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>> Biscayne: TONIGHT ON

"NEWSREADERS" -- WHAT'S IN THIS

BOX?

THE ANSWER MAY GUITAR YOU.

ALSO, WE'LL MEET THE FIRST

OPENLY GAY INTERIOR DESIGNER.

AND LATER, HUMOROUS JIM DAVIDSON

WILL BE HERE.

>> I'LL TELL YOU THE PROBLEM I

HAVE WITH RUBIK'S CUBE -- YEAH,

SURE, IT'S EASY TO GET ONE SIDE,

BUT THEN WHEN YOU TURN THIS

OTHER THING AND THEN IT

MESSES UP THIS PART.

>> Biscayne: ALL THAT AND MORE

TONIGHT ON "NEWSREADERS."

BUT FIRST TONIGHT -- REMEMBER

WHEN DIRTY DANCING WAS NO MORE

THAN DRY-HUMPING UNTIL YOU COULD

GET HOME AND DO SOME WET-HUMPING

IN YOUR PARENTS' BASEMENT?

WELL, THESE DAYS, KIDS ARE DOING

A NEW KIND OF DIRTY DANCING.

IT'S CALLED "[BLEEP] DANCING."

>> THE LINDY, THE CHARLESTON,

THE TWIST, THE ELECTRIC SLIDE,

[BLEEP] DANCING?

[BLEEP] DANCING ISN'T JUST DIRTY

DANCING.

IT IS HAVING ACTUAL SEX IN

PUBLIC, WHILE PARTIALLY CLOTHED,

TO THE BEAT OF THE KIND OF MUSIC

THAT PEOPLE LIKE TO [BLEEP] TO.

[BLEEP] DANCING HAS ITS ROOTS

IN THE BRAZILIAN DANCE "DANCA

PORA," WHICH BEGAN IN THE CLUBS

OF RIO DE JANEIRO AND TRANSLATES

ROUGHLY TO "DANCE [BLEEP]."

IN AMERICA, THE DANCE IS MOSTLY

POPULAR WITH POPULAR TEENAGERS.

TEENAGERS LIKE JOSH, HILARY, AND

ASHLEY OF TIPTON HAMILTON

HIGH SCHOOL.

>> IT'S JUST DANCING.

>> SOME CRITICS SAY THAT [BLEEP]

DANCING IS JUST "THE MACARENA"

WITH ACTUAL [BLEEP].

HOW DO YOU GUYS FEEL ABOUT THAT?

>> I MEAN, IT USES THE HIPS,

BUT...

>> IT'S NOT, LIKE, ANYTHING LIKE

THE SAME.

>> IT'S NOT LIKE...

NO.

>> THE CONTROVERSY AT

TIPTON HIGH STARTED LAST MONTH

WHEN JOSH AND HILARY'S

HIGH-SCHOOL MARCHING BAND TURNED

THIS NORMAL HALF-TIME SHOW INTO

THIS IMPROMPTU [BLEEP] DANCING

ROUTINE, MAKING THE FIELD

UNPLAYABLE.

AND THIS LED SCHOOL OFFICIALS

TO THREATEN TO CANCEL THE PROM.

>> IT'S THE BIGGEST NIGHT OF OUR

LIVES, AND THEY'RE JUST TRYING

TO TAKE IT AWAY.

IT'S JUST A DANCE, BRO.

>> BUT DO YOU SEE WHY SOME

PEOPLE ARE SAYING IT'S SEXUAL IN

NATURE, BRO?

>> IT'S JUST [BLEEP] DANCING,

PEOPLE.

GET OVER IT.

>> IN THIS BATTLE OF YOUNG

VERSUS OLD, THE KIDS DO HAVE

SUPPORTERS.

THOSE SUPPORTERS ARE CRAZY, OLD

HIPPIES.

>> WE HAVE TWO TEENAGERS OF

OUR OWN, AND WE LET THEM [BLEEP]

DANCE WITH THEIR FRIENDS IN OUR

HOME.

>> ALL THE TIME.

>> NO ONE'S GETTING HURT.

THERE'S NO DRUGS OR ALCOHOL

INVOLVED.

>> UNLESS YOU COUNT THE

INTOXICATING EFFECTS OF MUSIC.

AND I KNOW WE DO.

RIGHT, LOVE?

>> I'M TRYING TO NOD, BUT YOU'RE

SITTING ON MY HAIR.

>> OH.

>> THERE'S ONLY ONE THING ABOUT

[BLEEP] DANCING THAT EVERYONE

CAN SEEM TO AGREE ON.

THIS DANCE THAT WAS ONCE

SOMETHING ONLY COOL KIDS DID HAS

CAUGHT ON WITH PEOPLE OF ALL

AGES AND LEVELS OF COOL.

[ DANCE MUSIC PLAYS ]

THE DANCE HAS BECOME SO POPULAR

THAT A NEW REALITY SHOW,

"[BLEEP] DANCING WITH THE

STARS," BECAME AMERICA'S

HIGHEST-RATED SHOW.

[ DANCE MUSIC PLAYS ]

>> ERICA AND TIM, YOU'VE DONE

SOMETHING FEW PEOPLE CAN DO.

YOU TRANSPORTED ME TO A PLACE

I HAVE NEVER BEEN, AND THAT'S

WHAT [BLEEP] DANCING IS ALL

ABOUT.

"HOFF" GIVES YOU...

A 9.

>> [ SCREAMS ]

>> IN THE END, THE SENIOR PROM

WENT ON AS PLANNED.

BUT THE STUDENTS DIDN'T HAVE

MUCH INTEREST IN [BLEEP] DANCING

BECAUSE [BLEEP] DANCING WASN'T

COOL ANYMORE AND EVERYBODY WAS

DOING IT.

>> OH, MY GOD!

>> SO, HOW DO YOU GUYS FEEL

WATCHING YOUR PARENTS [BLEEP]

DANCING TOGETHER?

>> THEY'RE NOT EVEN DANCING

TOGETHER!

THAT IS MY DAD WITH JOSH'S MOM!

[ DANCE MUSIC PLAYS ]

>> YOUR MOM'S A GOOD DANCER.

BRO, I SAID YOUR MOM'S A GOOD

DANCER.

>> Biscayne: THERE ARE FEW

ISSUES HARDER TO COME TO GRIPS

WITH THAN RACIAL BIAS.

ACTUALLY, THERE ARE TONS OF

ISSUES HARDER TO COME TO GRIPS

WITH -- FAILING YOUR CHILDREN,

MOVING IS HARD, STEALING MONEY

FROM YOUR ANTI-DRUG CHARITY TO

PAY FOR HEROIN.

IT'S A LONG LIST.

BUT RACIAL BIAS IS AN ISSUE.

AND IT IS THE SUBJECT OF

TONIGHT'S HIDDEN-CAMERA

INVESTIGATION, "ARE YOU DECENT?"

>> AMERICA IS A MELTING POT.

AND IT'S THIS DIVERSITY THAT

MAKES US SO GREAT.

BUT HAS OUR POT FINALLY MELTED

INTO THE GOO OF TOLERANCE

ENVISIONED BY OUR FOREFATHERS,

THE ONES WHO DIDN'T OWN SLAVES?

PROFESSOR PRITCHARD BATCHMAN,

WHO'S BEEN STUDYING RACIAL BIAS

SINCE TELEVISION NEWS REPORTERS

BEGAN FRAMING NEWS SEGMENTS

AROUND IT, SAYS YES.

>> YES!

MY DATA INDICATES WE ARE LIVING

IN A POST-RACIAL AMERICA.

>> SO THIS IS A UNIQUE MOMENT IN

OUR HISTORY?

>> [ CHUCKLES ] ACTUALLY, NO.

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT WE

HAVE LIVED IN A POST-RACIAL

AMERICA.

>> REALLY?

>> YES! YES!

THE FIRST TIME WAS JANUARY OF

1863.

THE SLAVES WERE EMANCIPATED.

WE LIVED IN A POST-RACIAL

AMERICA FOR ABOUT TWO DAYS.

THEN THE NOVELTY WORE OFF, WE

FORGOT THAT WE LIKED BLACK

PEOPLE, AND WE REMEMBERED THAT

WE HAVE HATRED IN OUR HEARTS.

>> SO, WHAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING

TODAY IS DIFFERENT?

>> YES!

THERE IS A LOT -- A LOT --

OF CULTURAL DATA THAT SUGGESTS

THAT THIS IS AN ACTUAL

POST-RACIAL AMERICA.

AND I THINK THIS ONE WILL STICK.

>> THE STRONGEST EVIDENCE, OF

COURSE, BEING THAT WE HAVE A

BLACK PRESIDENT.

>> I HAD NOT THOUGHT OF THAT.

>> REALLY?

>> YEAH. NO.

THAT'S HUGE. YEAH.

HOW WOULD I HAVE NOT THOUGHT OF

THAT?

THAT'S WEIRD, ISN'T IT?

>> THAT'S A PRETTY BIG DEAL.

>> YEAH.

>> MOST AMERICANS WILL TELL YOU

THEY AREN'T RACIST.

BUT WHAT IF YOU DON'T ASK THEM,

AND, LIKE A REALLY SCUMMY

BOYFRIEND, YOU SECRETLY TAPE

THEM?

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE DID BY

SETTING UP DOZENS OF HIDDEN

CAMERAS IN THIS PARK TO SEE HOW

PEOPLE ACTUALLY REACT WHEN

CONFRONTED WITH RACIAL

MINORITIES.

>> HELLO.

I'M HAROLD PERRINEAU FROM

"LOST," "THE BEST MAN HOLIDAY,"

AND TONS OF OTHER THINGS.

I WILL BE PLAYING THE

AFRICAN-AMERICAN.

>> WE ASKED HAROLD TO APPROACH

POTENTIAL RACISTS TO SEE HOW

THEY'D REACT.

>> 'SUP.

>> THE RESULTS SHOCKED US.

>> CAN I PLAY WITH YOUR DOG?

>> YEAH.

>> CAN I BORROW YOUR PHONE?

>> SURE.

>> IT LOOKED AS THOUGH ORDINARY

PEOPLE WERE COMFORTABLE AROUND

OUR MINORITY.

>> EXCUSE ME, MA'AM.

CLAVIS KIM WITH "NEWSREADERS:

ARE YOU DECENT?"

WERE YOU AWARE THAT THE MAN YOU

WERE TALKING TO WAS BLACK?

>> YES.

>> YOU LENT HIM YOUR PHONE.

WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?

>> I HAVE AN UNLIMITED PLAN.

>> WELL, SURE, IF ONE OF THE

STARS OF THE HIT TV SHOW "LOST"

APPROACHED ME, I'D PROBABLY GIVE

HIM MY PHONE.

YEAH, I'M SUCH A HUGE FAN.

>> OH. [ LAUGHS ]

THANKS, MAN.

>> CAN I TAKE ANOTHER ONE?

>> UH, IF YOU --

YEAH, SURE. LET'S DO IT.

COME ON, WHY NOT?

ALL RIGHT.

[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]

>> BUT WHAT IF WE DISGUISED

HAROLD TO LOOK LESS LIKE A

FAMOUS TV ACTOR AND MUCH MORE

THREATENING?

>> HEY, YO, CAN I BORROW YOUR

WALLET?

OH, EXCUSE ME, MA'AM.

COULD YOU HELP ME PULL THIS

COUCH INTO MY, UH, PARTY BUS?

>> OKAY.

>> WHAT?

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.

I DON'T --

NO, YOU CAN'T --

YOU CAN'T JUST HELP A RANDOM --

LOOK, THIS IS NOT EVEN REAL.

LOOK AT THAT.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT COULD HAPPEN TO

YOU?

>> WE DECIDED TO CHALLENGE

AMERICA EVEN FURTHER BY MAKING

HAROLD APPEAR EVEN MORE

THREATENING.

>> IT'S SO BIG OVER THERE.

>> IF THIS IS A POST-RACIAL

AMERICA, SOMEONE CERTAINLY

FORGOT TO TELL MARY AND

HARRIS BURLKOVISI.

>> [ GROWLING ]

>> GO!

>> RACIST!

[ GROWLING ]

>> EXCUSE ME.

CLAVIS KIM, "NEWSREADERS: ARE

YOU DECENT?"

WE WERE SECRETLY RECORDING YOU

JUST NOW.

>> OH, THANK GOD.

DID YOU SEE THAT MONSTER THAT

JUST JUMPED OUT AT US?

>> "MONSTER."

RACISM IS NEVER SURPRISING, BUT

NOTHING STINGS LIKE THE

"M"-WORD.

>> HE WAS TALL AND ATHLETIC.

HE LOOKED LIKE HE COULD JUMP

HIGH.

>> ATHLETIC.

THAT'S A CODE WORD FOR BLACK.

WE DECIDED TO SHAKE UP THE

SCENARIO EVEN FURTHER.

>> BLAAAH!

>> [ SCREAMS ]

>> YOU ARE RACIST!

[ LAUGHS ]

GOT THAT [BLEEP]

>> IT'S 2014, BUT YOU'D NEVER

KNOW IT BY THE WAY THAT THESE

PEOPLE REACTED TO PEOPLE WHO

LOOKED DIFFERENT FROM THEM.

>> AAAAH! HA HA HA!

>> WHOA! WHAT THE [BLEEP]

OH, IT FINALLY HAPPENED!

UNDEAD ZOMBIE CLOWNS!

>> NO, NO, NO, NO.

I'M NOT --

>> GO FOR THE HEAD!

>> NOT THE HEAD!

I'M JUST KIDDING!

I'M JUST AFRICAN-AMERICAN!

>> Biscayne: ONE THING THAT'S

HARDER THAN EVER THESE DAYS IS

KNOWING WHAT'S COOL.

UNLESS YOU KNOW SKIP REMING.

>> ALL MY GRANDSON RIPLEY LIKES

TO DO IS PLAY "ANGRY BIRDS" ALL

DAY ON HIS iPOD.

I TOLD HIM, "IN MY DAY, YOU

WANTED TO PLAY WITH AN ANGRY

BIRD, YOU WENT OUTSIDE AND GOT A

BIRD ANGRY."

HE SAID THAT DIDN'T SOUND COOL

AT ALL.

IT'S FUNNY HOW WHAT'S COOL

CHANGES OVER TIME.

WHEN I WAS IN SHORT PANTS,

STEALING APPLES AND GRAVE

ROBBING WERE ALL THE RAGE.

SAME GOES FOR RAGE.

BUT, HANDS DOWN, THE COOLEST

THING A YOUNG BOY COULD DO WAS

LITTERING.

AND I WAS THE MOST POPULAR KID

IN TOWN.

BY THE TIME I WAS IN MY LATE

TEENS, DRAFT DODGING AND FREE

LOVE HAD BECOME THE COOL THINGS

TO DO.

BUT I DIDN'T JUMP ON THAT

BANDWAGON.

NO, SKIP REMING WAS HITCHED TO A

DIFFERENT CART, ONE DRIVEN BY A

NORTH VIETNAMESE FARMER PLOWING

THE YAM FIELD OF MY OWN DESPAIR.

WELL, YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT COOL

IS?

COOL IS A TIGHT HERRINGBONE

TWEED.

AND COOL IS BEING CONFIDENT IN

YOURSELF AND NEVER LETTING

ANYONE ELSE DEFINE WHO YOU ARE.

UNLESS THAT PERSON HAS A COOL

HAT OR IS A BETTER RACE THAN

YOU, IN WHICH CASE COPY

EVERYTHING THEY DO UNTIL YOU

FEEL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO

MURDER THEM AND TAKE THEIR

PLACE.

>> Biscayne: FINALLY TONIGHT, WE

HAVE ONE CORRECTION.

LAST WEEK, WE REPORTED THAT BOTH

HIP-HOP AND ANAL SEX WERE

CREATED IN A BRITISH

BOARDING SCHOOL.

WE HAVE SINCE LEARNED THAT

HIP-HOP WAS INVENTED IN AMERICA.

WE REGRET THE ERROR.

I'M REAGAN BISCAYNE.

GOOD NIGHT.

[ DANCE MUSIC PLAYS ]