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[School bell rings]
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[Indistinct conversations]
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- What about one of them?
- No.
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- What about Rhonda?
- Maybe.
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What are you losers looking at?
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Never mind.
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Oh.
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♪
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Hey, Rainbow.
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I love your sweater.
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Thank you!
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My Aunt Dee-Dee found it at her job.
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She always says, "You wouldn't believe
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how many people
leave perfectly good clothes
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just lying around in their suitcases."
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Cool. So, the Halloween
costume contest is coming up.
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And we win every year.
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Every year.
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And this year, we're going
as "The Facts of Life,"
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and we want you to be Tootie.
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I totally know who that is,
and I'm super excited about it.
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[Click]
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BOW: "The Facts of Life" was
a long-running 1980s TV show
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starring three white girls
and one black girl.
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Guess which one was Tootie.
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These days, we as a society
strive to be more inclusive.
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From our workplaces to the media
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to our friendship groups,
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there's a lot more diversity.
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But what passed for diversity in 1985
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today, we'd call tokenism.
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Tokenism is a way for people to say,
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"Hey, look how diverse we are,"
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without really changing anything.
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♪
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[Click]
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So, you in?
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Dr. Rainbow Johnson
knows to be skeptical
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when three white girls
approach me in this formation.
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Yes! Definitely!
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[Click]
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But Baby Bow didn't know that yet.
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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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♪
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So, you're not gonna use any seasoning?
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Just heat and fish?
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A true chef knows
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that the heat brings out
the natural flavors.
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So, you're making "hot fish"?
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This is why I eat before I come.
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Hey, guys.
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Our school is having a costume contest
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on Thursday for Halloween.
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A costume contest? Very cool.
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[Chuckles] Man,
being a kid at Halloween.
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It doesn't get any better than that.
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So you liked Halloween as a kid?
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Did he.
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♪
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I love Halloween!
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[Giggles]
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And that was mid-August.
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Hey, is it all right if I go watch TV?
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The popular girls at school
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asked me to be in their costume group,
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and we're doing "The Facts of Life."
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Congratulations. You made it.
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Those popular girls
just made you a token.
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N-N-N-N-No.
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Rainbow is living in the real world now.
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This is stuff she needs to know.
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But you don't know anything
about those girls.
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Are the girls white?
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And they asked you to play Tootie?
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Ta-da! Token!
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What's a token?
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Oh, that's when a white person hires you
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or makes friends with you
because you're black.
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So, should I not do the contest?
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I mean, is being a token a bad thing?
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Yeah, it's a bad thing!
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Those girls only want
to hang out with you
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because they think you're safe.
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Like a diet black.
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No. Rainbow, don't listen to her.
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I'm sure those girls chose you
because they like you.
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Don't let anyone tell you
who you can be friends with.
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Exactly. People are people.
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And if you like those girls,
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you should do the contest with them.
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Great.
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Can I go watch television?
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- Yes.
- Don't forget dinner.
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Mm. Don't want to miss out
on that hot fish.
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♪
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As a preteen, I already worried
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about boys, rumors, and an oily T-zone.
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And now, on top of all that,
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I had to wonder whether or not
I was being used as a token.
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[Indistinct conversations,
video games beeping]
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Do you realize what this means?
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It means your life is going to be great.
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Pretty soon, you're gonna be hanging out
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with Rebecca and her friends,
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doing all the things popular girls do...
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using Nair, shoplifting lip gloss.
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I don't know if I want to do this.
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What are you talking about?
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I don't want these girls
to just see me for my color.
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I want them to see me for who I am.
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They will, once you put on a costume
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and pretend to be someone else.
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Why does everything
have to be so complicated?
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I mean, all these stupid words...
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"popular," "weird," "black,"
"white," "token," "safe."
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I wish they'd just go away.
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And I wish I could digest cheese.
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But what if there was a way where...
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everyone could just be seen
for who they are?
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Oh, no. You're getting
your "change the world" look.
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Do you know why white people and black
people think they're different?
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Yep. Here we go.
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Because they never bother
to get to know each other.
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But if these girls
only see me as a token,
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I can still use that to teach them
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that white people
and black people are the same.
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But we still have air left.
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All right, guys, it's busy season.
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As you know, when it comes
to personal injury,
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Halloween is our Christmas.
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And if it's anything like last year,
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I'll make enough to leave my family.
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They'll be better off.
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Now, what did you mean by
"Halloween is our Christmas"?
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Oh, well, things have changed big time
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since you were off living in the woods,
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bathing in the crick.
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Now Halloween's all about
razor blades in apples,
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razor blades in candy bars,
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teeny, tiny razor blades in bubble gum.
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Oh, I get it.
A little locker-room hazing.
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Scare the working mom.
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No, no, no, no. Not at all.
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Halloween is truly dangerous.
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Think about it... dark costumes,
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masks with tiny, little eyeholes.
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It's hard not to hit a kid
with your car.
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And parents still
let their children go out?
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Oh, yes, they do.
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Cha-ching! [Laughs]
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Whoo!
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If it's killable, it's billable.
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[Indistinct conversations]
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Hey.
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Oh, good. You're here.
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I have something for you.
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[Locker door opens]
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Oh. Neat.
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Thank you for these wheel shoes.
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You'll make the perfect Tootie.
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And just like that,
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I had become a real-life
'80s black sitcom character.
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Which meant it was my job
to provide comic relief
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and teach white people lessons.
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So, you like juice boxes, huh?
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You know who else likes juice boxes?
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Black people.
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Oh. Okay.
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My mom packed it for me, so...
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Cool.
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Do you know who else has moms?
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Black people.
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Wow.
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You know a lot of random black facts.
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Okay, I was still getting the hang
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of being a magical half-Negro.
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But I wanted the girls to see
that we are all the same.
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You know, my aunt
really likes Madonna, too.
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Oh, that makes sense...
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because you're half-white, right?
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Actually, my Aunt Dee-Dee's black.
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Black people like all kinds of music.
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Oh, cool. I'll make you a mixtape.
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See you later.
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What a rush!
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It felt like I was a secret
agent in foreign territory,
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changing hearts and minds.
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But like any secret agent...
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your cover can be blown.
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♪
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All right, this is
the best part of Halloween...
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figuring out what you want to be.
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When I was a kid, we used to go
as characters from the movies.
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So what's your favorite movie?
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"Cocoon."
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"Cocoon."
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Anything else?
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Nope.
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I'll figure this out.
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["Star Wars" theme plays]
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♪
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- That's Luke Skywalker!
- Aah!
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- Oh! Get 'em, Luke!
- Get 'em!
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It's Jabba!
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- Ooh.
- Ooh!
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♪
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- Ohh!
- Aah!
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- [Giggles]
- No! Go right!
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It was our first Halloween
off the commune,
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and Dad wanted
Johan and Santamonica to have
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the greatest trick-or-treating
experience ever.
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So he pulled out all the stops
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to build the greatest costumes
the neighborhood had ever seen.
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And the only thing
that stood in his way was...
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- Mommy!
- Mommy!
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Wow! Look at you guys!
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You're gonna look amazing at school.
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I can't wait to go trick-or-treating.
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Slow down.
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I mean, who said anything
about trick-or-treating?
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What do you mean?
Is that... Is that a problem?
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It's a huge problem.
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But it's the kids' first Halloween.
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Why wouldn't they go trick-or-treating?
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Mm.
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[Click, tape rewinding]
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...teeny, tiny razor blades
in bubble gum.
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If it's killable, it's billable.
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[Static crackles, click]
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Halloween isn't the same anymore.
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There's just way too many
bad things that can happen.
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Oh, sweetheart,
it's the same harmless fun
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we had when we were their age.
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No. It's not.
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So no Halloween?
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Look, I'm not saying
we can't celebrate Halloween.
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In fact, we can have
a great one right here.
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We can throw a Halloween party
if you want.
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We could carve pumpkins and...
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bob for apples
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and play "Pin the Hat on the Witch."
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Nobody's gonna come to
a Halloween party on Halloween.
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They'll all be trick-or-treating.
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Well, we'll figure it out.
263
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You need to do something
about your wife.
264
00:09:09,129 --> 00:09:11,463
♪
265
00:09:11,565 --> 00:09:12,831
[Both giggle]
266
00:09:12,933 --> 00:09:14,632
So, we'll see you later for practice?
267
00:09:14,735 --> 00:09:15,967
Not if I see you first.
268
00:09:16,036 --> 00:09:19,337
But even if I see you first,
I'll still see you at practice.
269
00:09:19,439 --> 00:09:21,373
I was making progress
with the white girls,
270
00:09:21,475 --> 00:09:22,774
but the black girls?
271
00:09:22,843 --> 00:09:25,443
Well, you see
how Tamika was looking at me.
272
00:09:25,545 --> 00:09:29,881
♪
273
00:09:29,950 --> 00:09:31,716
Why do you keep looking at me
like I smell bad?
274
00:09:31,785 --> 00:09:33,251
Why do you keep hanging out with them?
275
00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:34,419
I'm getting to know them.
276
00:09:34,521 --> 00:09:37,088
Because, you know,
we all have so much in common.
277
00:09:37,190 --> 00:09:39,257
They have moms, they like juice.
278
00:09:39,326 --> 00:09:40,692
What are you talking about?
279
00:09:40,761 --> 00:09:43,027
I'm saying you should
come hang out with us sometime
280
00:09:43,130 --> 00:09:44,229
and get to know them.
281
00:09:44,297 --> 00:09:47,365
Nah. My mom said
white girls have head lice.
282
00:09:47,467 --> 00:09:49,808
When you're trying to fix racism,
283
00:09:49,886 --> 00:09:51,230
there are many approaches...
284
00:09:51,292 --> 00:09:54,316
marches, protests,
a cleverly worded hashtag.
285
00:09:54,378 --> 00:09:56,641
But in the heat of the moment,
I chose bribery.
286
00:09:56,743 --> 00:09:57,809
Okay.
287
00:09:57,911 --> 00:10:01,413
But they have awesome things
in their lunches.
288
00:10:01,515 --> 00:10:03,114
What, like hot fish?
289
00:10:03,216 --> 00:10:04,516
[Scoffs] I wish.
290
00:10:04,618 --> 00:10:05,650
But no.
291
00:10:05,752 --> 00:10:07,318
I'm talking Twinkies.
292
00:10:07,421 --> 00:10:09,954
Every single day.
293
00:10:10,056 --> 00:10:12,891
And if you ask nicely,
they'll give you one.
294
00:10:12,959 --> 00:10:15,527
Just come sit with us at lunch. Please?
295
00:10:15,629 --> 00:10:17,061
I'd eat a Twinkie.
296
00:10:18,765 --> 00:10:21,166
Then, once we've filled
the barrel with water
297
00:10:21,268 --> 00:10:22,400
and we add the apples,
298
00:10:22,469 --> 00:10:25,770
the bobbing is gonna be
off-the-charts crazy fun!
299
00:10:25,872 --> 00:10:26,905
You know I can't swim.
300
00:10:27,007 --> 00:10:28,473
Is that the barrel I was born in?
301
00:10:29,543 --> 00:10:30,575
No.
302
00:10:30,677 --> 00:10:32,544
Dad, why can't we just
go trick-or-treating?
303
00:10:32,646 --> 00:10:33,378
Yes!
304
00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:34,446
Guys, come on.
305
00:10:34,548 --> 00:10:35,880
Your mom feels strongly about this.
306
00:10:35,982 --> 00:10:37,582
And... And I support her.
307
00:10:37,651 --> 00:10:40,385
It's very important for
a husband to support his wife.
308
00:10:40,487 --> 00:10:41,586
[Sighs]
309
00:10:41,688 --> 00:10:42,620
Whipped.
310
00:10:42,722 --> 00:10:45,390
I'm telling you, it's gonna be awesome.
311
00:10:45,459 --> 00:10:47,225
Just like pumpkin carving...
312
00:10:47,294 --> 00:10:50,161
we can carve smiling faces
and scary faces.
313
00:10:50,230 --> 00:10:52,063
The possibilities are endless!
314
00:10:52,165 --> 00:10:53,898
It sounds like
the possibilities are two.
315
00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:55,867
Can you carve this face?
316
00:10:56,970 --> 00:10:58,236
Uh, yeah.
317
00:10:58,338 --> 00:10:59,571
Not with the eye roll.
318
00:10:59,639 --> 00:11:03,241
Also, I think your mom's
"Pin the Hat on the Witch" game
319
00:11:03,343 --> 00:11:04,576
is a great idea.
320
00:11:04,644 --> 00:11:06,211
- No, you don't!
- Is that even a thing?
321
00:11:06,313 --> 00:11:07,779
- I think it's a thing.
- It's not a thing.
322
00:11:07,881 --> 00:11:08,813
It could be a thing.
323
00:11:08,882 --> 00:11:09,814
[Sighs heavily]
324
00:11:09,916 --> 00:11:11,149
Look at you.
325
00:11:11,218 --> 00:11:13,785
Admit it, Dad. Your heart's
just not in this, is it?
326
00:11:13,887 --> 00:11:15,487
No. No, it is not!
327
00:11:15,589 --> 00:11:17,455
I love Halloween!
328
00:11:17,524 --> 00:11:18,823
I love trick-or-treating.
329
00:11:18,925 --> 00:11:20,825
Then you have to make this
happen for us.
330
00:11:20,927 --> 00:11:22,060
I know.
331
00:11:22,162 --> 00:11:23,628
So, what does that mean?
332
00:11:24,998 --> 00:11:26,631
I got to do something about my wife.
333
00:11:26,733 --> 00:11:28,700
Mmmmmm-hmm.
334
00:11:28,802 --> 00:11:30,468
- [Dramatic music playing]
- [Denise laughs]
335
00:11:30,537 --> 00:11:33,347
MAN: Will Brock and Angelina reach
Christina before it's too late?
336
00:11:33,425 --> 00:11:35,322
Never thought I'd say this,
but I'm glad you're here.
337
00:11:35,375 --> 00:11:38,042
You're lucky it's a commercial.
You got 2 1/2 minutes.
338
00:11:38,144 --> 00:11:39,444
I need your help with Alicia.
339
00:11:39,546 --> 00:11:40,745
She is adamant about
340
00:11:40,814 --> 00:11:42,481
not letting Johan and Santi
go trick-or-treating.
341
00:11:42,583 --> 00:11:44,215
- So? They'll live.
- No, I-I-I know,
342
00:11:44,286 --> 00:11:46,169
but I want them to experience Halloween.
343
00:11:46,219 --> 00:11:49,020
It's the one time of the year
where kids just get to be kids.
344
00:11:49,122 --> 00:11:51,556
Is this the kind of nonsense
you people worry about?
345
00:11:51,658 --> 00:11:53,892
What other problems do you have
that I would kill for?
346
00:11:53,994 --> 00:11:56,461
Denise, come on. Please. I'm serious.
347
00:11:56,563 --> 00:11:58,062
You know, when I was a kid,
348
00:11:58,131 --> 00:12:01,165
Halloween was the one night
where we were all the same.
349
00:12:01,268 --> 00:12:05,069
White, black, rich, poor...
we all looked alike.
350
00:12:05,138 --> 00:12:07,238
I remember putting on
a face full of makeup
351
00:12:07,307 --> 00:12:09,374
so I could blend in
with anyone, anywhere.
352
00:12:09,476 --> 00:12:12,343
No one knew that I was the rich,
white kid from up the street.
353
00:12:12,445 --> 00:12:13,444
Mnh-mnh.
354
00:12:13,547 --> 00:12:15,246
It sound like you did blackface.
355
00:12:15,348 --> 00:12:16,548
[Laughing] No! No, no, no.
356
00:12:16,650 --> 00:12:17,849
I was a chimney sweep.
357
00:12:20,420 --> 00:12:22,787
The point is, I need to help Alicia
358
00:12:22,856 --> 00:12:24,188
change her mind for the kids.
359
00:12:24,291 --> 00:12:26,457
Did she... always hate Halloween?
360
00:12:26,560 --> 00:12:27,559
She loved Halloween.
361
00:12:27,661 --> 00:12:28,693
[Chuckles]
362
00:12:28,795 --> 00:12:30,895
We used to get a kick
out of scaring each other.
363
00:12:30,997 --> 00:12:33,431
In fact, the bigger the scare,
the better.
364
00:12:33,500 --> 00:12:36,067
So you're saying to help her
get over her fear of Halloween,
365
00:12:36,169 --> 00:12:37,602
I should scare her?
366
00:12:37,704 --> 00:12:38,670
Yes.
367
00:12:38,772 --> 00:12:40,405
And the most important thing to remember
368
00:12:40,473 --> 00:12:42,373
- when you scare her is...
- We now return to...
369
00:12:42,475 --> 00:12:43,908
Oop! Time's up!
370
00:12:44,010 --> 00:12:45,910
Will Christina marry Emmanuel?
371
00:12:45,979 --> 00:12:47,846
Or will Brock and Angelina...
372
00:12:49,300 --> 00:12:50,448
[Dog barks in distance]
373
00:12:50,550 --> 00:12:52,016
Hello?
374
00:12:53,253 --> 00:12:54,819
Anybody home?
375
00:12:54,921 --> 00:12:57,689
[Eerie music plays]
376
00:12:57,791 --> 00:12:59,524
Hello?
377
00:12:59,626 --> 00:13:01,192
Hello?!
378
00:13:02,262 --> 00:13:03,628
[Floorboards creak]
379
00:13:03,730 --> 00:13:04,729
Aaaaah!
380
00:13:04,831 --> 00:13:05,863
Ohhh!
381
00:13:05,966 --> 00:13:08,299
[Grunting]
382
00:13:08,351 --> 00:13:09,300
- Kick him!
- That's Dad!
383
00:13:09,369 --> 00:13:10,635
Kick him till he's dead!
384
00:13:10,737 --> 00:13:12,103
BOW: Sound familiar?
385
00:13:12,172 --> 00:13:13,738
You may have heard me say this before.
386
00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:14,772
[Tape fast-forwarding]
387
00:13:14,841 --> 00:13:15,840
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!
388
00:13:15,942 --> 00:13:17,742
- Kick him! Kick him till he's dead!
- No!
389
00:13:17,844 --> 00:13:19,310
Now you know where I got it.
390
00:13:19,379 --> 00:13:21,379
Nobody's putting razor blades...
391
00:13:21,481 --> 00:13:22,680
- Mom, that's Dad! Mom!
- That's Dad! Stop!
392
00:13:22,782 --> 00:13:24,649
- It's Dad!
- What?
393
00:13:24,751 --> 00:13:25,819
- Dad!
- Mom! Mom!
394
00:13:25,843 --> 00:13:27,485
- Stop!
- [Paul gasping]
395
00:13:27,587 --> 00:13:29,287
Paul? What...
396
00:13:29,389 --> 00:13:30,655
- Ohh, God.
- Get up!
397
00:13:30,724 --> 00:13:33,024
What are you doing?! You knew it was me!
398
00:13:33,126 --> 00:13:35,526
I can't resist kicking
a white man when he's down.
399
00:13:35,629 --> 00:13:37,161
- Ohh!
- What were you thinking?!
400
00:13:37,263 --> 00:13:38,463
Honey, I was trying to remind you
401
00:13:38,565 --> 00:13:39,664
how much fun Halloween could be
402
00:13:39,733 --> 00:13:41,394
so you'd let the kids
go trick-or-treating.
403
00:13:41,449 --> 00:13:43,558
There is nothing fun about any of this!
404
00:13:43,621 --> 00:13:44,894
Halloween just got you hurt!
405
00:13:44,957 --> 00:13:46,804
No. You just got me hurt.
406
00:13:46,906 --> 00:13:47,872
And so did I.
407
00:13:47,974 --> 00:13:50,475
That settles it... no trick-or-treating.
408
00:13:50,577 --> 00:13:52,043
Everybody else is going!
409
00:13:52,112 --> 00:13:53,278
Sorry.
410
00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:55,742
Why can't we ever do one thing
like a normal family?
411
00:13:55,852 --> 00:13:58,983
Do you have any idea what it's
like being known as the freaks?
412
00:13:59,085 --> 00:14:01,786
♪
413
00:14:01,888 --> 00:14:03,087
[Sighs]
414
00:14:03,189 --> 00:14:04,989
[Breathing heavily]
415
00:14:05,091 --> 00:14:07,925
Really? The bigger the scare,
the better?
416
00:14:08,028 --> 00:14:09,994
Okay. That was Dee-Dee's bad.
417
00:14:10,096 --> 00:14:11,963
♪
418
00:14:12,065 --> 00:14:14,365
So, the next day,
I was ready to make headway
419
00:14:14,467 --> 00:14:15,833
for race relations.
420
00:14:15,935 --> 00:14:18,703
If being a token meant
I was their first black friend,
421
00:14:18,805 --> 00:14:21,005
then maybe they were ready
for their second.
422
00:14:21,107 --> 00:14:22,774
Hey. You guys know Tamika?
423
00:14:22,876 --> 00:14:24,676
I heard you guys have Twinkies.
424
00:14:24,778 --> 00:14:27,278
Yeah, I was telling Tamika
how much you guys like Twinkies,
425
00:14:27,380 --> 00:14:29,113
and she was like, "I like Twinkies."
426
00:14:29,215 --> 00:14:31,883
And it hit me... why don't we
all like Twinkies together?
427
00:14:31,985 --> 00:14:34,452
I just heard you guys were
passing out Twinkies.
428
00:14:34,554 --> 00:14:36,054
Have you ever heard of "please"?
429
00:14:36,156 --> 00:14:38,056
Look, I'm not gonna beg you.
430
00:14:38,258 --> 00:14:40,658
Oh, I also forgot to mention
431
00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:44,062
how much we all love our moms and juice!
432
00:14:45,965 --> 00:14:47,861
You guys are weirdos. I'm out.
433
00:14:50,136 --> 00:14:51,335
What was that all about?
434
00:14:51,438 --> 00:14:52,737
I know, right?
435
00:14:52,839 --> 00:14:54,739
I told you we picked the right one.
436
00:14:54,841 --> 00:14:57,308
Wait, what do you mean
you picked the right one?
437
00:14:57,410 --> 00:14:59,077
I mean you're awesome.
438
00:14:59,179 --> 00:15:01,612
It would be so cool if all
the black girls at this school
439
00:15:01,715 --> 00:15:03,214
were as nice as you.
440
00:15:03,316 --> 00:15:04,882
And there it was.
441
00:15:04,984 --> 00:15:08,352
I had failed at my mission
to unify the school.
442
00:15:08,455 --> 00:15:11,122
When they said I was nice,
that meant I was more white...
443
00:15:11,224 --> 00:15:14,258
or diet black...
and that wasn't a compliment.
444
00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:15,803
I need to go.
445
00:15:20,123 --> 00:15:21,722
[Knock on door]
446
00:15:21,824 --> 00:15:23,157
You okay?
447
00:15:23,259 --> 00:15:25,159
You barely ate dinner.
448
00:15:25,228 --> 00:15:28,029
I wasn't in the mood for Dad's hot fish.
449
00:15:28,097 --> 00:15:30,231
Honestly, he's made hotter.
450
00:15:31,668 --> 00:15:33,367
Do you want to tell me what happened?
451
00:15:33,469 --> 00:15:34,669
Is it your new friends?
452
00:15:34,771 --> 00:15:36,103
They're not my friends.
453
00:15:37,197 --> 00:15:38,239
[Sighs]
454
00:15:38,308 --> 00:15:40,074
They only chose me for my color.
455
00:15:40,143 --> 00:15:43,177
I thought I could show them
that everyone was the same,
456
00:15:43,279 --> 00:15:45,079
but then they said...
457
00:15:45,148 --> 00:15:47,069
that they wish
all black girls were like me.
458
00:15:47,094 --> 00:15:48,026
[Sighs]
459
00:15:48,051 --> 00:15:49,784
Sweetie, I know what that's like.
460
00:15:49,852 --> 00:15:52,614
I go through something like that
almost every day at work.
461
00:15:52,889 --> 00:15:54,355
What do you do?
462
00:15:55,491 --> 00:15:56,791
I make sure they know
463
00:15:56,859 --> 00:15:59,260
that they're just talking
out of ignorance or fear.
464
00:16:00,229 --> 00:16:02,163
Look, anytime
something like that happens,
465
00:16:02,231 --> 00:16:05,466
it's because people are afraid
of what they don't know.
466
00:16:05,535 --> 00:16:08,666
People feel safer around
other people who are like them.
467
00:16:09,439 --> 00:16:10,705
But you know what?
468
00:16:10,773 --> 00:16:11,939
I am so proud
469
00:16:12,041 --> 00:16:14,111
that you tried to show them
we're all the same.
470
00:16:14,811 --> 00:16:17,912
But I didn't say anything.
I just stood there.
471
00:16:18,014 --> 00:16:21,749
I didn't always have
the confidence to say something.
472
00:16:21,818 --> 00:16:23,384
That comes with time.
473
00:16:23,453 --> 00:16:27,822
And when the time is right,
you'll know what to say.
474
00:16:27,924 --> 00:16:29,557
I hope so.
475
00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:32,093
I know so.
476
00:16:33,229 --> 00:16:34,562
Go to bed!
477
00:16:34,664 --> 00:16:36,030
I love you.
478
00:16:36,132 --> 00:16:37,632
- Love you.
- [Door closes]
479
00:16:37,700 --> 00:16:40,267
I hear gurgling when I breathe.
480
00:16:40,370 --> 00:16:41,636
You're not hurt that badly.
481
00:16:41,738 --> 00:16:43,537
I don't think I should
fall asleep tonight.
482
00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:44,672
[Sighs]
483
00:16:44,774 --> 00:16:46,140
How important is your spleen?
484
00:16:46,242 --> 00:16:47,575
I talked to Rainbow tonight.
485
00:16:47,677 --> 00:16:48,743
She all right?
486
00:16:48,811 --> 00:16:50,277
She's good.
487
00:16:50,380 --> 00:16:51,612
Thanks to me.
488
00:16:51,714 --> 00:16:53,514
I gave her some great advice
489
00:16:53,616 --> 00:16:55,750
about ignorance and irrational fear
490
00:16:55,852 --> 00:16:58,522
and not letting them determine
how you live your life.
491
00:16:59,055 --> 00:17:00,221
Brilliant, really.
492
00:17:00,289 --> 00:17:02,356
Wow. That does sound brilliant.
493
00:17:02,425 --> 00:17:05,259
It's kind of weird that
you don't take your own advice.
494
00:17:05,328 --> 00:17:07,828
What are you talking about?
495
00:17:07,930 --> 00:17:10,531
Letting fear control your life?
496
00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:11,999
Isn't that what you're doing
497
00:17:12,068 --> 00:17:13,801
with the kids and trick-or-treating?
498
00:17:13,870 --> 00:17:15,836
No! It's totally different.
499
00:17:17,540 --> 00:17:18,739
It's a little different.
500
00:17:18,841 --> 00:17:22,443
Honey, I totally get
wanting to keep the kids safe,
501
00:17:22,512 --> 00:17:25,446
but we let Santi drive a tractor.
502
00:17:25,548 --> 00:17:26,447
[Chuckles]
503
00:17:26,549 --> 00:17:27,815
I think this is one of those times
504
00:17:27,884 --> 00:17:31,185
we just have to let go a little
and let them be kids.
505
00:17:31,254 --> 00:17:32,653
Like their friends, you know,
506
00:17:32,755 --> 00:17:34,463
so no one thinks that they're freaks.
507
00:17:36,192 --> 00:17:38,192
[Inhales deeply] Hmm.
508
00:17:38,294 --> 00:17:39,326
[Sighs]
509
00:17:40,830 --> 00:17:44,256
Johan! Santi!
We're going trick-or-treating!
510
00:17:44,350 --> 00:17:46,801
- Yeah!
- Mommy, you're the best!
511
00:17:46,869 --> 00:17:48,602
- I love you! I love you! Yay!
- Yeah! You're awesome!
512
00:17:48,705 --> 00:17:50,237
Yeah, this seems fair.
513
00:17:50,306 --> 00:17:52,540
[Indistinct conversations]
514
00:17:52,608 --> 00:17:54,141
You look amazing!
515
00:17:55,078 --> 00:17:56,177
We're so gonna win.
516
00:17:56,279 --> 00:17:57,812
Are you ready to go?
517
00:17:57,914 --> 00:17:59,046
Yeah.
518
00:18:02,952 --> 00:18:05,553
Actually, I can't be Tootie.
519
00:18:05,755 --> 00:18:07,455
What are you talking about?
520
00:18:07,557 --> 00:18:08,723
[Click]
521
00:18:08,791 --> 00:18:11,168
It's hard to explain
what courage feels like,
522
00:18:11,238 --> 00:18:12,824
but Mom was right.
523
00:18:12,910 --> 00:18:14,058
When I was ready,
524
00:18:14,097 --> 00:18:16,409
the words were right there
waiting for me.
525
00:18:16,503 --> 00:18:18,628
- [Click]
- I was so excited to hang with you guys.
526
00:18:18,968 --> 00:18:21,448
But yesterday, when you said you wished
527
00:18:21,534 --> 00:18:23,304
all the black girls at school
were like me?
528
00:18:23,406 --> 00:18:24,472
Not cool.
529
00:18:25,508 --> 00:18:26,674
You only think I'm different
530
00:18:26,743 --> 00:18:29,443
because you never even talk
to the rest of them.
531
00:18:29,545 --> 00:18:32,179
So if you don't think it's worth
the time to get to know them,
532
00:18:32,281 --> 00:18:33,914
then you'll have to find another Tootie.
533
00:18:34,016 --> 00:18:35,182
There it was...
534
00:18:35,284 --> 00:18:38,285
my first time demanding
to be seen as a person,
535
00:18:38,387 --> 00:18:39,420
not a color.
536
00:18:39,522 --> 00:18:41,088
It may have been my proudest moment.
537
00:18:41,190 --> 00:18:43,157
Now excuse me.
538
00:18:49,832 --> 00:18:52,800
But it was also my first time
on roller skates.
539
00:18:52,902 --> 00:18:54,835
♪
540
00:18:54,937 --> 00:18:56,871
- [Ray Parker Jr.'s "Ghostbusters" plays]
- But what I ultimately learned
541
00:18:56,973 --> 00:18:59,306
was to not let myself
be defined by labels
542
00:18:59,375 --> 00:19:02,409
and instead just be true to myself...
543
00:19:02,512 --> 00:19:04,259
every part of myself.
544
00:19:04,345 --> 00:19:05,379
♪
545
00:19:05,448 --> 00:19:07,715
Sorry if I ruined
our chances of fitting in.
546
00:19:07,817 --> 00:19:10,205
It's fine. We'll have
plenty more chances.
547
00:19:10,259 --> 00:19:11,752
We're gonna have boobs soon.
548
00:19:13,022 --> 00:19:16,023
♪ If there's something strange
in your neighborhood ♪
549
00:19:16,092 --> 00:19:18,308
When it comes down to it,
people pick tokens
550
00:19:18,386 --> 00:19:21,228
because they don't want to step
outside their comfort zones.
551
00:19:21,330 --> 00:19:23,197
They fear the unfamiliar.
552
00:19:23,299 --> 00:19:25,232
♪ And it don't look good ♪
553
00:19:25,334 --> 00:19:27,034
♪ Who you gonna call? ♪
554
00:19:27,136 --> 00:19:29,270
♪ Ghostbusters ♪
555
00:19:29,372 --> 00:19:31,405
But that year, I realized
556
00:19:31,507 --> 00:19:34,575
people's assumptions about you
are just that...
557
00:19:34,677 --> 00:19:36,049
assumptions.
558
00:19:36,120 --> 00:19:37,278
♪ I ain't afraid of no ghost ♪
559
00:19:37,380 --> 00:19:39,647
The family in the neighborhood
you think is weird?
560
00:19:39,749 --> 00:19:41,682
They actually might be pretty cool.
561
00:19:41,784 --> 00:19:43,317
BOTH: Trick or treat!
562
00:19:43,419 --> 00:19:46,487
Hey! I'm a woman with a new attitude.
563
00:19:46,581 --> 00:19:47,822
You know I'm Patti LaBelle.
564
00:19:47,917 --> 00:19:48,923
Aah!
565
00:19:49,025 --> 00:19:51,125
[Girls scream]
566
00:19:51,227 --> 00:19:53,327
The girl you chose for her color
567
00:19:53,429 --> 00:19:56,497
might actually be a friend
if you give her a chance.
568
00:19:56,599 --> 00:19:58,799
♪ ...running through your head ♪
569
00:19:58,901 --> 00:19:59,900
♪ Who can you call? ♪
570
00:20:00,002 --> 00:20:01,535
Halloween 1985
571
00:20:01,637 --> 00:20:03,537
will always stand out as the first time
572
00:20:03,639 --> 00:20:06,473
I tried to change how others saw me.
573
00:20:06,576 --> 00:20:09,677
But I realized that year
that the most important thing
574
00:20:09,779 --> 00:20:11,545
was how I saw myself.
575
00:20:13,554 --> 00:20:16,472
Hey, I've been thinking a lot
about that whole token,
576
00:20:16,550 --> 00:20:18,261
safe black person thing,
577
00:20:18,331 --> 00:20:19,972
and I-I think I get what you're saying.
578
00:20:20,019 --> 00:20:21,703
I'm not sure you do.
579
00:20:21,797 --> 00:20:23,417
No, no, I'm a great judge of character.
580
00:20:23,461 --> 00:20:25,930
Um, Ike Turner... safe.
581
00:20:25,984 --> 00:20:27,421
Mike Tyson... safe.
582
00:20:27,492 --> 00:20:29,064
Bobby Brown... safe.
583
00:20:30,104 --> 00:20:32,244
Hi. Yes, I can talk now.
584
00:20:32,331 --> 00:20:33,791
Last one...
585
00:20:33,877 --> 00:20:35,983
Bill Cosby... safe.
586
00:20:35,984 --> 00:20:38,484
♪♪
587
00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:39,720
Oh, oh.
588
00:20:39,745 --> 00:20:42,054
Can't forget "The Juice,"
O.J. Simpson...
589
00:20:42,117 --> 00:20:43,445
safe as you get.
590
00:20:43,500 --> 00:20:46,600
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