1 00:00:11,203 --> 00:00:13,795 The pursuit of higher education aside, 2 00:00:13,820 --> 00:00:16,677 there are so many reasons people go to college. 3 00:00:16,702 --> 00:00:18,974 Some go to find love... 4 00:00:20,350 --> 00:00:22,591 ...others to find their purpose. 5 00:00:28,165 --> 00:00:31,886 And for Vivek Shah, the number-one reason he went 6 00:00:31,911 --> 00:00:35,097 was to reinvent himself and finally fit in. 7 00:00:35,122 --> 00:00:36,357 But don't get me wrong... 8 00:00:36,382 --> 00:00:39,853 there'd been some bumps along the road to his reinvention. 9 00:00:39,878 --> 00:00:43,814 What's up with you and being so close to my body, bro? 10 00:00:43,839 --> 00:00:46,609 Bro, you make it so hard to root for you. 11 00:00:46,634 --> 00:00:48,907 Bitch, I will slap you. 12 00:00:48,932 --> 00:00:50,829 But despite the growing pains, 13 00:00:50,854 --> 00:00:53,022 Vivek had finally found his way. 14 00:00:53,047 --> 00:00:56,144 I'm sorry. I couldn't hear you. Is that a domi-yes? Hm? 15 00:00:56,169 --> 00:00:57,659 Or a domi-nos, bitch?! 16 00:01:00,613 --> 00:01:01,982 Whoo! 17 00:01:02,007 --> 00:01:04,109 And since being kicked out of Winthrop house 18 00:01:04,134 --> 00:01:06,070 by the rich kids and crashing at Hawkins, 19 00:01:06,095 --> 00:01:09,168 he had really started to fit in. 20 00:01:09,703 --> 00:01:12,953 But on the road to reinventing yourself and trying to fit in, 21 00:01:12,978 --> 00:01:15,814 is it possible to fit in too well? 22 00:01:15,847 --> 00:01:17,984 Get at me later, my [bleep]. 23 00:01:20,771 --> 00:01:23,187 What the hell just happened? 24 00:01:23,212 --> 00:01:26,860 ♪ Watch out, world, I'm grown now ♪ 25 00:01:26,885 --> 00:01:28,584 ♪ I'm grown ♪ 26 00:01:28,617 --> 00:01:30,853 ♪ Learn something new every day ♪ 27 00:01:30,885 --> 00:01:33,488 ♪ I don't know, so I'm-a feel my way ♪ 28 00:01:33,522 --> 00:01:36,225 ♪ Got the weight of the world on me ♪ 29 00:01:36,257 --> 00:01:39,261 ♪ But no regrets, this is what I say ♪ 30 00:01:39,294 --> 00:01:42,832 ♪ Watch out, world, I'm grown now ♪ 31 00:01:42,864 --> 00:01:44,566 - ♪ I'm grown ♪ - ♪ You can tell me ♪ 32 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:49,839 ♪ My heart beating so loud ♪ 33 00:01:49,871 --> 00:01:53,608 ♪ Mama, look, I'm grown now ♪ 34 00:01:53,641 --> 00:01:55,521 ♪ I'm grown ♪ 35 00:01:55,546 --> 00:01:56,611 Synced & corrected by kinglouisxx www.addic7ed.com 36 00:02:00,716 --> 00:02:01,717 Hold up. 37 00:02:01,749 --> 00:02:03,752 Did anybody peep that? 38 00:02:03,785 --> 00:02:05,120 Why is nobody trippin'? 39 00:02:05,154 --> 00:02:07,256 Trippin' on what? Somebody do something? 40 00:02:07,288 --> 00:02:09,424 Your boy, "V-Didge." 41 00:02:09,458 --> 00:02:11,761 Yo, it seems like he's starting to feel 42 00:02:11,793 --> 00:02:13,895 a little too at home at Hawkins. 43 00:02:13,928 --> 00:02:15,730 Well, I mean, the dude's been crashing here, 44 00:02:15,763 --> 00:02:17,132 so technically, he is home. 45 00:02:17,166 --> 00:02:19,102 No, no, I'm saying, like, homeland home, 46 00:02:19,135 --> 00:02:21,237 motherland home, "For Us By Us," 47 00:02:21,269 --> 00:02:23,939 but he ain't... one-of-us kind of home. 48 00:02:23,972 --> 00:02:26,374 Yo, he's starting to get a little too comfortable, man. 49 00:02:26,407 --> 00:02:29,244 Well, I can argue Vivek has always... been comfortable. 50 00:02:29,278 --> 00:02:30,313 Hey, Queen. 51 00:02:30,345 --> 00:02:31,280 We do it for the culture! 52 00:02:31,314 --> 00:02:33,115 Excuse me, Queen, you thirsty this evening? 53 00:02:34,149 --> 00:02:35,117 You mad. 54 00:02:39,321 --> 00:02:41,924 - Yeah. - No, I'm saying my problem is, 55 00:02:41,957 --> 00:02:43,726 we're all a little too comfortable 56 00:02:43,758 --> 00:02:45,727 with him being that comfortable. 57 00:02:45,761 --> 00:02:47,463 Somebody's gonna have to check his ass. 58 00:02:47,495 --> 00:02:48,930 What? Whoa! Can you... 59 00:02:48,964 --> 00:02:50,466 Dude, this is our boy we're talking about here, okay? 60 00:02:50,499 --> 00:02:52,168 Not some stranger. 61 00:02:52,201 --> 00:02:55,304 This is harmless, sweet-faced, chipper-ass Vivek. 62 00:02:55,337 --> 00:02:57,739 The dude's like a buff little Disney prince or something. 63 00:02:57,773 --> 00:02:59,841 No, no, no. Did you not hear what Rafael just called him? 64 00:02:59,875 --> 00:03:01,244 That's not Vivek's fault. 65 00:03:01,276 --> 00:03:03,813 You cannot blame him for Rafael's dumbass comment. 66 00:03:06,182 --> 00:03:09,317 Plus, everybody knows Rafael says the N-word all the time. 67 00:03:09,351 --> 00:03:10,686 The dude's got a serious problem. 68 00:03:12,353 --> 00:03:14,957 Come on, [bleep]. Come on! 69 00:03:14,989 --> 00:03:16,625 Ooh! 70 00:03:16,659 --> 00:03:18,960 My [bleep]. 71 00:03:18,994 --> 00:03:20,329 Talkin' bout. 72 00:03:21,829 --> 00:03:23,266 Come on. Unh-unh. Don't do that. 73 00:03:23,298 --> 00:03:25,767 But that doesn't excuse Vivek's behavior. 74 00:03:25,801 --> 00:03:28,171 Bro, he's appropriating our culture... period. 75 00:03:28,203 --> 00:03:30,706 How can Vivek be guilty of cultural appropriation? 76 00:03:30,738 --> 00:03:32,340 By definition, it means taking 77 00:03:32,374 --> 00:03:33,976 the elements of someone else's culture 78 00:03:34,008 --> 00:03:35,178 without knowing anything about it 79 00:03:35,210 --> 00:03:36,845 or having any respect for it. 80 00:03:36,879 --> 00:03:38,947 Vivek isn't stealing anything, and you are buggin'. 81 00:03:38,981 --> 00:03:41,184 Yo, when I watch old boy brush his hair 82 00:03:41,216 --> 00:03:43,118 with the little wooden brush like that, 83 00:03:43,151 --> 00:03:45,020 I feel mad disrespected. 84 00:03:45,053 --> 00:03:46,221 From the way he brushes his hair? 85 00:03:46,255 --> 00:03:48,823 Yes, and you don't find it odd that when we text each other, 86 00:03:48,857 --> 00:03:50,893 he sends me the black thumbs-up emoji? 87 00:03:53,863 --> 00:03:55,231 Honestly, I find it more odd 88 00:03:55,263 --> 00:03:57,032 that two grown-ass men text with emojis. 89 00:03:57,065 --> 00:03:58,133 Okay. 90 00:03:58,167 --> 00:03:59,735 And in his defense, Vivek is brown. 91 00:03:59,768 --> 00:04:01,404 What the hell color is he supposed to use? 92 00:04:01,436 --> 00:04:02,904 Not the Wesley Snipes thumb. 93 00:04:02,938 --> 00:04:04,339 Yo, and... and... Okay. 94 00:04:04,373 --> 00:04:05,907 How do you explain the whole video game thing? 95 00:04:08,444 --> 00:04:10,412 Doug, it's a basketball game. 96 00:04:10,446 --> 00:04:12,048 The majority of the players are Black. 97 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:13,348 Here. 98 00:04:13,382 --> 00:04:15,384 Yo, he had the option to customize his player 99 00:04:15,416 --> 00:04:17,219 to look exactly like himself, 100 00:04:17,252 --> 00:04:18,887 and he went and made it look like 2 Chainz. 101 00:04:18,921 --> 00:04:22,257 Yo, I just think you're too close to dude to see it. 102 00:04:22,291 --> 00:04:25,861 I guarantee you if this was anybody else besides your BFF, 103 00:04:25,894 --> 00:04:28,231 you would find this whole thing mad sus. 104 00:04:28,264 --> 00:04:30,399 Just sayin'. 105 00:04:30,431 --> 00:04:32,867 So, after learning that a little volunteer work 106 00:04:32,901 --> 00:04:36,005 would not only help society but also help me boost my grade 107 00:04:36,038 --> 00:04:38,341 so I could get off of academic probation, 108 00:04:38,373 --> 00:04:40,243 I decided to scour the Internet. 109 00:04:40,276 --> 00:04:42,111 You know, it's too bad that Cal U won't give you 110 00:04:42,144 --> 00:04:44,280 extra credit for the type of volunteer work that I do. 111 00:04:44,313 --> 00:04:45,580 Which is...? 112 00:04:45,613 --> 00:04:47,616 Writing sizeable tax-deductible donations 113 00:04:47,649 --> 00:04:49,551 to private school students in Israel. 114 00:04:49,584 --> 00:04:51,253 Wow. How noble of you. 115 00:04:51,286 --> 00:04:53,221 I'm pretty much like the Jewish Oprah. 116 00:04:53,255 --> 00:04:55,257 Okay, you're insane. 117 00:04:55,291 --> 00:04:57,593 Well, I'm big on giving back, too. 118 00:04:57,625 --> 00:04:59,227 Once a year, I go with my church 119 00:04:59,260 --> 00:05:02,731 into low-income neighborhoods to paint poor children's faces. 120 00:05:02,764 --> 00:05:07,637 You guys, you should see the smile on their faces. 121 00:05:07,670 --> 00:05:09,071 After we paint them on. 122 00:05:09,103 --> 00:05:11,774 Okay, and you're insane, too. 123 00:05:11,806 --> 00:05:13,908 Ah. Damn it! 124 00:05:13,942 --> 00:05:15,877 The puppy rescue is full. 125 00:05:15,911 --> 00:05:17,313 You know, I would have killed 126 00:05:17,346 --> 00:05:20,082 to rescue a poor little discarded golden retriever 127 00:05:20,115 --> 00:05:21,417 named Hector. 128 00:05:21,450 --> 00:05:23,918 - Ohh. - That woman looks so fulfilled. 129 00:05:23,952 --> 00:05:25,821 Okay, well, is there another site you can check? 130 00:05:25,853 --> 00:05:27,322 Uh... 131 00:05:27,356 --> 00:05:28,658 Actually, you know what? 132 00:05:28,690 --> 00:05:30,525 There's a site my father uses. 133 00:05:32,527 --> 00:05:34,763 - Arts and culture... - Yeah. 134 00:05:34,796 --> 00:05:36,765 And ZIP code... 135 00:05:36,798 --> 00:05:38,933 Oh! "Project: Ballgown." 136 00:05:38,966 --> 00:05:40,402 This is actually pretty perfect. 137 00:05:40,435 --> 00:05:42,404 Not only can I stack extra credit, 138 00:05:42,438 --> 00:05:44,072 but I can also stack the confidence 139 00:05:44,106 --> 00:05:46,442 of high school girls who can't afford prom dresses. 140 00:05:46,474 --> 00:05:47,909 - That's perfect. - Mm-hmm. 141 00:05:47,942 --> 00:05:50,380 I mean... it's no face paint. 142 00:05:51,380 --> 00:05:52,315 Yo, what's poppin', my people? 143 00:05:52,348 --> 00:05:53,516 This is your boy V-Didge, 144 00:05:53,548 --> 00:05:55,618 and we outchea in these Cal U streets! 145 00:05:55,651 --> 00:05:56,619 Mm-hmm. 146 00:05:56,651 --> 00:05:58,253 Ooh, God, what is that? 147 00:05:58,286 --> 00:05:59,654 - Who taught him that? - I'm telling you. 148 00:05:59,688 --> 00:06:01,156 Brrrratt! 149 00:06:01,190 --> 00:06:02,257 Brrrr, brrrr, brrrr, brrrrrr... 150 00:06:02,291 --> 00:06:03,759 Mm! Mm! 151 00:06:03,791 --> 00:06:05,460 Oh, see? Look. Look. 152 00:06:05,493 --> 00:06:07,529 Right there, Vivek just built the best defense for himself. 153 00:06:07,563 --> 00:06:09,699 Black people don't let dogs kiss them on the mouth. 154 00:06:09,731 --> 00:06:11,433 - That's just not a thing that we do. - All right, cool. 155 00:06:11,466 --> 00:06:14,370 But none of the rest of that seemed sus to you? Come on. 156 00:06:14,402 --> 00:06:15,337 I mean, sure, yeah, 157 00:06:15,370 --> 00:06:17,940 Vivek, as a human, makes me feel very sus, 158 00:06:17,973 --> 00:06:20,309 conflicted, confused, about a lot of things, 159 00:06:20,341 --> 00:06:22,178 but as a Black person, no. 160 00:06:22,211 --> 00:06:23,612 And besides, he's a minority, dude. 161 00:06:23,644 --> 00:06:24,779 He can't steal from us. 162 00:06:24,813 --> 00:06:27,048 It still doesn't give him an all-access pass 163 00:06:27,082 --> 00:06:28,617 'cause he's not White. 164 00:06:28,649 --> 00:06:30,519 But it does give him a limited-access pass, 165 00:06:30,551 --> 00:06:31,786 because as a minority, 166 00:06:31,820 --> 00:06:33,456 we know what it's like to have to assimilate. 167 00:06:33,488 --> 00:06:34,789 We don't trust cops, 168 00:06:34,822 --> 00:06:36,959 we know the difference between a well-seasoned piece of meat 169 00:06:36,991 --> 00:06:38,393 and that bland-ass bullshit 170 00:06:38,426 --> 00:06:39,894 White people cook for Thanksgiving. 171 00:06:39,928 --> 00:06:42,398 What the hell is a turducken? 172 00:06:42,430 --> 00:06:43,798 - Okay, I'm sorry, but, bro... - Hm? 173 00:06:43,832 --> 00:06:46,000 ...if you're not Black, right, it doesn't matter 174 00:06:46,034 --> 00:06:49,372 how similar our taste buds or our hardships are. 175 00:06:49,404 --> 00:06:51,506 You stay in your lane, I stay in mine. 176 00:06:51,539 --> 00:06:52,707 It's simple. 177 00:06:52,740 --> 00:06:54,709 But how can you tell which lane is which 178 00:06:54,743 --> 00:06:56,478 when everyone's trying to be us? 179 00:06:56,512 --> 00:06:58,413 Black culture is pop culture. 180 00:06:58,447 --> 00:06:59,582 It's not Vivek's fault 181 00:06:59,615 --> 00:07:01,484 that the lines are so blurred, you know? 182 00:07:03,185 --> 00:07:04,153 What was that? 183 00:07:04,185 --> 00:07:05,620 Who turnt up over there? 184 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:12,595 What's happening? 185 00:07:12,627 --> 00:07:14,262 "Wave Cap Wednesday." 186 00:07:14,296 --> 00:07:16,665 And these [bleep] about to be seasick! You hear me? 187 00:07:16,697 --> 00:07:18,032 Ohhh! 188 00:07:18,065 --> 00:07:18,767 Oh! 189 00:07:18,801 --> 00:07:20,567 Ohh! 190 00:07:20,568 --> 00:07:22,604 Man, I don't know about that. 191 00:07:22,637 --> 00:07:25,440 Come on. Come on. 192 00:07:25,474 --> 00:07:29,744 Ohh! 193 00:07:29,745 --> 00:07:31,614 Come on. Don't let me down. 194 00:07:31,647 --> 00:07:33,716 Don't let Daddy down. 195 00:07:33,748 --> 00:07:36,751 Ohh! 196 00:07:38,286 --> 00:07:39,688 My man! Unh! 197 00:07:39,721 --> 00:07:41,055 He won. He won that one. 198 00:07:43,459 --> 00:07:44,560 Yes, sir, hold up! 199 00:07:44,592 --> 00:07:46,628 Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh! Whoa! Whoa! 200 00:07:46,661 --> 00:07:47,729 Hold up! 201 00:07:47,762 --> 00:07:48,563 What? 202 00:07:48,596 --> 00:07:50,632 Here we go. Here we go. 203 00:07:50,666 --> 00:07:53,667 Ohhhhh! 204 00:08:00,942 --> 00:08:04,579 - Ooh! Ooh! - Man, how you like that? 205 00:08:04,613 --> 00:08:06,949 But the lines aren't so blurred now, are they? 206 00:08:15,261 --> 00:08:16,591 Welcome. 207 00:08:16,625 --> 00:08:19,167 The Zoey Johnson Styling Experience 208 00:08:19,192 --> 00:08:21,448 has officially gone philanthropic. 209 00:08:21,473 --> 00:08:24,266 I'm giving back in the best way I know how... 210 00:08:24,298 --> 00:08:25,573 fashion. 211 00:08:29,437 --> 00:08:30,472 Oh, my God! 212 00:08:30,506 --> 00:08:32,908 She looks... stunning! 213 00:08:32,940 --> 00:08:35,911 She is possibly the second most beautiful prom princess 214 00:08:35,944 --> 00:08:38,381 I have... God, I've ever seen. 215 00:08:43,218 --> 00:08:45,654 Uh, it's just... a little big on you, 216 00:08:45,686 --> 00:08:47,288 but I can fix that easy-peasy. 217 00:08:47,321 --> 00:08:49,591 - It's fine. - No, it's super simple. 218 00:08:49,624 --> 00:08:52,094 All I have to do is take in the waist, pull up the straps. 219 00:08:52,127 --> 00:08:54,363 Seriously, it doesn't matter. 220 00:08:54,396 --> 00:08:55,498 It's fine. 221 00:08:55,531 --> 00:08:56,464 Oh. 222 00:08:56,498 --> 00:08:57,932 Thank you. 223 00:08:57,965 --> 00:08:59,368 Okay, um... 224 00:09:01,570 --> 00:09:03,839 ...you're welcome? 225 00:09:14,983 --> 00:09:16,518 Hey, you know that we don't have to sit with Aaron, right? 226 00:09:16,551 --> 00:09:18,186 We can totally get our own table. 227 00:09:18,219 --> 00:09:19,821 No. No. I'm... I'm good. 228 00:09:19,854 --> 00:09:22,524 I'm good, because I am pivoting myself 229 00:09:22,557 --> 00:09:24,559 back into the friend zone with him. 230 00:09:24,593 --> 00:09:25,661 See? 231 00:09:25,694 --> 00:09:27,195 Pivot. Right back. 232 00:09:27,228 --> 00:09:28,631 So good. 233 00:09:28,664 --> 00:09:30,399 Yeah. Pfft. You're so good. 234 00:09:30,431 --> 00:09:32,166 And, look, you dodged a bullet, okay? 235 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:34,235 I mean, the dude has beads in his rattail. 236 00:09:34,268 --> 00:09:35,637 Hey. 237 00:09:35,671 --> 00:09:37,171 - Hey. - Hey. 238 00:09:37,204 --> 00:09:38,541 Yo, Vivek. 239 00:09:38,574 --> 00:09:41,043 I see you ditched the waves. 240 00:09:41,075 --> 00:09:42,677 Yeah, dudes was getting nauseous. 241 00:09:42,710 --> 00:09:43,845 Your boy was too wavy. 242 00:09:43,878 --> 00:09:45,013 Yeah. 243 00:09:45,046 --> 00:09:47,048 Hey, ma, can I get a Crown and Coke, please? 244 00:09:48,083 --> 00:09:50,752 Out of curiosity, uh, why'd you order that? 245 00:09:50,786 --> 00:09:51,921 I don't know. 246 00:09:51,954 --> 00:09:53,421 'Cause it's a delectable cocktail 247 00:09:53,454 --> 00:09:54,989 that you introduced me to. 248 00:09:55,022 --> 00:09:57,325 And if I haven't thanked you before, I'm thanking you now. 249 00:09:57,358 --> 00:09:58,727 Good lookin' out, homey. 250 00:09:58,759 --> 00:10:00,361 - Mm! - No prob, homey. 251 00:10:03,431 --> 00:10:05,166 Oh, snap! This is my joint! 252 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:06,935 Mm! Mm, mm! 253 00:10:06,969 --> 00:10:08,170 Mm-hmm! 254 00:10:08,203 --> 00:10:09,405 Mm! 255 00:10:09,437 --> 00:10:10,772 Mm! Mm-hmm! 256 00:10:10,805 --> 00:10:12,174 Hey. 257 00:10:12,206 --> 00:10:13,107 Hey! 258 00:10:13,141 --> 00:10:14,243 You look great. 259 00:10:14,276 --> 00:10:16,045 Thanks. 260 00:10:16,078 --> 00:10:18,613 It's good to see you. I, uh, missed you. 261 00:10:18,647 --> 00:10:20,114 Thanks. 262 00:10:20,147 --> 00:10:21,749 Uh, you want to dance, maybe? 263 00:10:21,782 --> 00:10:23,518 I can get you a drink. 264 00:10:23,551 --> 00:10:24,519 No, thanks. 265 00:10:24,552 --> 00:10:26,472 ♪ ...cash is being real ♪ 266 00:10:26,497 --> 00:10:27,650 ♪ I need that loaf, and ♪ 267 00:10:27,675 --> 00:10:29,023 - ♪ I'm just being honest ♪ - Right. 268 00:10:29,048 --> 00:10:31,745 Hey, hey, hey, peep your boy. Look. He knows all the words. 269 00:10:31,769 --> 00:10:33,769 ♪ I know you wanna ride with me, shorty ♪ 270 00:10:33,795 --> 00:10:36,765 ♪ Road to success and swervin' lanes like I'm Tory ♪ 271 00:10:36,797 --> 00:10:39,233 And since when has memorizing rap lyrics been a crime? 272 00:10:39,267 --> 00:10:40,603 I didn't say that it was. 273 00:10:40,636 --> 00:10:43,105 But I guarantee you when that N-bomb drops, 274 00:10:43,137 --> 00:10:44,706 he's not gonna stop rapping. 275 00:10:44,739 --> 00:10:46,642 - Look. - ♪ ...my life to get no average pension ♪ 276 00:10:46,675 --> 00:10:48,276 ♪ So I'm-a make you get the point ♪ 277 00:10:48,310 --> 00:10:49,811 What are you idiots doing? 278 00:10:49,844 --> 00:10:51,747 Waiting on Vivek to drop the N-bomb. 279 00:10:51,780 --> 00:10:53,781 Because he's a cultural appropriator. 280 00:10:53,815 --> 00:10:55,751 - Alleged cultural appropriator. - Thank you. 281 00:10:55,783 --> 00:10:58,386 Doug has been trying to convince us all day. 282 00:10:58,420 --> 00:11:00,055 Fun! 283 00:11:00,088 --> 00:11:01,824 I feel like we missed a lot. 284 00:11:01,857 --> 00:11:02,891 Here it comes. Here it comes. 285 00:11:02,924 --> 00:11:04,493 ♪ Can't hate me if she choose ♪ 286 00:11:04,526 --> 00:11:05,995 Young [bleep] can't lose! 287 00:11:06,027 --> 00:11:08,229 - Oh, my... - Damn it, Rafael! 288 00:11:08,262 --> 00:11:09,797 - Every time. - Wait. I don't get it. 289 00:11:09,830 --> 00:11:12,133 Why do you guys think Vivek is appropriating? 290 00:11:12,166 --> 00:11:13,835 Think about it... from the Gucci he rocks... 291 00:11:13,868 --> 00:11:15,838 - Right. - ....to the music he listens to. 292 00:11:15,871 --> 00:11:16,772 Right! 293 00:11:16,805 --> 00:11:19,474 All the drugs that he deals! 294 00:11:19,507 --> 00:11:20,343 Huh? 295 00:11:21,642 --> 00:11:23,612 Uh... Uh, which have... 296 00:11:23,645 --> 00:11:25,614 absolutely nothing to do with Black culture at all. 297 00:11:25,647 --> 00:11:26,982 Right. Right. 298 00:11:27,015 --> 00:11:28,984 But neither is rocking Gucci. We didn't create that. 299 00:11:29,017 --> 00:11:31,487 If anything, the guy's guilty of flexing too hard, 300 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:33,255 not robbing us of our culture. 301 00:11:33,287 --> 00:11:36,691 If you ask me, I say he's just celebrating, not appropriating. 302 00:11:36,724 --> 00:11:38,793 O-Oh, okay, but none of y'all find it weird 303 00:11:38,826 --> 00:11:42,263 that out of all the things he celebrates, it's our shit? 304 00:11:42,296 --> 00:11:44,700 Maybe those are just his preferences. 305 00:11:44,733 --> 00:11:46,669 Oh, Sky, no. 306 00:11:46,701 --> 00:11:47,835 We have to stay woke. 307 00:11:47,868 --> 00:11:49,772 I mean, knowing the deep history 308 00:11:49,805 --> 00:11:51,507 of fetishization of Black culture, 309 00:11:51,540 --> 00:11:53,676 and especially Black women, 310 00:11:53,709 --> 00:11:55,678 as an ally of the struggle, 311 00:11:55,710 --> 00:11:59,514 I find it deeply problematic to excuse Vivek's behavior. 312 00:12:00,916 --> 00:12:02,284 Do you want to take this? 313 00:12:02,316 --> 00:12:05,186 No! No. I'm-a sit shotgun on this one. 314 00:12:05,219 --> 00:12:08,290 Okay, Nomi, so, as an ally of the struggle, 315 00:12:08,323 --> 00:12:10,693 would you consider your own behavior problematic? 316 00:12:10,725 --> 00:12:11,826 Because I would. 317 00:12:11,859 --> 00:12:13,829 Some would say you're very similar to Vivek. 318 00:12:13,862 --> 00:12:16,531 I mean, you hang out with a mostly Black crew, 319 00:12:16,565 --> 00:12:18,300 you're rocking bamboo earrings... 320 00:12:18,333 --> 00:12:20,903 And apparently, now you give lectures to Black people 321 00:12:20,935 --> 00:12:22,070 on how to stay woke. 322 00:12:22,103 --> 00:12:23,571 Mm. 323 00:12:23,604 --> 00:12:24,873 Oh, my God. 324 00:12:26,541 --> 00:12:28,710 I've failed as an ally of the diaspora. 325 00:12:28,743 --> 00:12:30,845 I'm sorry. I just don't even see the big deal. 326 00:12:30,878 --> 00:12:33,581 Why can't people just dress they that they want to dress 327 00:12:33,614 --> 00:12:35,084 or talk the way they want to talk 328 00:12:35,117 --> 00:12:37,086 or do their hair the way they want to do it? 329 00:12:37,118 --> 00:12:39,555 I mean, I don't care that Doug is always dressed 330 00:12:39,588 --> 00:12:41,557 like my 50-year-old Cuban Uncle Pepe. 331 00:12:41,589 --> 00:12:44,660 Imitation is the highest form of flattery. 332 00:12:44,693 --> 00:12:46,361 Okay, there is nothing flattering 333 00:12:46,393 --> 00:12:48,429 about picking and choosing elements of my life 334 00:12:48,463 --> 00:12:49,732 that you want to take. 335 00:12:49,765 --> 00:12:52,901 My body, my music, my hairstyles. 336 00:12:52,934 --> 00:12:54,937 All of a sudden, all of these White girls 337 00:12:54,969 --> 00:12:57,372 are rocking cornrows and want to call 'em boxer braids, 338 00:12:57,405 --> 00:12:58,774 and everyone's acting like they're making 339 00:12:58,806 --> 00:13:00,041 a brand-new trend or something. 340 00:13:00,075 --> 00:13:01,776 Then we're the ones who get penalized for it. 341 00:13:01,810 --> 00:13:02,811 Yeah. 342 00:13:04,613 --> 00:13:05,613 Okay, okay. 343 00:13:05,647 --> 00:13:07,849 But isn't Black culture so much bigger 344 00:13:07,882 --> 00:13:10,551 than cornrows and unlaced sneakers? 345 00:13:10,584 --> 00:13:12,387 I mean, it feels like you guys 346 00:13:12,420 --> 00:13:14,423 are minimizing the entire culture 347 00:13:14,455 --> 00:13:16,758 by focusing on something so... so trivial. 348 00:13:16,791 --> 00:13:19,393 But it's not trivial to us... at all... 349 00:13:19,426 --> 00:13:20,928 because it's all we got. 350 00:13:20,961 --> 00:13:22,930 This is a culture that we've been forced to create 351 00:13:22,964 --> 00:13:24,767 because the first one was robbed from us, 352 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:27,603 and now it feels like we're at risk of losing it again. 353 00:13:27,636 --> 00:13:28,904 Wait, wait. Hol... Hold up. 354 00:13:28,936 --> 00:13:31,806 How is it that you can clearly see the problem 355 00:13:31,839 --> 00:13:34,142 but you don't see what Vivek is doing? 356 00:13:34,176 --> 00:13:36,411 'Cause I don't think he's doing anything wrong. 357 00:13:36,444 --> 00:13:37,913 Okay. 358 00:13:37,945 --> 00:13:39,981 So if you don't think he's doing anything wrong, 359 00:13:40,015 --> 00:13:41,150 I'm-a just go check him myself. 360 00:13:41,182 --> 00:13:42,817 No, Doug. Whoa, whoa. Wait. 361 00:13:42,850 --> 00:13:44,452 What are you gonna do... walk up to him and say, 362 00:13:44,485 --> 00:13:46,154 "Hey, Vivek, stop trying to be Black"? 363 00:13:46,187 --> 00:13:47,188 What? 364 00:13:50,791 --> 00:13:52,827 You guys feel like I'm trying to act Black? 365 00:13:52,860 --> 00:13:54,395 Huh? No. What? 366 00:13:54,429 --> 00:13:55,764 We're just... It's fine. 367 00:13:55,796 --> 00:13:57,733 Nah, nah, nah, it's not fine. 368 00:13:57,766 --> 00:13:59,134 Yo, look, man. 369 00:13:59,166 --> 00:14:01,069 There's just a few things about you 370 00:14:01,102 --> 00:14:03,172 that don't sit right with me. 371 00:14:03,204 --> 00:14:05,840 Like the whole wave cap business 372 00:14:05,873 --> 00:14:09,510 and some of your language and... 373 00:14:09,544 --> 00:14:12,180 you use the Black Santa Claus emoji, bro. 374 00:14:12,214 --> 00:14:13,815 You can't do that. 375 00:14:15,450 --> 00:14:16,517 Wow. 376 00:14:16,551 --> 00:14:17,853 I'm, uh... 377 00:14:17,886 --> 00:14:19,921 I'm so sorry. 378 00:14:19,954 --> 00:14:22,825 It was never my intention to hurt anybody. 379 00:14:22,858 --> 00:14:25,828 And if I'm making anybody feel uncomfortable, I'll fall back. 380 00:14:25,860 --> 00:14:27,428 Know what? 381 00:14:27,461 --> 00:14:29,363 I'll even move out of Hawkins. 382 00:14:29,397 --> 00:14:30,431 Deuces. 383 00:14:30,464 --> 00:14:31,867 I mean... 384 00:14:31,900 --> 00:14:32,868 goodbye. 385 00:14:32,901 --> 00:14:33,902 Vivek. 386 00:14:35,536 --> 00:14:36,772 Vivek, come on... 387 00:14:40,457 --> 00:14:43,777 So, Cameo's enthusiastic "yes to the dress" 388 00:14:43,802 --> 00:14:46,681 was more of a "meh, sure, whatever to the dress." 389 00:14:46,714 --> 00:14:49,283 And after my styling disaster with the twins, 390 00:14:49,316 --> 00:14:50,852 I'd promised myself 391 00:14:50,886 --> 00:14:54,389 I'd never let a client walk away unhappy again. 392 00:14:55,556 --> 00:14:57,458 Oh. Hey, Cameo. Good morning. 393 00:14:57,483 --> 00:15:01,229 Hey. I saw all your missed calls and texts 394 00:15:01,262 --> 00:15:03,965 saying you... wanted to see me... 395 00:15:03,998 --> 00:15:05,733 at 1:30 in the morning. 396 00:15:05,767 --> 00:15:07,201 Yeah. Uh, no. 397 00:15:07,234 --> 00:15:09,570 Thanks for not reporting that to any adults. 398 00:15:09,603 --> 00:15:11,806 Okay, listen, uh, I had a couple thoughts 399 00:15:11,839 --> 00:15:12,907 about your prom dress, 400 00:15:12,940 --> 00:15:15,576 and it's just really got me thinking that... 401 00:15:15,609 --> 00:15:18,180 You know, I just don't think I quite nailed it for you yet. 402 00:15:18,213 --> 00:15:20,147 And because this is your prom, 403 00:15:20,180 --> 00:15:23,752 I really do feel like I really gotta nail this. 404 00:15:23,785 --> 00:15:25,988 For you, o-of course. 405 00:15:26,021 --> 00:15:28,724 I mean... sure. I guess. 406 00:15:28,757 --> 00:15:31,325 O-Okay, I can work with an "I guess." 407 00:15:34,930 --> 00:15:36,397 Nice. 408 00:15:36,430 --> 00:15:37,932 Nice. 409 00:15:37,965 --> 00:15:40,101 "Nice." 410 00:15:40,134 --> 00:15:41,435 Okay. 411 00:15:41,469 --> 00:15:43,238 This? 412 00:15:43,271 --> 00:15:44,640 Great. 413 00:15:46,074 --> 00:15:47,776 "Great." 414 00:15:47,809 --> 00:15:49,177 Ooh. 415 00:15:49,209 --> 00:15:50,711 This one is it. 416 00:15:55,483 --> 00:15:56,484 It's cute. 417 00:15:57,618 --> 00:15:58,786 Mnh-mnh. 418 00:16:00,254 --> 00:16:02,390 I'm sorry... Cameo, this dress... 419 00:16:02,424 --> 00:16:04,358 this dress is not cute. 420 00:16:04,392 --> 00:16:06,627 This dress is amazing. 421 00:16:06,661 --> 00:16:08,930 It is a vintage beaded gown worn by Cher. 422 00:16:08,964 --> 00:16:11,032 Matter of fact, I actually had to lie to the guy at the rental house 423 00:16:11,065 --> 00:16:13,868 and tell him I was Sasha Obama so he would let me take it. 424 00:16:13,901 --> 00:16:17,372 My point is... this dress is friggin' beautiful! 425 00:16:17,405 --> 00:16:19,475 To you, maybe. But not to me. 426 00:16:20,809 --> 00:16:23,078 It's just not who I am. 427 00:16:27,815 --> 00:16:29,017 Um... 428 00:16:31,085 --> 00:16:32,720 Wow. 429 00:16:32,753 --> 00:16:33,988 This whole time, 430 00:16:34,022 --> 00:16:37,492 I've just been feeding her options that work for me, 431 00:16:37,525 --> 00:16:40,095 but I've never once stopped to ask... 432 00:16:41,296 --> 00:16:43,765 Who are you? 433 00:16:57,545 --> 00:16:58,981 Don't worry, man. 434 00:16:59,013 --> 00:17:02,016 Just came to pick up my satin pillowcase. 435 00:17:02,050 --> 00:17:03,518 It's good for my waves. 436 00:17:03,551 --> 00:17:06,187 Yeah. I know. 437 00:17:06,221 --> 00:17:07,790 Right. 438 00:17:09,124 --> 00:17:10,826 Yo, Vivek. 439 00:17:10,858 --> 00:17:12,461 Stop, man. 440 00:17:14,029 --> 00:17:16,631 Look, it was never my intention 441 00:17:16,664 --> 00:17:19,001 to have you bounce from Hawkins, man. 442 00:17:19,033 --> 00:17:21,203 I was just trying to put you up on game. That's it. 443 00:17:21,235 --> 00:17:22,204 Yeah, well, I can assure you, 444 00:17:22,236 --> 00:17:24,005 I've never been more "up on game" in my life. 445 00:17:24,039 --> 00:17:25,840 Hey, I'm killin' the "up on game" game right now. 446 00:17:25,874 --> 00:17:27,509 O-Okay, I'm... I'm sorry, man. 447 00:17:27,541 --> 00:17:30,846 Look... maybe I was too harsh. 448 00:17:30,878 --> 00:17:33,814 You know, I'm the new dude here, so who knows? 449 00:17:33,848 --> 00:17:36,118 Maybe the people in the crew know you more than I do 450 00:17:36,150 --> 00:17:37,852 and you were just being yourself. 451 00:17:37,886 --> 00:17:40,187 Nah. 452 00:17:40,221 --> 00:17:41,890 Not entirely. 453 00:17:41,923 --> 00:17:45,359 Truth is, I've always struggled with who I am. 454 00:17:45,393 --> 00:17:46,995 All this extra stuff, you know... 455 00:17:47,028 --> 00:17:49,664 the labels, the drug dealing, it's... 456 00:17:49,696 --> 00:17:51,132 it's all part of running away 457 00:17:51,166 --> 00:17:53,234 from the poor, nerdy kid who never fit in. 458 00:17:54,502 --> 00:17:56,238 So, yeah, you know, maybe I did borrow some things 459 00:17:56,271 --> 00:17:58,005 from the people here at Hawkins, 460 00:17:58,039 --> 00:18:01,176 but not because I was trying to steal anything, you know? 461 00:18:01,208 --> 00:18:03,077 I just think you guys are... 462 00:18:03,110 --> 00:18:05,147 dope. 463 00:18:05,179 --> 00:18:07,548 I-I get it. 464 00:18:07,581 --> 00:18:09,583 Black people fly as [bleep], man. 465 00:18:13,187 --> 00:18:14,255 So, bottom line is, you know, 466 00:18:14,289 --> 00:18:16,157 when Aaron invited me to crash here, 467 00:18:16,191 --> 00:18:17,993 everybody embraced me like I was family. 468 00:18:18,025 --> 00:18:20,528 I felt like I belonged, so, yeah, 469 00:18:20,561 --> 00:18:22,531 I guess I did get a little too comfortable, 470 00:18:22,563 --> 00:18:25,199 but only because I felt like I was part of the community. 471 00:18:25,233 --> 00:18:27,536 No, bro, you are... definitely. 472 00:18:27,569 --> 00:18:29,070 It's just... 473 00:18:29,104 --> 00:18:31,206 some things are 474 00:18:31,239 --> 00:18:35,177 maybe more reserved for my community. 475 00:18:35,210 --> 00:18:37,046 Exclusively, you know? 476 00:18:38,413 --> 00:18:40,714 I get it. 477 00:18:40,747 --> 00:18:43,384 You should probably have this. 478 00:18:43,417 --> 00:18:45,052 Ohhh. 479 00:18:45,086 --> 00:18:47,122 No. I-I-I should not. 480 00:18:47,155 --> 00:18:50,291 Uh, but you could pocket the wave cap 481 00:18:50,324 --> 00:18:53,094 and, you know, put your little satin lady pillow down 482 00:18:53,127 --> 00:18:54,229 and come over here 483 00:18:54,262 --> 00:18:57,166 and get molly-whopped in some bones, man. 484 00:18:58,398 --> 00:19:00,401 I'd loved to get molly-whopped by you, man. 485 00:19:00,435 --> 00:19:01,802 Come on. 486 00:19:01,836 --> 00:19:03,772 Oh. Hugs. Okay. 487 00:19:03,804 --> 00:19:05,974 Ay, these [bleep] in here huggin', yo! 488 00:19:06,006 --> 00:19:07,241 Uh-huh. I seen that. 489 00:19:07,274 --> 00:19:08,976 Shoulder-to-shoulder, nipple-to-nipple. 490 00:19:09,010 --> 00:19:11,579 Y'all are nasty. 491 00:19:14,071 --> 00:19:15,750 Come on. 492 00:19:25,092 --> 00:19:26,327 It's amazing. 493 00:19:29,364 --> 00:19:31,800 You heard it here first, folks. 494 00:19:31,832 --> 00:19:36,904 The streets love the Zoey Johnson Styling Experience. 495 00:19:38,872 --> 00:19:41,342 Now, let's just pray that when Luca gets back from New York, 496 00:19:41,376 --> 00:19:43,011 he does not notice 497 00:19:43,043 --> 00:19:44,845 the very expensive bespoke red tux 498 00:19:44,878 --> 00:19:48,349 that he wore to freshman formal is missing from his closet. 499 00:19:48,383 --> 00:19:50,152 Sometimes in life, 500 00:19:50,185 --> 00:19:52,320 fitting in isn't always the best, 501 00:19:52,352 --> 00:19:55,089 because it can prevent us from standing out 502 00:19:55,122 --> 00:19:58,459 and shining as our true, authentic selves. 503 00:20:04,232 --> 00:20:06,368 But other times, 504 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:08,802 it's exactly what we need to get the sense of community 505 00:20:08,836 --> 00:20:12,207 that makes us feel like we're part of something bigger, 506 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:13,474 something special. 507 00:20:15,611 --> 00:20:18,254 - Take that one time. - Set me up. 508 00:20:18,279 --> 00:20:19,910 Hey, hey, man, something's bothering me. 509 00:20:19,935 --> 00:20:21,649 Is there something in my nose? 510 00:20:21,683 --> 00:20:23,350 - What? - Uh, no, I don't see anything. 511 00:20:23,384 --> 00:20:24,553 Me, neither. 512 00:20:24,586 --> 00:20:26,354 Oh, wait, sorry. I don't mean that nose. 513 00:20:26,387 --> 00:20:28,322 I mean my domi-nose, bitch! Unh! 514 00:20:28,356 --> 00:20:30,959 Are you kidding me? We should've never let him stay. 515 00:20:30,992 --> 00:20:32,226 We shouldn't have. 516 00:20:32,260 --> 00:20:35,329 Hey. I've been outside for, like, 30 minutes. 517 00:20:35,362 --> 00:20:36,797 What happened to Wave Cap Wednesdays? 518 00:20:36,830 --> 00:20:38,632 Pfft, [bleep], today is Thursday! 519 00:20:38,666 --> 00:20:40,368 Thursday?! 520 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:42,336 Y'all made me waste a wave cap! 521 00:20:48,108 --> 00:20:49,310 Ay!