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[pop music playing]

[woman vocalizing]

[mouse clicking]

Hey!

Can Siri understand my deaf voice?

I guess we should get started.

"Where art thou Juliet?"

[Siri] Okay, here's Apple Books.

No.

[gasps]

[chuckles]

-Calling Emergency Services-- -[yells]

Okay.

[shrieks]

Me.

I don't know how to respond to that.

Yeah, Siri is a bitch!

Bummer that Siri can't understand my voice!

Tragic!

[upbeat electronic music playing]

[Rodney] Yo, L…

We pulling up, boy. What do you want from the alcohol store?

[LJ] Captain Morgan, wine, and…Henny.

[Rodney] Alright, bet.

[Daequan] What you about to get?

[Rodney] Booze.

[Daequan] "Booze?"

[Rodney] Yeah, I learned from the girls at Gallaudet. They be saying "booze."

You know how white they is, bro.

"Let's get some booze!"

[shopkeepers bell chimes]

Yo, let's see what we can afford.

-Hey, yo, DQ? -[Daequan] Yo.

[Rodney] You remember my first time drinking this?

-[both laugh] -You was fucked up.

Deaf culture people really hate me because I don't sign all the time.

I'm about to get this one. This is cheap. Boom!

You're telling me to come in,

learn the full language…

and just sign every day and turn my voice off?

And I've been using my voice the past 20 to 19 years?

That's impossible.

You know what we need to get? A Taylor Port.

That's what'll get us right.

-A what? -[Rodney] A Taylor Port.

What's that?

[Rodney] That's like the Hennessy for Jewish people.

[chuckles]

The hearing world is not nice. The Gallaudet world is not nice.

I live in the middle, and that's the Rodney World.

Right here, look, look, look.

That's what you're talking about?

If I want to sign, I sign. If I don't want to sign, I don't sign.

[shopkeepers bell chimes]

My rules…

my criteria and my life.

I don't give a fuck

about what other people say.

[Daequan] We're waiting for Dalton's ass to text me back.

Fuck him and fuck Alexa.

"Fuck Alexa?"

She cool, but she be saying the most…

random stuff.

She gonna try to tell me it's my loss about what happened two years ago.

Like…

huh?!

["Future's Coming Fast" by Slow Wave playing]

♪ Something coming unpossessed ♪

She called me one night and was like,

"We're single, right?" I was like, "Yeah."

She said, "I can talk to anybody?" I said, "Yeah, just don't talk to my friends."

♪ Oh, I ♪

♪ It's lighting my whole... ♪

She did things with DQ.

♪ Feel it coming Feel it coming… ♪

You know, you were really grimy for that.

The only reason why me and Alexa started talking was because

you said you didn't like the girl.

If you'd just been like, "Yo, I'm fucking with her."

I'd have been like, "Alright, cool." I would never have did anything.

But the thing is, how's it my loss, B?

I mean, I can't help you with that, 'cause

I don't talk to her, for real.

Did you get me pregnant on purpose?

Right now, bro, all I'm focused on is school and graduating.

That's the only thing on my mind right now.

Were you trying to trap me?

It's just like in the moment,

I could have pulled out, but I was like, "No," and I stayed in.

Honestly, I'm so angry.

I got caught up in the moment, damn!

I was in love and I got caught up in the moment. Chill!

Shit happens.

It's not, "Shit happens." You did it on purpose.

That's not like, "Shit happens," you know?

Let me explain the situation. I didn't want to like the girl.

We all knew she was weird as fuck, bruh.

Yeah.

What made you feel like it was okay with me?

I guess because I was in love?

I wasn't thinking about you.

I was in love.

That makes me angry.

♪ I can't lose that fight more ♪

♪ It's the love I would die for ♪

And what made you think I wouldn't have an abortion?

Because you said so.

I said I would not?

I don't know…

Let's just move on.

I have so many questions.

["When I Make History" by Hunnit playing]

[producer] Tell me about meeting up with Alexa.

[Daequan] People need to understand…

I don't like talking about my emotions. I don't like expressing my emotions.

I hate discussing my feelings. Why?

Because that's my personality.

Okay, I got a question for all y'all American motherfuckers.

How you gonna get over the past if you're still

talking about the past?

Huh?

I know, I just mind-fucked all y'all.

The thing that made me mad was

how she played the players.

How she play us?

She's a psychology major.

Exactly.

Leave it to Alexa to make me mad, bruh.

Rodney has a terrible, terrible,

terrible way of expressing himself about women.

But that's just Rodney, whatever, his feelings are fucked up too.

["BFF" by The Kinnardlys playing]

Give me my phone.

Tayla joined my sorority…

and one day she just…

went for it!

She asked, "Can I kiss you?"

Kiss me?

No girl had ever asked to kiss me before.

I said I'm down…

and we kissed.

But at first, I didn't know if it was lust or love.

I like this. I can't wait to see how it looks on you.

But we can't talk.

[chuckles]

True.

You'd imagine friends at a nail salon chatting and gossiping.

But not us!

Deaf people problems.

Be quiet!

So your grandparents will meet my parents.

They'll meet.

We'll see how they react.

I'm sure they'll get along.

But they don't like us being together.

Then they'll have that in common.

When my grandparents react badly, I laugh.

Instead of feeling hurt or whatever…

I laugh.

I don't think I'm in touch with my emotions.

I do feel numb…

a lot of the time.

That's when I disassociate from myself.

Who can judge? Only God can judge.

That's between them and God.

Right, I do believe in God.

But my family is like, "Stop being a lesbian. Let it go."

Tayla's family are Southern Baptist Christians.

They strongly believe in what's standard for society.

That marriage is between a man and a woman.

It's always the elephant in the room.

I feel comfortable with the elephant in the room.

If they don't feel comfortable, they have to figure out how.

["True Love" by Ships and Joshua McKenzie playing]

♪ Into the middle, I truly love ♪

["I'm a Psycho" by Clooney playing]

♪ I'm a psycho I do what I like, oh… ♪

Are you ready?

I'm really hungover.

Because you drank too much.

That's not my problem. It's your problem.

You could be a supportive friend.

Whatever.

My special guest is…

-What's your name? -Huh?

This is Cameron.

You're not supposed to introduce me!

Hi, I'm Cameron.

My best friend Cameron…

He's very…

I just love him.

This is a summer dress…

So I added the black shirt to give it a fall look…

with matte lipstick, and boots.

I just realized something.

Your legs are tanner than your face.

Rude!

I feel offended.

["Beauty Inside" by Photronique playing]

♪ Much love So much pride ♪

♪ Turn heads with my eye My beauty is on the inside ♪

I got these barrettes to match my outfit.

What's with the mouthing?

Use ASL.

Cameron knows sometimes I sign fluent ASL and sometimes not.

My audience is mostly hearing.

So I'm more oral, and I sign less.

And Cam doesn't like that.

Whatever.

I'm being true to myself.

I grew up mainstreamed my whole life.

So when I came to Gallaudet, it was a culture shock.

They'd sign so fast and use strong facial expressions.

I was lost like a hearing person.

I never thought about my identity as a deaf person.

I'd get mad at my parents that I was born deaf.

Why did they make me like this?

I really felt like an outcast.

I still feel like an outcast!

Okay, what's your secret desire?

One day I want to try BDSM.

You could let me beat you up to get used to it.

[both laughing]

I hate you!

That's just an example.

Like, whipped cream or chocolate all over and licking it off…

A bath in chocolate syrup would be good!

I can't wipe that off my imagination!

That's all, folks!

[chill beat playing]

We about to get some beer?

I want to.

But at the same time, I want people to stop looking at me, bruh.

[Daequan] We're signing. They're not used to that.

We Black people signing.

They can't speak!

In the Deaf community,

it's very common to see your ex everywhere.

Oh, yeah!

You'll bump into your ex with a new fling…

awkward!

It would be better if we switched that.

We can move that sofa over there.

Typically with Deaf culture…

We change, like, the furniture or the setup so it's, like, Deaf-friendly.

♪ Think about that one time You wanted to pop out ♪

♪ Turns out you came to my house ♪

So everyone can see each other and it's more, like,

space to sign and things like that.

One more of these?

No.

No? Okay.

Surrounded by deaf people, you know how that can be.

Overwhelming.

What's up?!

Deaf people…

talk the most shit! That's what hearing people don't understand.

Is everything going okay? Yeah?

If you're looking at us, we can talk shit about you to your face

and pretend we're saying something good about you.

How was your food?

Tell the cook himself, I want to…

How do you say "kiss"?

Like this?

[Cheyenna laughs]

What does that mean?

Dick?!

What, that's rude!

Never sign this…

If you sign it, you nasty.

When I first arrived,

a friend gave me a sign name, "Daequan."

She just started laughing. I'm like, what's so funny?

She was like, "You know what that mean? Those fingers spell D…I…C…K!"

Deaf people have "Sign Names."

Instead of spelling our names out

we use sign names based on our traits.

I have really blue eyes so for my name, I touch below my eye like this.

Mine is the sign for candy because I love candy.

My sign name is this…

My mom gave it to me when I was born because I had a red nose.

So, Alexa.

And when there's a new president,

we'll come up with a sign name for them too.

You can tell if someone's a Trump supporter…

They will spell out his name: T-R-U-M-P.

But if you don't like the man,

you're gonna go like this, 'cause we all know…

that man has a toupee.

Deaf people gave Trump a sign name so he should feel honored.

Trump.

Cheyenna, relax!

I'm chillin'!

Don't listen to him!

Yeah, I'm not listening to you!

Relax! I know you're popular on Instagram, but still…

What does that have to do with this?

I'm a normal person.

Tell the truth. How many boys DM you on Instagram?

Like 5,000. It's a lot to scroll over.

DAMN!

I want to see. I don't trust you yet.

I'm telling the truth!

♪ I know what boys like… ♪

Many.

She has her own hustle. She has her own grind.

I like seeing that in a woman, like,

being independent.

Many, many more than that!

My mom is the same way.

Not that I like my mother, like,

that's just eww.

♪ All eyes on me ♪

Yo, she can scroll for days!

♪ All eyes on me… ♪

-What? -What?

[laughs]

I notice the way she mouths is too obvious.

No!

[laughs]

I think that's why she has so many followers.

She caters to hearing people.

I liked the video.

She gave good tips.

Yeah.

I didn't like that.

My friends would rather not step out of their deaf bubble.

They're so quick to judge…

and hold resentment against another person.

I have advice I can give, if that's okay?

The Deaf community is so small that once we shun a person…

they have nowhere else to go.

["Across the Sky" by Nikki Flores feat. Don Benjamin playing]

♪ …and make me come alive ♪

♪ You know you hit me Like, like, like, like ♪

♪ You know you light me up inside ♪

♪ You know you turn me on ♪

♪ Girl, you got me burnin' up ♪

♪ Girl, you got it goin' on ♪

♪ You in the zone Don't slow it down ♪

♪ Turn me on… ♪

Hey.

What's up, Alexa?

Hey.

Are you still with Braxton?

Yeah, I think so.

All I want is to make a billion dollars,

and be in the best shape as possible.

Is that too much to ask for?

What happened, what happened, what happened?

Come on, spill it.

I'm trying to break up.

We haven't been talking.

What?

Honestly, from you, my affections been fucked up.

Um, how did I fuck you up?

Before you? I was sleeping with girls, like, "Oh, yeah…"

You can go, you can go, you can go. See you around."

But with you? I actually was dedicated.

[Alexa laughs]

And y'all think I'm a fuck boy?

Alexa… [chuckles]

She don't go through boys, like,

one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. No, she don't do that.

But she don't care about how you feel.

Like… damn!!

If you can't forgive me, that's on you.

How is that on me?

If I did the same shit to you, you would not let me live that down.

You would not.

So Rodney is a very…

very loyal person.

So if you betray him…

he gets really hurt.

I hated you!

[winces]

Yeah, you're cute and all. Yeah, don't get me wrong.

But I hated you… with all my guts.

Is this your way of flirting?

[laughs]

You like getting under my skin.

You know that, right?

Yeah.

No lie, no lie.

The way I see it, Rodney and I still have chemistry.

He has those muscles…

["Hell Yea" by Lauren & Diane Rae playing]

What?

I miss your…

presence.

♪ Anything you wanna do Wanna do ♪

Do you think…

we would ever have a connection again?

I mean, I'm not gonna lie. I wouldn't mind sleeping with you.

♪ Get me close to me and you ♪

♪ Me and you ♪

♪ Yeah I'm gonna say Hell yea ♪

♪ Hell yea ♪

♪ Cause baby boy you look so fine Look so fine ♪

♪ You never let you right on time Right on time ♪

♪ Chivalry is dead Why you so alive? ♪

♪ How'd you know a gentleman Is my type? ♪

♪ I really hope this ain't a game Ain't a game ♪

♪ 'Cause mister I ain't one to play One to play ♪

♪ You got me out here looking crazy ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm walking with my heart On my sleeve ♪

♪ You got me like Hell yea ♪

♪ Hell yea ♪

♪ Anything you wanna do Wanna do ♪

♪ When it comes to me and you Me and you ♪

♪ Yea I'm gonna say Hell yea ♪

♪ Hell yea ♪