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♪ I'm with this ♪
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♪ Complexion ♪
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♪ Two-step ♪
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♪ Complexion don't mean a thing ♪
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♪ It's a Zulu love ♪
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♪ Oh, complexion ♪
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♪ Two-step ♪
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♪ It all feels the same ♪
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♪ It's a Zulu love ♪
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♪ Ah ♪
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♪ Dark as the midnight hour or
bright as the morning sun ♪
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Some days it's like you can guess
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exactly where you're going...
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Coffee, my half-Nubian queen?
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Oh, well, thank you so much,
my hobo-bearded king.
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Mo-ooom! Da-aaad!
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Ah, here we go.
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What do you think he forgot this time?
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Field trip.
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And I bet you the rest of this creamer
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that he wants one of us to chaperone.
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- I'll take that action.
- Bet.
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Okay, so I need one of you guys
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to pay for my class picture, okay?
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- You can do cash, credit, Venmo...
- Damn it.
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And, Mom, you can write a check.
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Dad, you cannot.
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Ha!
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Thank you.
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And also, we only have 42 minutes
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to get to school on time, so...
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You do realize once you get there,
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- you still will be at school.
- Dre.
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I understand,
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but I've had perfect attendance
all semester,
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and if I get on time today,
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I'll get my first certificate.
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'Cause I need something positive
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for them to put in the yearbook.
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All they have right now is...
Jack Johnson, tries.
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- Aw. Well, that's nice.
- Okay, buddy.
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All right, all right,
I will get you to school.
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Aw, look how cute you are.
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Thank you so much for not holding
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the invisible guns this year.
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I forgot.
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Where's Diane?
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- What?
- Right there.
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Oh, my God.
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What's wrong, babe?
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Yeah, that's Diane.
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Oh, my God!
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And other days,
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you never could've guessed
where you'd end up.
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They O.J.'d my baby!
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Principal Biggs?
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Uh, y-yes...
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Yes, I am calling from a landline
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because this is very serious.
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My daughter was not lit properly
in the class photo.
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And someone decided to print it anyway.
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Yeah, it's gonna be a fight!
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All right, let me give
you a little context.
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Black people come in many shades,
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from Mariah Carey to Wesley Snipes.
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Because we look different,
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we get discriminated
against differently.
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Like in the case of O.J.
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A magazine made his skin look darker
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to make him seem more villainous.
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And sadly, it's not just done to us.
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Like with the
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"Are You Darker Than
a Brown Paper Bag Test."
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Sometimes we even discriminate
against each other.
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It's called "colorism"...
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the racist belief that lightskin is good
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and darkskin is bad.
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But it's not just us.
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People are color-struck
all around the world...
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In Asian communities,
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some people use umbrellas
and visors to avoid the sun.
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In Indian communities,
some dark-skinned actors
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say they have trouble starring
even in Bollywood movies.
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And in the Latin community,
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products that bleach your skin
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are becoming increasingly popular.
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But with Black Americans,
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people believe colorism
was the brainchild
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of a slave owner named Willie Lynch
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who taught other slave owners
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how to control us
by dividing us by color.
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Turns out, the story of
Willie Lynch is a hoax.
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But it felt real because of
the fact that slave owners
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did divide us by color,
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putting dark slaves in the field
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and light slaves in the house.
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This separation caused
deep-seated tension
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and resentment that continues
to this day.
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The resentment is so great
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that it makes us hyper-sensitive
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to issues of complexion.
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Which brings us back to this...
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It's gonna be a fight!
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Yeah, we are coming in there
to see you this morning.
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Mm-hmm, a real cat fight!
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Yeah, uh-huh...
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Like, immediately after drop-off,
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we are coming to your office.
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Mm-hmm, I'm talking about
hair wrapped, earrings out,
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- Vaseline on your face fight!
- Okay. Okay.
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- Uh-huh.
- We will see you then.
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- Thank you.
- Mm-hmm.
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Unbelievable.
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You got this, Bow. You got this.
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You can get her.
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You can take her.
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- I'm not fighting the principal, Dre.
- Why not?
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- What?
- Hey, what's going on here?
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- D... I...
- This.
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So when is Rainbow gonna
fight the principal?
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- That's what I'm talking about!
- What is wrong with...
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- Whup my ass!
- What is wrong with you guys?
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Diane!
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Honestly, Mama...
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How are you doing?
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Mother, why are you touching me?
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We saw your class photo.
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- Oh, that?
- Yeah.
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Eh, it's no big deal.
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- Yes, it is.
- Yeah.
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Yes, it is.
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Sweetheart, it is not okay
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for them to light you like this.
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They need to be more sensitive
to all complexions.
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- Mm-hmm.
- Mm-hmm.
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And we're gonna go and talk
to them about this.
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Yes, your mother gonna
beat up the principal.
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- No, I'm not.
- No, you're not.
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But you're gonna try your best.
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I'm proud of you, baby.
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You guys don't have to do this.
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Everybody takes bad pictures.
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Yeah, especially Dad in the '90s.
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Do y'all know how hard
it is to lean on a cane?
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- Oh, my God.
- Huh? Do you?
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Okay, well, the point is
we have less than 40 minutes
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to get to school on time.
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Yes, and we are gonna get you there.
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And when we do,
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we are going to explain
to Principal Biggs
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that this is thoughtless and hurtful.
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And we are gonna demand
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that she retake this photo
with proper lighting.
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No...
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we're gonna go in there screaming
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how racist they are
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and get free pictures
for the rest of our lives.
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And then I'm gonna ask
for some Kanye tickets.
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- Kanye?
- I really want to see him,
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but I will never ever give
that man any more of my money.
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We have no idea if this was intentional.
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We can't just walk into Valley Glen
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yelling about racism.
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It can't always be peaceful, Bow.
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Sometimes you need a Ferguson.
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We don't need either.
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I honestly think the
photographer just messed up.
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So can we please just drop this?
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This is nothing to be ashamed of.
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And I know this is uncomfortable,
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but you have to trust us, okay?
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We're gonna figure this out...
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...together, as a family, okay?
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Whoo! Morning.
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Do I have time to get a smoothie
before work?
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Uh, we're gonna be late.
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We got to go to the school
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because Diane has had her
first issues with complexion.
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Mm.
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So a yes on the smoothie.
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- Thank you, bigotry.
- Junior.
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But, hey, don't worry.
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If you can handle our family's
issues with complexion,
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- then you can handle anybody else's.
- What issues?
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If you're wondering why this feels
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like an accident about to happen,
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it's because colorism is
something Black families
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really don't like to talk about.
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I just meant she'll get used to it.
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You know, since we're all colorists.
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- Whoa.
- I mean, especially Dad.
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What the hell are you saying?
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Oh, uh, my bad.
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Did you guys want to be the ones
to break it to her?
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Junior.
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What are you talking about?
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Yeah, we're not colorists.
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Oh, oh, s-so that's what
we're doing here?
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Oh, my bad, yeah.
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This family willingly accepts
Black people of all shades.
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You sound stupid.
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You think we treat Diane
the same way the school does?
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No one is saying that.
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Can we just forget about all this?
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Yeah, I don't think is gonna
help me get to school on time.
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Look, I just meant that sometimes
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the lightskin people in this family
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get treated badly.
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That's what you meant?
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But you know, baby,
lightskins don't have problems.
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Or course fair-skinned people
have problems.
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Yeah, but it's the same way
rich people have problems.
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What?
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Oh no, I can't fit all
my money in my pocket.
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Heavens, the butler is sick.
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Who will apply my SPF-162
to my translucent fair skin?
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Setting a very good example, Dre,
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with all these jokes.
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- That's really good.
- No, they liked it.
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This is what happens every time
we talk about this.
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We get jokes.
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Calm down, Team Lightskin.
It's all right.
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- Yeah, it's just jokes.
- Thank you, Mama.
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That you guys constantly
do all the time.
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Team Lightskin. Or half-Nubian queen.
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Or "Oh, you guys come
from Lightskinsylvania."
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- Don't you?
- Or me looking like Raven-Symoné
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- with a fade.
- Guys, come on.
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We're talking about jokes.
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Not oppression. Jokes.
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Well, if it's so harmless, Dre,
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then would you mind if Junior and I
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just start making a
couple darkskin jokes?
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- Come on.
- Yeah, a darkskin guy walks...
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- I dare you.
- Mm-hmm. Guys, go up.
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Finish getting ready. You can go now.
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Go ahead. Get out of here.
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Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey,
wh... what are you doing?
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- Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
- We... We were just talking.
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- Oh, we're just talking?
- Yes.
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Well, I do not want them
learning about colorism
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through a whole bunch of ignorant jokes.
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You know what?
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You can act like you're hurt
if you want to, Rainbow,
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but if you get to complain
about a few jokes,
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I get to complain about how lightskin
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is the Black standard of beauty.
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Who do women with deeper skin tones
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have to look up to, huh?
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Um, Lupita.
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Yeah, name another one.
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Nyong'o.
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- Okay, see? See? See?
- Sit down.
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Yeah, great list.
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Let me help you out... Tika Sumpter...
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- Mm-hmm.
- ...Viola Davis...
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- Ooh, yeah.
- ...and that beautiful bald-headed lady
259
00:09:16,963 --> 00:09:19,082
- from "Black Panther"...
- Danai Gurira?
260
00:09:19,083 --> 00:09:22,332
Yeah. But Lupita's on all the magazines
261
00:09:22,333 --> 00:09:25,922
because they only choose
one darkskin woman
262
00:09:25,923 --> 00:09:28,132
to celebrate every 10 years.
263
00:09:28,133 --> 00:09:30,292
I'm not saying that's okay,
because it's not.
264
00:09:30,293 --> 00:09:33,502
But I did not choose to
be born with fairer skin.
265
00:09:33,503 --> 00:09:36,332
Still, people act like
we created the problem.
266
00:09:36,333 --> 00:09:39,172
That's why we can't tell jokes
but you can.
267
00:09:39,173 --> 00:09:41,252
It's like you're saying
we're not really Black.
268
00:09:41,253 --> 00:09:42,922
Look at this.
269
00:09:42,923 --> 00:09:45,212
The lion is king of the jungle,
270
00:09:45,213 --> 00:09:48,462
but when he's lightskinned,
his mane is flat-ironed.
271
00:09:48,463 --> 00:09:49,832
And he sings.
272
00:09:49,833 --> 00:09:52,832
Not to mention all of
the "Drake be like" jokes.
273
00:09:52,833 --> 00:09:54,082
Okay, look here, man.
274
00:09:54,083 --> 00:09:56,872
Drake jokes are not lightskin jokes.
275
00:09:56,873 --> 00:09:58,502
Of course they are.
276
00:09:58,503 --> 00:10:00,672
You're saying he's soft
because he's lightskinned.
277
00:10:00,673 --> 00:10:01,752
No, I'm saying he's soft
278
00:10:01,753 --> 00:10:03,672
because he pees with his pinky out.
279
00:10:03,673 --> 00:10:05,712
It's like you can't even help yourself.
280
00:10:05,713 --> 00:10:07,712
Let me tell you this...
281
00:10:07,713 --> 00:10:12,252
I'd gladly trade a few jokes
for lightskin privilege.
282
00:10:12,253 --> 00:10:13,582
Oh, mm-hmm.
283
00:10:13,583 --> 00:10:15,582
I have worked for everything
that I have.
284
00:10:15,583 --> 00:10:17,922
Okay, so you're saying white people
285
00:10:17,923 --> 00:10:19,172
don't have white privilege?
286
00:10:19,173 --> 00:10:21,212
Of course white people
have white privilege.
287
00:10:21,213 --> 00:10:22,752
Okay, then why can't lightskinned people
288
00:10:22,753 --> 00:10:24,172
have lightskin privilege?
289
00:10:24,173 --> 00:10:26,082
Because, Dre, we're still Black.
290
00:10:26,083 --> 00:10:27,083
In what community?
291
00:10:27,084 --> 00:10:28,632
When I walk down the street,
292
00:10:28,633 --> 00:10:30,792
people don't see my privilege.
293
00:10:30,793 --> 00:10:32,632
They see a Black woman.
294
00:10:32,633 --> 00:10:33,633
A tan woman.
295
00:10:33,634 --> 00:10:35,332
I'm not tan, Ruby.
296
00:10:35,333 --> 00:10:37,502
Okay, guys, guys,
I'm gonna call this, okay?
297
00:10:37,503 --> 00:10:39,212
Because we are not about to solve
298
00:10:39,213 --> 00:10:41,462
a few hundred years of colorism today,
299
00:10:41,463 --> 00:10:42,542
- all right?
- Mm.
300
00:10:42,543 --> 00:10:44,292
So let's just agree to disagree.
301
00:10:44,293 --> 00:10:46,002
I agree to disagree.
302
00:10:46,003 --> 00:10:48,252
Yeah, you should probably
get Jack to school, Dad.
303
00:10:48,253 --> 00:10:51,212
Because clearly we are
not gonna fix you guys
304
00:10:51,213 --> 00:10:52,753
in one conversation.
305
00:10:53,793 --> 00:10:55,332
Fix us?
306
00:10:58,503 --> 00:11:00,132
Hey, homie?
307
00:11:00,133 --> 00:11:02,132
That was crazy back there, right?
308
00:11:02,133 --> 00:11:04,292
Yeah. That was pretty intense.
309
00:11:04,293 --> 00:11:07,212
I know, man. One silly little
comment about us being colorist
310
00:11:07,213 --> 00:11:09,132
and then the ladies,
they start tripping.
311
00:11:09,133 --> 00:11:10,582
Right.
312
00:11:10,583 --> 00:11:12,962
You know, but... you and me, we're cool.
313
00:11:12,963 --> 00:11:14,672
Because I know you didn't really mean
314
00:11:14,673 --> 00:11:16,542
those things you said back there.
315
00:11:16,543 --> 00:11:18,252
No, I meant what I said.
316
00:11:18,253 --> 00:11:19,872
Hey, man, I'm not a colorist.
317
00:11:19,873 --> 00:11:21,422
I love lightskinned people.
318
00:11:21,423 --> 00:11:23,332
Yeah, you love lightskinned women,
319
00:11:23,333 --> 00:11:25,462
but you think
lightskinned dudes are soft.
320
00:11:25,463 --> 00:11:27,922
- No, I just think you're soft.
- But Jack's not?
321
00:11:27,923 --> 00:11:30,582
A guy who dances and collects flowers
322
00:11:30,583 --> 00:11:32,372
on the field during his soccer game?
323
00:11:32,373 --> 00:11:33,832
I did do that.
324
00:11:33,833 --> 00:11:35,332
- Oh, and uh... hey, Dad...
- Hmm?
325
00:11:35,333 --> 00:11:37,253
...I think I invented a dance move.
326
00:11:38,583 --> 00:11:39,832
Ah.
327
00:11:39,833 --> 00:11:41,422
That's not soft?
328
00:11:41,423 --> 00:11:42,502
That's just Jack.
329
00:11:42,503 --> 00:11:43,712
That's just me.
330
00:11:43,713 --> 00:11:45,752
Okay, that's Perfect Attendance Jack.
331
00:11:45,753 --> 00:11:46,872
Meet you in the garage?
332
00:11:46,873 --> 00:11:48,502
Mm-hmm.
333
00:11:48,503 --> 00:11:49,922
You see?
334
00:11:49,923 --> 00:11:51,042
I don't treat you any differently
335
00:11:51,043 --> 00:11:52,132
because of your complexion.
336
00:11:52,133 --> 00:11:53,462
Whatever, man.
337
00:11:56,923 --> 00:11:58,672
Okay. Hey, hey, hey.
338
00:11:58,673 --> 00:12:01,872
"Whatever" is what people say
when they're wrong.
339
00:12:01,873 --> 00:12:03,792
No, "whatever" is what people say
340
00:12:03,793 --> 00:12:05,962
when they're done with
a ridiculous conversation.
341
00:12:05,963 --> 00:12:07,462
Hey, hey, hey, man. Where you going?
342
00:12:07,463 --> 00:12:09,172
I'm not done agreeing to disagree.
343
00:12:09,173 --> 00:12:10,502
I thought you said
we were dropping this.
344
00:12:10,503 --> 00:12:12,462
I thought you said you're
gonna take me to school.
345
00:12:12,463 --> 00:12:14,872
No one's gonna care if
I'm lightskin or darkskin.
346
00:12:14,873 --> 00:12:16,172
They're just gonna care if I'm late.
347
00:12:16,173 --> 00:12:17,502
Okay. Whatever, Jack.
348
00:12:17,503 --> 00:12:18,922
Hey, hey, hey.
349
00:12:18,923 --> 00:12:20,792
What's everybody hollering about?
350
00:12:20,793 --> 00:12:24,212
Are the lightskins crying
beige tears again?
351
00:12:24,213 --> 00:12:26,002
God, can you just stop?
352
00:12:26,003 --> 00:12:27,212
I go out in the world,
353
00:12:27,213 --> 00:12:28,672
and I have to deal with everything
354
00:12:28,673 --> 00:12:29,712
that comes with being Black,
355
00:12:29,713 --> 00:12:30,832
and then I come home,
356
00:12:30,833 --> 00:12:32,922
and I got to deal with your jokes.
357
00:12:32,923 --> 00:12:34,582
It's like I have no safe place to be.
358
00:12:34,583 --> 00:12:37,292
You think you're the only ones
fighting two battles?
359
00:12:37,293 --> 00:12:40,212
Darkskin people have been
picked on by white people
360
00:12:40,213 --> 00:12:43,752
and lightskin people ever
since they brought us here.
361
00:12:43,753 --> 00:12:45,292
So you're gonna blame me
362
00:12:45,293 --> 00:12:46,542
for something I had nothing to do with?
363
00:12:46,543 --> 00:12:49,002
Babe, that is literally
364
00:12:49,003 --> 00:12:50,962
the same thing white people
say about slavery.
365
00:12:50,963 --> 00:12:52,132
- Mm.
- You're right. You're right about that.
366
00:12:52,133 --> 00:12:54,502
You think you're so much better?
367
00:12:54,503 --> 00:12:57,582
"I'm not a colorist because
I've got a lightskin wife"?
368
00:12:57,583 --> 00:12:59,002
Uh, hello, police?
369
00:12:59,003 --> 00:13:01,252
Yeah, if I told you I had
information on a crime,
370
00:13:01,253 --> 00:13:03,252
would you come take me
and my sister to school?
371
00:13:03,253 --> 00:13:04,672
Hey, want them to come?
372
00:13:04,673 --> 00:13:06,332
Tell them we know where
to find a missing white girl.
373
00:13:06,333 --> 00:13:07,244
Oh. Yeah.
374
00:13:07,269 --> 00:13:08,792
Guys, what are we even arguing about?
375
00:13:08,793 --> 00:13:09,922
Okay.
376
00:13:09,923 --> 00:13:11,832
Lightskin people have it better.
377
00:13:11,833 --> 00:13:13,132
I'm sorry. You just do.
378
00:13:13,133 --> 00:13:14,792
Next time I get pulled over,
379
00:13:14,793 --> 00:13:16,172
I'll make sure to tell the officer that.
380
00:13:16,173 --> 00:13:18,712
You've never been pulled over.
381
00:13:18,713 --> 00:13:20,672
I've gotten some glares from bike cops.
382
00:13:20,673 --> 00:13:22,042
So maybe now we can stop pretending
383
00:13:22,043 --> 00:13:23,672
that you don't earn more than us?
384
00:13:23,673 --> 00:13:25,502
Or maybe that you don't get something
385
00:13:25,503 --> 00:13:28,462
like 12% less time in jail?
386
00:13:28,463 --> 00:13:30,422
No one's saying that's not true,
387
00:13:30,423 --> 00:13:32,332
but that's not what this is about.
388
00:13:32,333 --> 00:13:35,252
This is about looking
at damn near every movie,
389
00:13:35,253 --> 00:13:37,172
magazine, and television show
390
00:13:37,173 --> 00:13:39,792
and only seeing a lighter
version of yourself.
391
00:13:39,793 --> 00:13:41,172
- Ooh.
- Are you happy for them?
392
00:13:41,173 --> 00:13:42,502
Yes.
393
00:13:42,503 --> 00:13:44,712
But God forbid
you say you feel left out,
394
00:13:44,713 --> 00:13:46,712
and you're called a crab in a barrel.
395
00:13:46,713 --> 00:13:49,632
The only time I see
a darkskin person on TV
396
00:13:49,633 --> 00:13:50,922
is when the news says
397
00:13:50,923 --> 00:13:52,872
the police have murdered
another one of us!
398
00:13:52,873 --> 00:13:55,212
Thank you.
399
00:13:55,213 --> 00:13:57,173
Since when did you become darkskin?
400
00:13:59,173 --> 00:14:02,542
I'm not dark-dark,
but, uh, I'm dark enough.
401
00:14:02,543 --> 00:14:04,082
- Not as dark as me.
- Oh.
402
00:14:04,083 --> 00:14:06,872
No one in this family is as dark as me.
403
00:14:06,873 --> 00:14:08,042
That's the problem.
404
00:14:08,043 --> 00:14:10,002
That's not a problem.
405
00:14:10,003 --> 00:14:12,110
The fact that you're different
is a good thing.
406
00:14:12,134 --> 00:14:13,163
Mm-hmm.
407
00:14:13,188 --> 00:14:14,252
If it's so good,
408
00:14:14,253 --> 00:14:17,172
then why are you all so scared
to talk about it?
409
00:14:17,173 --> 00:14:18,372
Like today.
410
00:14:18,373 --> 00:14:19,832
You're saying that it's about
411
00:14:19,833 --> 00:14:21,712
"the camera lighting" or "complexion."
412
00:14:21,713 --> 00:14:24,332
No, it's about me being darker.
413
00:14:24,333 --> 00:14:27,252
Well, it's, uh, a complicated issue,
414
00:14:27,253 --> 00:14:32,000
but, Diane, all Black skin is beautiful.
415
00:14:32,025 --> 00:14:32,827
- Yes.
- Mm-hmm.
416
00:14:32,852 --> 00:14:34,172
Okay.
417
00:14:34,173 --> 00:14:36,252
So then why do people bleach their skin?
418
00:14:36,253 --> 00:14:38,502
How many people do that?
419
00:14:38,503 --> 00:14:40,351
It's like a $10-billion business.
420
00:14:40,376 --> 00:14:41,281
Oh.
421
00:14:41,306 --> 00:14:45,585
Diane, I had no idea that
this hurt you so much.
422
00:14:45,610 --> 00:14:46,583
How could it not?
423
00:14:52,873 --> 00:14:55,042
It's everywhere I look.
424
00:14:55,043 --> 00:14:56,792
Oh, trust me.
425
00:14:56,793 --> 00:14:58,372
Women like us shouldn't
wear red lipstick.
426
00:14:58,373 --> 00:14:59,752
Try this one.
427
00:14:59,753 --> 00:15:02,422
It's everywhere I go.
428
00:15:02,423 --> 00:15:04,292
Oh, look at you.
429
00:15:04,293 --> 00:15:06,332
You are gorgeous for a darkskin girl.
430
00:15:07,583 --> 00:15:08,872
It's everyone I talk to.
431
00:15:08,873 --> 00:15:10,832
Sweetheart.
432
00:15:10,833 --> 00:15:13,372
You see, now you feel bad for me!
433
00:15:14,753 --> 00:15:16,372
This is why I didn't
want to talk about it.
434
00:15:18,673 --> 00:15:20,793
I just don't want to be different!
435
00:15:23,873 --> 00:15:25,212
- I'll... I'll go talk to her.
- Okay.
436
00:15:25,213 --> 00:15:26,712
Hey, Rainbow, Rainbow.
437
00:15:26,713 --> 00:15:28,132
Let me talk to her.
438
00:15:28,133 --> 00:15:29,372
Excuse me?
439
00:15:29,373 --> 00:15:31,972
I can connect with her on this.
440
00:15:32,003 --> 00:15:34,212
Oh, and I can't?
441
00:15:34,213 --> 00:15:35,962
Why? Because I'm lightskinned,
442
00:15:35,963 --> 00:15:37,542
you don't think I can
understand my daughter?
443
00:15:37,543 --> 00:15:39,120
What is wrong with you?
444
00:15:39,145 --> 00:15:41,252
Now, you know that's not what I meant.
445
00:15:41,253 --> 00:15:43,752
- O...
- But if it struck a nerve...
446
00:15:43,753 --> 00:15:45,082
Ladies, let's not do this.
447
00:15:45,083 --> 00:15:46,462
- Let's not do what?!
- ...all morning!
448
00:15:46,463 --> 00:15:48,332
- Ruby, every...
- You're wrong for that, Rainbow!
449
00:15:48,333 --> 00:15:51,208
- I'm wrong for that?!
- Yes, you're wrong for that, Rainbow!
450
00:15:51,233 --> 00:15:53,002
- Oh, my God.
- Over here telling me
451
00:15:53,003 --> 00:15:54,922
I can't go talk to my grandbaby.
452
00:15:54,923 --> 00:15:56,922
- You told me.
- No, no, no, as if color
453
00:15:56,923 --> 00:15:59,252
had anything to do with
what I was talking about!
454
00:15:59,253 --> 00:16:00,712
I don't need to know
what you were talking about
455
00:16:00,713 --> 00:16:02,132
because you're always
saying the same thing!
456
00:16:02,133 --> 00:16:03,833
You've been saying it all morning!
That's what I'm talking about!
457
00:16:03,834 --> 00:16:06,172
You say to me you're better than me!
458
00:16:06,173 --> 00:16:08,672
That you're Blacker than me!
Ooh, and I have no struggle!
459
00:16:08,673 --> 00:16:10,832
Seriously?!
460
00:16:10,833 --> 00:16:12,712
My struggle is you, Ruby.
461
00:16:12,713 --> 00:16:13,832
You're a monster.
462
00:16:13,833 --> 00:16:15,673
I am not a monster!
463
00:16:18,213 --> 00:16:21,332
I've been called that all my life,
464
00:16:21,333 --> 00:16:24,543
and I'm not about to sit here
and let you do it.
465
00:16:26,583 --> 00:16:28,672
Oh...
466
00:16:28,673 --> 00:16:30,463
What just happened?
467
00:16:34,288 --> 00:16:36,082
I guess you can see why
468
00:16:36,083 --> 00:16:38,252
we don't talk about colorism.
469
00:16:38,253 --> 00:16:41,252
Because after generations
of pain and hurt feelings,
470
00:16:41,253 --> 00:16:44,542
talking about it never goes well.
471
00:16:44,543 --> 00:16:47,332
Guys.
472
00:16:47,333 --> 00:16:49,043
I don't know what happened back there.
473
00:16:50,673 --> 00:16:52,792
I'm sorry you had to see that.
474
00:16:52,793 --> 00:16:54,502
That's not so bad.
475
00:16:54,503 --> 00:16:56,172
No one got shot.
476
00:16:56,173 --> 00:16:58,463
Okay.
477
00:17:01,833 --> 00:17:03,582
Kids, I need you to come look at this.
478
00:17:03,583 --> 00:17:05,672
Come on, baby.
479
00:17:05,673 --> 00:17:08,672
Come on.
480
00:17:08,673 --> 00:17:10,292
Okay.
481
00:17:10,293 --> 00:17:11,583
Here we go.
482
00:17:13,503 --> 00:17:16,212
Grandma, is that you?
483
00:17:16,213 --> 00:17:18,462
It sure is.
484
00:17:19,673 --> 00:17:22,082
I used to feel different, too.
485
00:17:22,083 --> 00:17:25,332
You see, I was
the darkest one in my family
486
00:17:25,333 --> 00:17:28,832
because my people were Creoles
from Baton Rouge.
487
00:17:28,833 --> 00:17:30,582
They were all light enough
488
00:17:30,583 --> 00:17:33,252
to pass the Brown Paper Bag Test.
489
00:17:33,253 --> 00:17:36,502
Well...
490
00:17:36,503 --> 00:17:39,003
until my mother met my father.
491
00:17:41,463 --> 00:17:44,962
They were evil to my father.
492
00:17:44,963 --> 00:17:48,003
And they were even more evil to me.
493
00:17:49,003 --> 00:17:51,582
I wasn't allowed in the front yard
494
00:17:51,583 --> 00:17:54,502
with my cousins.
495
00:17:54,503 --> 00:17:57,872
I had to play by myself in the back
496
00:17:57,873 --> 00:18:00,872
so my dark skin and my nappy hair
497
00:18:00,873 --> 00:18:03,293
couldn't embarrass my lightskin family.
498
00:18:06,293 --> 00:18:08,872
I can still hear
their little nursery rhymes.
499
00:18:08,873 --> 00:18:11,752
"If you're light, you're all right.
500
00:18:11,753 --> 00:18:14,422
If you're brown, stick around.
501
00:18:14,423 --> 00:18:17,832
If you're Black, get back.
502
00:18:17,833 --> 00:18:20,212
Get back.
503
00:18:20,213 --> 00:18:21,713
Get back."
504
00:18:25,293 --> 00:18:28,752
I was mad at them, not you.
505
00:18:28,753 --> 00:18:30,832
And today I realized
506
00:18:30,833 --> 00:18:34,463
I have been hurting you
the same way they hurt me.
507
00:18:36,173 --> 00:18:41,462
I'm so... so sorry, Rainbow.
508
00:18:41,463 --> 00:18:45,292
You're an incredible Black mother.
509
00:18:45,293 --> 00:18:46,633
Yeah.
510
00:18:48,923 --> 00:18:52,372
And I swear on everything that I love...
511
00:18:52,373 --> 00:18:54,832
Come here.
512
00:18:54,833 --> 00:18:56,502
...I'm never gonna talk about
513
00:18:56,503 --> 00:18:57,962
your complexion again.
514
00:18:57,963 --> 00:18:59,293
Thank you, Ruby.
515
00:19:01,673 --> 00:19:04,491
I'm so, so sorry that happened to you.
516
00:19:04,516 --> 00:19:07,334
Oh, I am, too.
517
00:19:07,381 --> 00:19:08,700
Thank you.
518
00:19:11,253 --> 00:19:13,042
Um, hey.
519
00:19:13,043 --> 00:19:16,582
Son, about before, man, I...
520
00:19:16,583 --> 00:19:18,962
Y... I-It's cool.
521
00:19:18,963 --> 00:19:21,422
I was so wrapped up in my own thing
522
00:19:21,423 --> 00:19:24,832
that I forgot how hard it is
for you out there.
523
00:19:24,833 --> 00:19:26,752
It's still not an excuse.
524
00:19:26,753 --> 00:19:32,423
You being you is not being soft,
and I'm sorry.
525
00:19:35,173 --> 00:19:39,381
Willie Lynch may not be real,
but he was real today.
526
00:19:39,406 --> 00:19:40,420
Oh, yeah.
527
00:19:40,445 --> 00:19:43,872
And we will not allow that
in our house anymore.
528
00:19:43,873 --> 00:19:45,832
Sounds good to me.
529
00:19:45,833 --> 00:19:47,922
So what's the hold-up?
530
00:19:47,923 --> 00:19:50,962
Are we gonna talk to Ms. Biggs or what?
531
00:19:50,963 --> 00:19:52,292
Are you sure?
532
00:19:52,293 --> 00:19:53,632
Yeah.
533
00:19:53,633 --> 00:19:55,252
This morning was rough.
534
00:19:55,253 --> 00:19:56,782
Yeah.
535
00:19:57,213 --> 00:19:58,883
Yeah.
536
00:19:58,963 --> 00:20:00,793
They need to do better.
537
00:20:02,133 --> 00:20:03,872
Let's go.
538
00:20:03,873 --> 00:20:05,542
Okay, so now y'all want to go?
539
00:20:05,543 --> 00:20:08,172
'Cause we could have done this
over the drive
540
00:20:08,173 --> 00:20:09,502
or during a three-day weekend
541
00:20:09,503 --> 00:20:10,832
or during an episode of "Shark Tank."
542
00:20:10,833 --> 00:20:12,172
We are not late.
543
00:20:12,173 --> 00:20:13,462
There was an assembly this morning.
544
00:20:13,463 --> 00:20:15,752
- What?
- Yeah. Mason texted me.
545
00:20:15,753 --> 00:20:17,132
I didn't tell you because I felt like
546
00:20:17,133 --> 00:20:18,462
you didn't have my back today.
547
00:20:18,463 --> 00:20:20,752
- So w-we still can make it?
- Yeah.
548
00:20:20,753 --> 00:20:21,680
You heard the boy.
549
00:20:21,704 --> 00:20:23,507
The school is on CP time.
Come on. Let's make some moves.
550
00:20:23,532 --> 00:20:24,582
- Let's go.
- Okay, got...
551
00:20:24,583 --> 00:20:28,132
Colorism is our secret shame,
552
00:20:28,133 --> 00:20:30,582
and the pain it causes keeps growing
553
00:20:30,583 --> 00:20:33,422
because we rarely talk about it.
554
00:20:33,423 --> 00:20:36,332
But as I looked at my
multi-colored Black family,
555
00:20:36,333 --> 00:20:39,372
I realized that because
we talked about it,
556
00:20:39,373 --> 00:20:42,462
our wounds could finally start to heal
557
00:20:42,463 --> 00:20:47,252
as we learned to love ourselves
out in the open.
558
00:20:47,253 --> 00:20:49,992
Because nothing gets better
in the shadows.
559
00:21:16,253 --> 00:21:17,344
Sorry, Jack.
560
00:21:17,369 --> 00:21:18,672
It's over.
561
00:21:18,673 --> 00:21:22,750
Nooooooooooo!
562
00:21:22,774 --> 00:21:27,774
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