17:25,121 --> 00:17:26,654
We're not doing this.
449
00:17:26,723 --> 00:17:28,056
Denise is gonna tell what happened
450
00:17:28,124 --> 00:17:30,158
in her own words and in her own voice.
451
00:17:30,260 --> 00:17:31,326
I am?
452
00:17:31,394 --> 00:17:33,228
If the court can't accept her
for who she is,
453
00:17:33,330 --> 00:17:36,164
then the court should change,
not my sister.
454
00:17:36,233 --> 00:17:40,086
Right, because us old white guys
love to change.
455
00:17:46,776 --> 00:17:50,178
Santi, come on.
Let's watch your sister on TV.
456
00:17:50,247 --> 00:17:51,880
The news is about to start. Let's go.
457
00:17:53,550 --> 00:17:55,683
Oh. So, you noticed I was gone.
458
00:17:55,785 --> 00:17:57,652
Look, that's enough.
459
00:17:57,721 --> 00:17:59,387
I know you're upset
because your brother and sister
460
00:17:59,456 --> 00:18:01,022
have been getting the attention,
but guess what?
461
00:18:01,091 --> 00:18:03,858
The world does not revolve
around you, young lady.
462
00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:05,793
I don't get it.
463
00:18:05,896 --> 00:18:07,295
We are a family.
464
00:18:07,397 --> 00:18:08,429
We support each other.
465
00:18:08,498 --> 00:18:10,164
Sometimes you are in the spotlight,
466
00:18:10,267 --> 00:18:12,767
and sometimes you are
in the stands, cheering.
467
00:18:12,836 --> 00:18:14,302
This just happens to be
one of those times
468
00:18:14,371 --> 00:18:15,703
where it's your turn to cheer.
469
00:18:15,772 --> 00:18:18,873
I was born for the spotlight.
470
00:18:18,975 --> 00:18:21,809
Well, then it's good you're
out of it every now and then,
471
00:18:21,878 --> 00:18:24,746
because then you'll appreciate
it more when it comes back.
472
00:18:24,814 --> 00:18:26,414
Now, you can come and watch
with us if you want,
473
00:18:26,483 --> 00:18:27,682
but only if you're big enough
474
00:18:27,784 --> 00:18:30,418
not to take away
from someone else's moment.
475
00:18:36,426 --> 00:18:37,492
Hey.
476
00:18:37,561 --> 00:18:39,227
Can I sign your cast now?
477
00:18:39,296 --> 00:18:40,094
Of course.
478
00:18:40,196 --> 00:18:41,429
I saved you the best spot.
479
00:18:41,531 --> 00:18:44,132
Just keep it PG, okay?
480
00:18:44,234 --> 00:18:45,066
Fine.
481
00:18:45,168 --> 00:18:46,668
- Shh! Here it is.
- Here we go.
482
00:18:46,736 --> 00:18:48,903
And now, congratulations
483
00:18:48,972 --> 00:18:51,454
to the Mondale School's
Lady Roadrunners,
484
00:18:51,516 --> 00:18:54,618
who ran away with the state
championship in volleyball.
485
00:18:54,692 --> 00:18:55,758
To tell you all about it
486
00:18:55,852 --> 00:18:58,379
is Mondale student Rainbow Johnson.
487
00:19:01,284 --> 00:19:02,784
I'm Rainbow Johnson.
488
00:19:02,852 --> 00:19:04,919
She sure is.
489
00:19:04,988 --> 00:19:07,288
All of us here at Eyewitness Nine News
490
00:19:07,390 --> 00:19:10,758
want to recognize Rainbow for
her intensive research,
491
00:19:10,827 --> 00:19:13,856
strong writing, and the ability
to say her name.
492
00:19:13,949 --> 00:19:17,332
And on a personal note...
493
00:19:17,434 --> 00:19:22,670
I got into journalism
to report the truth.
494
00:19:22,772 --> 00:19:25,974
But this charming, dynamic young lady
495
00:19:26,076 --> 00:19:29,948
made me realize how harmful it
can be not to live the truth.
496
00:19:32,282 --> 00:19:34,482
I'm half black.
497
00:19:34,584 --> 00:19:36,818
I kept that a secret because somehow,
498
00:19:36,886 --> 00:19:38,152
I thought it would be for the best.
499
00:19:38,254 --> 00:19:40,622
But hiding who you are
500
00:19:40,724 --> 00:19:42,724
doesn't do the world any favors.
501
00:19:42,826 --> 00:19:44,492
So, that's my story.
502
00:19:44,594 --> 00:19:46,094
Thank you, Rainbow.
503
00:19:49,099 --> 00:19:50,365
So, even though code switching
504
00:19:50,467 --> 00:19:52,333
might sometimes feel necessary,
505
00:19:52,435 --> 00:19:55,221
if we do it too much,
we lose who we are.
506
00:19:55,307 --> 00:19:57,963
He slipped on the water
from that leaky freezer.
507
00:19:58,042 --> 00:19:59,713
Now, I had come from the other aisle
508
00:19:59,784 --> 00:20:01,213
from getting my rash cream...
509
00:20:01,299 --> 00:20:02,635
make sure you don't put that down.
510
00:20:02,746 --> 00:20:04,746
♪ The time has come for me ♪
511
00:20:04,848 --> 00:20:06,581
- And I liked who I was.
- ♪ To break out of this shell ♪
512
00:20:06,683 --> 00:20:08,416
So now nothing was more important to me
513
00:20:08,518 --> 00:20:09,766
than following my passion.
514
00:20:09,844 --> 00:20:11,437
- Hey, Rainbow.
- Not even Bryce.
515
00:20:11,500 --> 00:20:13,788
And thank goodness, because as you know,
516
00:20:13,890 --> 00:20:16,758
I grew up to be a badass doctor.
517
00:20:16,860 --> 00:20:18,389
- I save lives.
- Hey.
518
00:20:18,459 --> 00:20:20,002
Not sure if I've ever
mentioned that before.
519
00:20:20,061 --> 00:20:21,393
♪ I'm coming out ♪
520
00:20:22,167 --> 00:20:24,065
I still can't believe Wendy Whiteman
521
00:20:24,117 --> 00:20:25,882
talked about our daughter on the news.
522
00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:27,660
And she was honest about being mixed.
523
00:20:27,687 --> 00:20:28,903
- Mm.
- Good for her.
524
00:20:28,938 --> 00:20:31,156
We really gonna pretend
like we didn't already know?
525
00:20:31,234 --> 00:20:32,443
Really?
526
00:20:32,444 --> 00:20:33,813
Remember when she did that story
527
00:20:33,814 --> 00:20:35,983
and she knew a little too much
about cocoa butter?
528
00:20:35,984 --> 00:20:38,350
- Hmm.
- So, what I want to know is
529
00:20:38,397 --> 00:20:41,874
how many other secret
black people are out there,
530
00:20:41,944 --> 00:20:44,305
and how does one spot them?
531
00:20:44,351 --> 00:20:45,444
You can't.
532
00:20:45,523 --> 00:20:46,906
They everywhere.
533
00:20:46,969 --> 00:20:49,117
Shoot, Richard Dawson,
534
00:20:49,172 --> 00:20:50,414
Jacques Cousteau,
535
00:20:50,497 --> 00:20:52,036
Princess Diana,
536
00:20:52,133 --> 00:20:53,733
the daddy from "The Jetsons"...
537
00:20:53,820 --> 00:20:55,403
all black.
538
00:20:57,525 --> 00:20:59,125
Allegedly.
539
00:20:59,150 --> 00:21:00,850
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