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So, this is why you took
a sick day from work...

To make a slide show?

Do you know how hard it is
to choose just the right song?

You know, I tried it at first
with "I'll Make Love to You."

It felt okay over Obama

but got a little weird
over Sasha and Malia.

Yeah.

That's where it got weird.

Okay.

All right, then.

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Dre: She doesn't get it.

With Obama leaving office,
it's made me think.

Obama was more than just
the first black president.

He was the culmination
of years of struggle

to make sure our votes counted.

1869... Congress passes
the 15th Amendment,

giving black men the right to vote.

1896... Louisiana passes
the Grandfather Clause

to keep former slaves and
their descendants from voting.

Registered black voters
drop from 44% to 4%.

Through the 1940s,
poll taxes, literacy tests,

and violent threats
prevent blacks from voting.

1964... the 24th Amendment
makes poll tax illegal,

and over 250,000 new
black voters are registered.

2008... Obama.

2011... three states pass
restrictive photo I.D. laws

to try to stop us from voting again.

Where we are is so tenuous

and can be so easily taken away.

That's why this current
election is so important.

No, not this one.

This one.

Junior is running for
student body president

against this guy.

It may seem a little crazy

that I'm investing real time
into a high-school election,

but the world's losing
one black president.

And I want to make sure
to give it another.

The future of our entire
race rests on Junior.

Okay, which one's more believable?

This one? This one?

One more time. This one? This one?

This one? This one?

Yep, this is my guy,
and getting him elected

was going to be harder
than tricking America

into putting a black man
in the White House... twice.

Why aren't you answering?

Why do we keep getting
this magazine Black Braids?

I don't know. Why are you asking me?

Uh...

Okay, it's mine.

Too damn old to be ashamed
of my proclivities.

Yeah. Okay.

Keep an eye out for Tax Evader.

It won't have my name on it,
for obvious reasons.

Ooh, ballots came today.

- Huh.
- What?

- They changed our polling place.
- Of course they did.

They want to make it harder
for us to find them.

That there's the reason
I don't vote in the first place.

[Chuckling] You're kidding, right?

You vote. You have to vote.

[Clicks tongue] Of course you vote.

You don't vote, do you?

Why should I? The election's rigged.

He's right. Why else you think
Bernie isn't the candidate?

Because Hillary got more votes.

- Or did she?
- She did.

Maybe that's just what
they want you to believe.

- Because it's the truth.
- Whose truth?

- I'm not doing this with you.
- And I'm not voting this year.

What's wrong with you?
We weren't raised that way.

[Chuckles] We were raised
to boycott non-hemp fibers

and use leeches as Band-Aids,

so that argument's not great.

Sideshow Bob here's
got a point, Rainbow.

The system is broken.

No, you're broken.

And you are setting
a bad example for my son.

No, they're right.

- They're rigging the vote at school.
- What are you talking about?

We're "supposedly" voting
for a new class pet.

They say it's between a parrot,
a snake, and a guinea pig.

But who are they kidding?

They're not gonna let us get
something cool like a snake.

Damn right, 'cause that's
a free-thinking animal.

And it's not like they want
our vote anyway.

They're having it during lunch
on chicken stars day.

Yeah, no one's gonna show up for that.

- Classic voter suppression.
- Okay.

You need to suppress your face.

So aggressive.

Ooh, is that the new Black Braids?

All right, guys, I'm gonna need all
hands on deck for this campaign.

- Zoey, public liaison.
- Nope.

Copy that. Jack, you are on snack duty.

- Huh?
- Uh... never mind.

Diane, accounts manager.

I will do everything in my power

to make sure your candidate loses.

You know, I appreciate your candor,

but I'm gonna need that button back.

Oh, let me see this, Junior.

"A new day with Andre." Okay.

"Friend to some, acquaintance to many,

unknown to most."

- Huh.
- Don't worry.

I've been preparing for this day
since I started high school.

If elected, I would be the
most qualified president ever.

- Mm-hmm?
- Perfect attendance,

stellar grades,
every committee allowable,

and I hit every
janitor retirement party.

Why?

You sound like my opponent.

There are three keys to the
perfect election-day outfit...

Breathability, walkability,
sensuability.

We didn't fight for civil liberties

so Grandma could vote in sweat pants.

Who are you voting for?

Whoever the Democrat is, baby.

Without knowing where they stand
on any issue? Seems ignorant.

Would it seem ignorant if I slapped
the taste out of your mouth?

Oh, sweetie. Oh, sweetie, I'm so sorry.

Sometimes Grandma forgets
she's been saved.

[Chuckles] Listen, precious. Listen.

Ignorance is being unaware of
the dangers of the kitten heel.

[Heel snaps] Oh! Oh! Oh!

No! [Ding]

No! Not Buchanan!

90% of Buchanan votes

were because the elderly
picked the wrong shoe.

- [Chuckles]
- Your priorities seem off.

God, Idris, alimony.

My priorities are just fine, darling.

[Chuckles]

Lord, why is this child
testing me today?

Zoey, guess who I saw at the store.

- No.
- Cara's mom.

She said Cara got early
admission into Princeton.

- That's incredible.
- Well, not really.

Cara looks like somebody
who needs to be smart.

Okay, you know what?
Say what you want to say.

She's going to Princeton.

Hey, how is your application coming?

You want to bounce any
essay ideas off your mom?

I mean, I know I'm a doctor,
but I'm also kind of a wordsmith.

You know, God gaveth with both hands.

I'll be fine, Mom.

I have a 3.6.

3.6?

Pssht. Those are army grades.

Excuse me. I had a 3.6,
and I went to Brown.

Yeah, back when Coke was a dime.

Good luck, soldier.

[Man sobbing]

Everyone needs to see this.

We can get him a third term.

- That's what I'm talking about.
- Mm-hmm.

I will pay my own money
to take this around the country.

Or we could just put it on YouTube.

I kind of wanted to see America.

Okay. M-Maybe we can take it
to the YouTube office.

Is it in America?

- Yeah.
- Okay, cool. I'm cool with that.

Hey, what are you guys watching?

[Laptop closes] Dre's Obama memorial.

[Gasps] Did he die?

- No.
- Oh.

He's just leaving office.

So he can go and die?

His term is over.

Oh. You mean, his... his life term?

What is your deal with Barack?

My deal is that there are
thousands of children out there

who have never had a white president.

How are they gonna know that
they have opportunities?

This is crazy.

Barack Obama is the best
president we've ever had.

- [Laughs]
- Uh, yeah,

if Reaganomics never took root

and saved the western world
from living in caves.

Fact.

Boom. You both know my son Connor.

Never seen him before in my life.

Oh, I'm sorry. You probably know
him as the New Haven Ripper.

Excuse me?

It's just a silly name that
the "victims" gave my baby boy

for crimes they couldn't prove

that he was aware that he had committed.

Anywho [chuckles] Obama's a bad guy.

Yeah, you want to talk about strangling,

just look at what he's
done to our economy.

Who's talking about strangling?

We're not... per the
settlement with the families.

This is exactly what I'm talking about.

As soon as Barack leaves office,

they're gonna forget
all the good he's done.

Well, I'm not gonna forget
that Barack Hussein Obama

is a foreign-born Muslim,

and he also let Bin Laden sleep
in the Lincoln Bedroom.

Okay, Connie, now,
that's just home talk,

- but, yes, fact.
- Yeah, right?

Talking to Stevens
and the New Haven Ripper

made it clear that
there are a lot of Americans

who can't wait to get rid of Obama,

which meant it was
more important than ever

for Junior to win this election.

Hey, son, how'd your speech go today?

If you can get past all the projectiles

and the booing, it went great.

Okay, looks like your speech
needed a little help.

Let's roll up our sleeves.

Let's do this.

Yah-ah-ah, are you wearing
a flared pantsuit?

Yep. Hugs my frame.

Um, sweetheart, I-I think
that's a woman's suit.

What? No.

The lady at the thrift store
said it was European.

They have women in Europe.

Yeah.

There were clues...

The hard candy in the pockets... - Yeah.

The shoulder pads.

The fact that it's a woman's pantsuit.

I can't recover from this. I'm doomed...

because of one bad speech
in an unflattering pantsuit.

Oh, my God. You're being Hillary-ed.

Hillary-ed. That's it.

- We are done.
- Wha...

And to think, I would've been

the school's first black president.

What?

What did you just say?

Your school has never
had a black president?

No.

And just like that, I knew
how Junior was going to win.

What's Ortho Tri-Cyclen?

It's birth control, sweetheart.

So many clues.

Junior being one of the
only black kids at school

was finally gonna pay off
in this election.

Pea coat, New Balance, and Frisbee.

They all go in the trash.

- But that's who I am.
- Not anymore it's not.

We are in the last days of disco

of it being cool to be black, son.

They are coming for our coolness.

Pitbull is out there,

Bieber is right around the corner,

but for now, it's still ours.

And we're gonna use it
to get you elected.

Okay. I think I understand.

- Do you?
- You know I don't.

I'm just saying this
because I want you to leave

so I can get my Frisbee
out of the trash.

What about a ferret?

You need to stay out of this.

A ferret? What is this,
a damn joke to you?

We're talking about a class pet here.

The boy needs something realistic,

like a shark or a bald eagle.

- There it is.
- Mm-hmm.

You know what?

Doesn't even matter.

I got a detention for talking in class,

and now they won't let me vote.

Classic felony disenfranchisement.

Are we still talking about a class pet?

No, we're talking about the rules.

You get in trouble one
time in this country,

you don't get to vote in it
for the rest of your life.

Unless you're in Maine or Vermont.

You could be in jail and vote there.

Oh, yeah, the whitest states in America

let their white felons vote.

So messed up.

W-What would you even call that?

That is white justice.

You got that right.

Preach.

Hey, girl.

- I'm busy.
- Awesome.

So [clicks tongue] I was just
thinking about your application,

and... yeah, okay...

About the fact that a big part
of your college essay

is gonna be the activities
that you do outside of school.

So what are you thinking of listing?

Nothing.

Sweetie, come on. [Giggles]

There must be something.
I mean, um, drama?

Newspaper. Oh, debate team.

Quit. Nope. Ew.

Okay, so when... w-when
I ask you what's going on

and you say "nothing," do
you actually mean nothing?

Relax.

Everything I've been reading says

the essay is the most important part...

- Uh-huh?
- And I'm gonna nail it.

Okay. Okay. That's great.

So what's it about?

Instagram filters and how
they capture my hourly moods.

[Chuckles]

I'm gonna lose you in Iraq.

Dre: So, black cool was going to
be Junior's ticket to victory.

And that's what's up, y'all.

Junior 2016.

[Feedback]

[Rolls tongue]

Siri, "Panda." Play "Panda."

[Laughter]

Siri: I found a Panda
Express on Ventura.

Is this the one you mean?

No. Play "Panda" the song.

"Panda."

Come on, Siri.

Don't do this to me now.

Stupid device.

- Play "Panda."
- Ugh.

"10 Million Fireflies"
is hard to recover from.

Yeah, the boy's gonna lose.

Maybe not.

Desperate times, Dre.

He's gonna have to throw down
the big domino on this one...

White guilt.

You know, like I do around here.

Charlie, I've never seen you
use white guilt around here.

So Popeye's Friday wasn't
enough to convince you?

Hmm?

[Chuckles]

You ungrateful son of a bitch.

- Huh?
- Watch this.

With third-quarter revenue reaching an
all-time high, I think we can all...

I'm out.

Hm, I bet his cousin got
killed in a drive-by.

Agreed. You know what?

Let's give him all of
next week off, okay?

Everybody, kick in $20 for flowers.

- What?
- Not you, Dre.

I'm sure you paid for more than
your fair share of murder flowers.

- [Cellphone chimes]
- And, uh, when he comes back

next week, nobody talk about it either.

We can't begin to understand
what he's going through.

So, I just have to answer
a few questions?

Yep.

Then the app will tell you which
candidate you line up with.

Oh, sweetie, I know which
candidate I line up with.

Whoever's Democrat. [Chuckles]

What is your ideal candidate's
stance on global warming?

Global warming doesn't exist.

Next.

How do you feel about

building a wall on our
border with Mexico?

You mean there's not a wall
between us and Mexico?

[Scoffs]

No wonder they keep coming
over here, taking our jobs.

Hm.

Should local police
increase surveillance

and patrol of Muslim neighborhoods?

Only if we don't want
the terrorists to win.

- It's just yes or no.
- Put yes.

But say it's because we want to
make America great again.

- Okay.
- Great again!

That's a crybaby argument.

You saying just because Bernie's
out, you're not gonna vote.

That's just sour grapes.

Nope, nope, it's about fairness.

The U.S. needs a coalition
government like Europe.

Right now if you lose the vote 51 to 49,

you get no say in the system.

- That's idiotic.
- Europe's idiotic.

[Gasps] How dare you?

Dre: So, black cool was out.

White guilt was in.

And Junior ran with it.

As the son of a former slave,

I think I have solution
to the vending machine issues

that have been plaguing our school.

- [Audience murmurs]
- Oh, sorry.

I don't know how that got in there.

But it did happen.

[Murmuring continues]

Now, where was I?

Right, snacks.

So, as you can see right here,
we have chips, uh, candy bars...

White guilt works.

I'm up 12 points... look.

- Let me see that.
- It's true. He's winning.

Ha ha, nice going, son.

I did it.

[Chuckles]

What's that?

"Andre 'Son of a Slave' Johnson.
Election rigged"?

And just like that,
when we were so close

to keeping at least one
black man in office,

they snatch it away.

That is white justice.

How could they say I rigged it?
I didn't rig anything.

Of course you didn't, son.
They co-opted rigging.

Rigging happens to us.

Housing, politics, medicine,
education... rigged.

White folks, they created the system,

and the one time
it doesn't go their way,

they claim it's rigged. I blame Bernie.

All my years of hard work,

and now my good name is ruined.

Look at this.

Look how much darker that picture is

than your yearbook one.

They O.J.'d you!

And finally, the death
penalty should be...

Celebrated with a parade.

Well, okay.

- Mm-hmm.
- Well, let's see.

This says your perfect
candidate is Trump.

No, baby, I'm a Democrat.

Not according to this test.

It thinks you might actually be Trump.

Son, I've come up with a game plan

to combat those rigging lies.

"Who're you calling a rigger?"

Hm. "Rigger, what?"

- Dad, stop.
- No, no, no, son.

There's more.

"Rigger, please!"

"I wish a rigger would..."

Stop.

I'm dropping out.

I've already pretended
to be someone I'm not,

and I don't want to do that anymore.

I just want to be me,
nectarine pantsuit and all.

- You'll never get to be...
- Head rigger in charge?

No.

No, I won't.

- Dre, come on, stop.
- What?

You are addicted to making
mediocre slide shows.

Look, I'm sorry.

I can't believe Junior
just quit like that.

We could've won.

By white-guilting people
into voting for him?

Dre, that's disgusting.

Oh, as disgusting as
claiming to be Samoan?

Huh, to steal Samoan scholarship
money from real Samoans?

Prove that I am not Samoan.

Prove it.

Okay, Bow, look.

I know it was just a school election,

but we've struggled so hard,

and we finally got there with Obama.

And... And now that he's leaving,

I don't want things to slide
back to the way they were

and for people to forget
how far we've come.

We're not gonna let people forget.

We just have to accept that
our kids are growing up,

and we have less say in their decisions.

Which means accepting that
Zoey is not going to college.

Was her essay that bad?

Oh, my God.

Damn.

So bad.

Look, you can't judge me.
You won't eat at Chick-fil-A

because of what their CEO says
about gay marriage.

Why should I validate a system
that doesn't validate me?

You don't eat at Chick-fil-A?

Hold up. Why are we arguing?

We can all agree we should not vote.

We need a political
party for not voting.

Call it the Non-Voting
Alliance, the NVA.

- Hm.
- How will we make decisions?

Not by voting.

We sit down to stand up.

That should be our motto.

The NVA... Sitting down to stand up.

I like it.

So, in this election,

we cannot sit back

and hope that everything
works out for the best.

We cannot afford to be tired
or frustrated or cynical.

No, hear me.

Between now and November,

we need to do what we
did eight years ago

and four years ago.

We need to knock on every door.

We need to get out every vote.

We need to pour every last
ounce of our passion

and our strength and our love
for this country...

I can't believe you weren't gonna vote.

I never said that.

So, let's get to work.

I won the election.

- What?
- Yeah.

Congratulations!

Yes!

How did that happen, son?

I thought you dropped out.

Well, I was going to,

but then I saw my opponent
yelling at the janitors

to clean up his rally confetti.

I can't have a person in power
who doesn't respect everyone.

So I stayed in the race and won.

[Laughs] Come on.

Congratulations, son.

Valley Glen's first black president.

It isn't all good news.

- They told me some real truths today.
- Uhh...

The student government
is $8,000 in debt.

The new soccer field isn't to code.

And several teachers can't read.

What? They can't...

It's a real crap-fest.

That's awful.

That's just what Bush did to Obama.

Yes, we can.

- Hey, I finished my essay.
- Oh.

- I think you should read it.
- Oh.

"Imagine living in a home"

where your mother can't
stop having children...

Both: where you are constantly...

Zoey: taking in another mouth to feed,

a home where grandparents,
uncles, siblings

all huddle together in one room,

where only the strongest will survive,

a home where you'll never know

where you next meal is coming from.

Chipotle or Katsuya?

A home where your mother is
in and out of the hospital,

where men don't vote,

where the man who may
or may not be your father

often skips work...

Both: to feed his addictions.

"I don't have to imagine this
because this is my life."

So you are using white guilt
for your college essay?

- Yes.
- Uh-huh.

Okay.

Well, someone's getting into college!

- Yes!
- Yes!

[Laughs] By the way, we're part Samoan.

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