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Protestor: ♪ Southern trees
bear strange fruit ♪
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♪ Blood on the leaves
and blood at the root ♪
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♪ Black bodies swinging
in the Southern breeze ♪
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♪ Strange fruit hanging ♪
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♪ From the poplar trees ♪
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♪ Here is a fruit
for the crows to pluck ♪
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♪ For the rain to gather ♪
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♪ For the wind to suck ♪
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♪ For the sun to rot ♪
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♪ For the tree to drop ♪
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♪ Here is a strange
and a bitter ♪
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♪ Crop ♪
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♪
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Zoey:
If you don't look too closely,
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you might think
this is a scene from 1968.
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But it's not.
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Actually, it's
more than 50 years later,
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and we were still
fighting against
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the racial injustice
and rampant inequality
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that continued
to plague our country.
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Why? Because our nation
wasn't looking close enough.
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Protestors:
[ Chanting ] Say their names!
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Say their names!
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Say their names!
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Say their names!
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Say their names!
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Say their names!
[ Cellphones vibrating,
alert whining ]
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[ Fading ] Say their names!
Say their names!
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[ Cellphones vibrating,
alert whining ]
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Campus Policeman:
[ Over loudspeaker ]
The County of Los Angeles
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has issued a curfew,
which includes this campus.
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Students must evacuate
the premises now.
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Gather your belongings
and disperse immediately.
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This is your final warning.
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In fact, for decades,
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not only was the nation
not looking closely enough,
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but people actively
turned a blind eye,
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and that blind eye turned
into a national blind spot,
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until eventually,
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there was
nowhere else to look
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but directly at it.
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♪ Watch out, world,
I'm grown now ♪
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♪ I'm grown ♪
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♪ Learn something new
every day ♪
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♪ I don't know,
so I'mma feel my way ♪
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♪ Got the weight of the world
on me ♪
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♪ But no regrets,
this is what I say ♪
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♪ Watch out, world,
I'm grown now ♪
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♪ I'm grown ♪
♪ You can tell me ♪
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♪ My heart beating so loud ♪
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♪ Mama, look, I'm grown now ♪
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♪ I'm grown ♪
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Protestors:
[ Chanting ] Justice for Marcus!
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Justice for Marcus!
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Justice for Marcus!
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Yo [bleep] the curfew, man.
It's ridiculous.
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How are they gonna give us
15 minutes to clear out?
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Aaron: This is a tactic
the government uses
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when shit gets
uncomfortable for them.
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Mm-hmm.
I'm not leaving.
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Yo, I mean, this is the time
we push the boundaries, guys.
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I say we all go downtown
where it's really active.
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Uh, well, I for one feel like
we came, we saw, we conquered.
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And I feel like we should
probably eat now?
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Is anyone else starving?
I am.
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Doug: No.
Stay safe out there, kids.
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Alright, well, I love you guys.
Las Vidas Negras Importan!
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Yeah, guys. I think I'm gonna
head back to the house, too.
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I'm -- You know, normally,
I'm so down
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to get arrested
for the cause,
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but if I do get arrested now,
then who's gonna feed Luna?
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Yeah. Me, too.
Like, a part of me
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wants to go downtown,
but the other part of me
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doesn't want to mess
with those rubber bullets, so...
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Look, I get if you want
to come with us,
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but I gotta warn you,
it's gonna get a little crazy.
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Oh. Yeah, no.
I'm not going with you.
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I know my strengths,
and staying out past
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a government-enforced
curfew --
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unfortunately,
not one of them.
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But please stay safe.
Yeah.
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Like, for real. Okay.
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-Bye, guys.
-Later.
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Dude, can you please
go with them?
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It'll really mess with
my frontal lobe
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if I have to worry
about the both of us.
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Yeah, no. Uh,
I'm not going with them.
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I'm going downtown.
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You know, some of us actually
care about what's happening.
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Okay.
Doug: Bro, it's all good.
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There's four of us. We can
all keep an eye on each other.
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Yeah, and if it makes you
more comfortable, we can,
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like, pick a spot to meet up
if anybody gets lost.
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Word.
Whatever, man.
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Alright, let's go
get the car.
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Okay.
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♪
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So, uh, we're keeping an eye
out for each other now?
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Um, I was just trying
to keep an eye on you.
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[ Chuckles ]
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What is the one?
[ Indistinct Spanish ]
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[ Laughs ]
Stop!
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Oh, you should definitely
try the lengua.
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It's so good.
Hard pass.
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The only lengua I want
in my mouth is yours.
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It better be the only lengua
you have in your mouth.
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[ Police radio chatter ]
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Thank you for your service,
guys. Appreciate you.
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[ Indistinct conversations ]
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♪
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[ Sighing ] Ooh. Damn.
It is really crazy out there.
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I'm kind of glad we didn't go
downtown with the rest of them.
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Mm-hmm.
So, I'm in a thread
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with some friends, right?
Uh-huh.
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And they just said
the Beverly Center just got hit.
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Nomi:
Why do they even do that?
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I mean, we didn't hit anything
at the Women's March.
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Remember?
It was so peaceful.
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Well, we also pregamed
with mimosas and Eggs Benedict
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and wore pink, fuzzy hats.
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I'd have to say
it's a tad different.
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No, I know.
I'm just saying
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that burning
and looting people's stores
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should definitely not
be a part of this.
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Oh, but you're fine
with the flowery chanting,
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the bedazzled signage,
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and the big,
buttery smooth Black man
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singing "Strange Fruit"?
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But when stuff gets real,
you're off the cause?
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No, I'm absolutely
on the cause, Jaz.
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I just don't understand
why those people think
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that looting
is the answer.
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Those people?
Those people?
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[ Crowd shouting indistinctly ]
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[ Siren wailing ]
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[ Donny Hathaway's
"Little Ghetto Boy" plays ]
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♪
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♪ Little ghetto boy ♪
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♪ Playing in the ghetto street ♪
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Policeman: [ Over loudspeaker ]
This is a civil disturbance,
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and curfew is now in effect.
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Leave the area immediately,
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or you'll be subject
to the use of force,
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including
crowd control munitions.
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We are peacefully
assembling
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and have every right
to continue to do so!
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Exactly!
This is a violation!
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Look, we pay you
to protect us.
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All we're doing is exercising
our constitutional rights!
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Oh, my God!
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Come on!
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♪
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[ Protestors coughing ]
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♪
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♪ Little ghetto boy ♪
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♪ Playing in the ghetto street ♪
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♪ Whatcha gonna do
when you grow up ♪
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♪ And have to face
responsibility? ♪
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[ Siren wails in distance ]
Nomi: Okay, I'm not so worried
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about the destruction
of property...
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Okay.
...but come on.
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The looting and burning
of people's businesses
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is not gonna help
hold racist cops accountable.
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Of course it's not gonna
help hold them accountable,
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because nothing
holds them accountable.
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That's exactly
why this is happening.
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It's -- It's the last resort
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for people who have just
been ignored for too long.
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Martin even said that riots
are the language of the unheard.
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Okay, Coretta.
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Looks like Aaron's
been serving you the "D"
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and that knowledge.
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Alright, look.
I obviously understand
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that human life
is more valuable than property.
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I just -- I don't know.
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I feel sorry
for the small business owners
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who built their livelihoods
from nothing,
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and now some opportunists
are using this man's death
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as an excuse
to destroy that.
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Okay. My dad built
one of those small businesses,
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but when it comes
to saving Black lives,
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best believe
Kermit wouldn't mind
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getting his food truck
destroyed.
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So if something needs
to get burned down
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or get looted
to shake things up,
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then so be it.
I-I don't know.
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I'm just baffled. So --
So you guys are cool, then,
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with the looting and rioting?
Not cool with it,
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but you choosing to focus on
the looting and rioting
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is a part of a longstanding
history of racist thinking.
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Hold on, Zoey.
"R-Racist thinking"?
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So -- So you're
calling me a racist?
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Are -- Are you kidding me?
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Okay. I can't believe
you think I'm racist.
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Girl, calm down.
Nobody said that.
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Right.
Actually, Zoey kinda did.
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Okay, I said you had
some racist thinking,
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not "Nomi hates
Black people."
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Oh, my God.
Right, okay.
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So my thinking
is racist,
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which mean
I think racist things
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about people
based on their skin color,
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which is literally the
definition of being a racist.
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That's who you think I am?
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Again, no.
We know who you are.
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But choosing to criticize
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the way oppressed people
are reacting to their oppression
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versus criticizing
the oppression itself
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is a part of the problem.
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[ Clapping ]
Mm. Wow. [ Laughs ]
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I need to get Aaron
a thank-you basket.
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Just six months ago,
you confused Clarence Thomas
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with Danny Glover.
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Girl, look at you now.
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I still think Clarence could
play Danny in a biopic.
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Look, Nomi. In the past,
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whenever you felt like any of us
had problematic thinking,
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you called us on it,
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and we weren't pressed.
That part.
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Yeah, that's because
when I called you on it,
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I didn't use
inflammatory language
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or personally attack
your character.
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[ Cellphone chimes ]
I just got another text.
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Looks like they're about to hit
the Barnes & Noble at The Grove.
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Anybody want
that new Zane?
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[ Clicks tongue ]
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♪
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Aaron: That shit was crazy.
Doug: Dawg.
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Where they at?
I don't know.
We told them to meet us here.
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Where's Kiela?
What? I don't know.
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We thought she was with you.
No, man. She ran off.
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I can't find her anywhere.
Ah. Man.
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Can I use your phone?
Mine's dead.
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Yeah, here.
This is crazy, man.
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Bad service.
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Gonna text her.
Alright.
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♪
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Bro, are you
smashing my sister?
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Whoa!
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No. I mean --
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Hey, Kiela?
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Kiela?
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Kiki!
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Hey, um...
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back at the taco stand,
did you --
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did you not see those Black
protesters standing right there
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when you thanked the cops?
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[ Sighs ]
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Kind of odd you're calling them
Black protesters
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and not just protesters.
251
00:10:38,714 --> 00:10:42,641
I only say that because
it felt a little insensitive
252
00:10:42,718 --> 00:10:45,202
for you to make that comment
in front of them.
253
00:10:45,204 --> 00:10:47,312
I mean, come on.
Thanking the very people
254
00:10:47,389 --> 00:10:49,665
that they were
protesting against today?
255
00:10:49,741 --> 00:10:51,558
It felt -- I don't know.
I-I-It felt kind of gross.
256
00:10:51,635 --> 00:10:53,727
Gross?
257
00:10:53,803 --> 00:10:55,061
It's gross to thank my uncle
or your cousin
258
00:10:55,138 --> 00:10:56,730
or our family members
that are in the military?
259
00:10:56,806 --> 00:10:58,973
[ Sighs ]
260
00:10:59,051 --> 00:11:00,066
Got to be honest,
feels a little grosser
261
00:11:00,143 --> 00:11:01,476
that you're trying
to vilify all of them.
262
00:11:01,553 --> 00:11:05,146
[ Scoffs ] Okay, I'm just
saying that, in this moment,
263
00:11:05,224 --> 00:11:07,833
it felt like a blatant disregard
for those people
264
00:11:07,910 --> 00:11:09,726
who are in direct conflict
with the cops.
265
00:11:09,728 --> 00:11:13,005
I mean, had you done that
in front of my friends --
266
00:11:13,081 --> 00:11:17,567
Ana.
It was a thank you, okay?
267
00:11:17,569 --> 00:11:18,326
Please do not try to turn this
into an argument
268
00:11:18,404 --> 00:11:20,404
and make me the bad guy.
269
00:11:20,406 --> 00:11:23,665
We all know the real bad guys
were the Black protesters.
270
00:11:23,742 --> 00:11:26,501
♪
271
00:11:26,578 --> 00:11:28,745
I'm kidding.
272
00:11:28,747 --> 00:11:30,263
♪
273
00:11:33,268 --> 00:11:34,751
[ Siren wailing in distance ]
274
00:11:34,753 --> 00:11:37,421
Hold on, hold up.
Bro, bro, bro.
275
00:11:37,423 --> 00:11:38,697
Yo, can we talk
about these texts
276
00:11:38,774 --> 00:11:40,866
so we can get
this energy right, man?
277
00:11:40,943 --> 00:11:42,350
Bro, we're --
we're gonna find Kiela.
278
00:11:42,428 --> 00:11:45,779
I need you to know, nothing
serious happened between us.
279
00:11:45,855 --> 00:11:46,947
We kissed, and that's it.
280
00:11:47,023 --> 00:11:49,099
Think I care about that
right now?
281
00:11:49,101 --> 00:11:50,542
You obviously don't care
about loyalty.
282
00:11:50,619 --> 00:11:53,545
Thinking it's fine to desecrate
the temple of our friendship
283
00:11:53,622 --> 00:11:56,606
by fondling my kin?
284
00:11:56,608 --> 00:11:58,866
Hey, yo, even now,
you mad weird.
285
00:11:58,944 --> 00:12:00,627
[ Cellphone chimes ]
286
00:12:00,704 --> 00:12:02,036
Yo, it's Aaron.
He said he found her.
287
00:12:02,114 --> 00:12:03,371
Come on,
come on, come on.
288
00:12:03,449 --> 00:12:05,131
[ Indistinct conversations ]
289
00:12:05,208 --> 00:12:10,637
♪
290
00:12:10,714 --> 00:12:14,066
Hey, we're about to order
some Thai. You want in?
291
00:12:14,142 --> 00:12:15,642
I mean, I don't really
like Thai,
292
00:12:15,719 --> 00:12:18,979
but if I say no,
then am I racist?
293
00:12:19,055 --> 00:12:21,298
Nomi, why are you being
so defensive about this?
294
00:12:21,300 --> 00:12:24,892
Yeah, you are seriously
on some White fragility shit.
295
00:12:24,970 --> 00:12:27,579
Wow. Suppose
you think that, too?
296
00:12:27,656 --> 00:12:29,639
Yeah. You're -- You're White,
and you're --
297
00:12:29,641 --> 00:12:30,916
you're always taking
those calcium chews, so...
298
00:12:30,993 --> 00:12:33,901
You have no idea
what that is, do you?
Mnh-mnh.
299
00:12:33,979 --> 00:12:35,069
Yeah, you know what?
It doesn't even matter,
300
00:12:35,147 --> 00:12:36,088
'cause I'm done with
this whole conversation.
301
00:12:36,164 --> 00:12:39,073
Hey, hold on.
Just so you know...
Hmm.
302
00:12:39,151 --> 00:12:41,743
...you "being done"
with this conversation
303
00:12:41,820 --> 00:12:44,078
instead of recognizing your
participation in the problem
304
00:12:44,156 --> 00:12:46,247
is the exact definition
of White fragility.
305
00:12:46,325 --> 00:12:47,248
Mm.
It's like you don't even want
306
00:12:47,326 --> 00:12:48,416
to have
the tough conversation.
307
00:12:48,494 --> 00:12:50,327
I was trying to have
the tough conversation,
308
00:12:50,329 --> 00:12:51,770
but my best friends
told me
309
00:12:51,847 --> 00:12:54,422
that I have, like, a huge blind
spot when it comes to race,
310
00:12:54,500 --> 00:12:55,832
and I'm --
I'm having a hard time
311
00:12:55,834 --> 00:12:58,168
wrapping my head around that.
Nomi, don't you think
312
00:12:58,170 --> 00:13:00,687
it's because you view the world
differently than we do?
313
00:13:00,764 --> 00:13:02,689
Mm-hmm.
Sometimes you can't help
314
00:13:02,766 --> 00:13:04,841
but perpetuate
what's ingrained in you.
315
00:13:04,843 --> 00:13:06,009
Zoey: Mm-hmm.
What's --
316
00:13:06,011 --> 00:13:08,345
What's ingrained in me?
317
00:13:08,347 --> 00:13:11,531
By which do you mean
how Jewish people just like me
318
00:13:11,608 --> 00:13:12,958
have historically marched
alongside Black people
319
00:13:13,035 --> 00:13:15,685
for civil rights
since Day One?
320
00:13:15,687 --> 00:13:19,280
Just like I marched
with you guys today?
321
00:13:19,358 --> 00:13:20,874
G-Guys, this is --
this is beyond crazy.
322
00:13:20,950 --> 00:13:23,951
Nomi, the only reason
we are calling you on this
323
00:13:24,029 --> 00:13:24,636
is because we love you.
324
00:13:24,713 --> 00:13:28,548
So much.
325
00:13:28,625 --> 00:13:30,550
[ Voice breaking ]
If I was with someone
326
00:13:30,627 --> 00:13:31,977
who I thought was homophobic
or anti-Semitic,
327
00:13:32,054 --> 00:13:35,630
I wouldn't be sitting here
trying to make them feel better.
328
00:13:35,707 --> 00:13:37,040
In fact, I wouldn't be
friends with them at all.
329
00:13:37,042 --> 00:13:38,542
So if you guys think
that I'm, like, racist
330
00:13:38,544 --> 00:13:39,876
or -- or problematic
or whatever,
331
00:13:39,878 --> 00:13:41,711
then why would you still
want to be friends with me?
332
00:13:41,713 --> 00:13:47,308
♪
333
00:13:51,056 --> 00:13:54,833
Nomi's Mom: Look, honey, it's
a difficult time right now.
334
00:13:54,910 --> 00:13:56,076
Everybody's emotions
are high.
335
00:13:56,152 --> 00:13:57,151
I know, but, Mom,
I can't believe
336
00:13:57,229 --> 00:13:58,562
my friends actually
think this of me.
337
00:13:58,564 --> 00:14:01,064
Yeah, but you know
none of that stuff is true.
338
00:14:01,066 --> 00:14:02,507
You're not a racist.
339
00:14:02,584 --> 00:14:05,326
Your dad and I did not
raise you to see color.
340
00:14:05,404 --> 00:14:06,920
Okay, but, Mom, saying
that you don't see color
341
00:14:06,996 --> 00:14:09,014
is basically saying
342
00:14:09,091 --> 00:14:10,998
that you don't see someone
in their entirety,
343
00:14:11,076 --> 00:14:12,667
and that's actually
pretty problematic.
344
00:14:12,744 --> 00:14:14,594
Problematic?
345
00:14:14,671 --> 00:14:16,003
N-Now you sound like
your friends.
346
00:14:16,081 --> 00:14:18,857
Oh, my God. Mom, you don't need
to get so defensive.
347
00:14:18,934 --> 00:14:20,433
No, I'm getting
defensive because
348
00:14:20,510 --> 00:14:21,676
you're challenging
my character.
349
00:14:21,753 --> 00:14:25,363
Your character?
350
00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:28,683
[ Whispering ]
About your character.
351
00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:29,926
[ Sirens wailing,
indistinct conversations ]
352
00:14:29,928 --> 00:14:39,953
♪
353
00:14:40,029 --> 00:14:40,937
[ Fire truck horn blaring ]
354
00:14:40,939 --> 00:14:43,440
What happened?
355
00:14:43,442 --> 00:14:45,050
She was
teargassed again.
356
00:14:45,127 --> 00:14:46,218
Oh, my God.
Are you okay?
357
00:14:46,294 --> 00:14:47,627
[ Kiela sniffles ]
Can you open your eyes?
358
00:14:47,704 --> 00:14:49,963
No.
359
00:14:50,039 --> 00:14:52,465
What can I do?
Nothing. Just --
360
00:14:52,542 --> 00:14:54,467
Just give me
a minute, please.
361
00:14:54,544 --> 00:14:56,302
There's got to be
something I can do to help.
362
00:14:56,379 --> 00:14:58,622
I just want to make sure
you're okay.
363
00:14:58,624 --> 00:15:01,048
No, I'm --
I'm not okay.
364
00:15:01,126 --> 00:15:02,642
I'm just -- I'm not.
365
00:15:02,719 --> 00:15:05,395
This is just all
so messed up.
366
00:15:07,891 --> 00:15:09,390
How does something like this
even happen?
367
00:15:09,468 --> 00:15:13,561
[ Crying ] You know, I-I'm here
protesting police brutality,
368
00:15:13,639 --> 00:15:14,913
and then I get brutalized
by the police?
369
00:15:14,990 --> 00:15:19,066
It just -- It just does--
It doesn't make sense.
370
00:15:19,144 --> 00:15:21,068
You know, I don't even know
what we did wrong.
371
00:15:21,146 --> 00:15:23,088
It's not your fault.
372
00:15:23,165 --> 00:15:26,908
You didn't do anything wrong.
[ Crying ]
373
00:15:26,985 --> 00:15:29,169
♪ I see them bloom ♪
374
00:15:29,245 --> 00:15:31,171
[ Sirens chirping, wailing ]
375
00:15:31,247 --> 00:15:34,491
♪ For me and you ♪
376
00:15:34,493 --> 00:15:37,160
[ Helicopter blades whirring ]
377
00:15:37,162 --> 00:15:38,920
♪ And I think to myself ♪
378
00:15:38,997 --> 00:15:45,168
♪
379
00:15:45,170 --> 00:15:47,520
♪ What a wonderful world ♪
380
00:15:47,597 --> 00:15:50,674
♪
381
00:15:50,676 --> 00:15:53,601
♪ What a wonderful world ♪
382
00:15:53,679 --> 00:15:55,937
♪
383
00:15:56,014 --> 00:15:59,516
♪ What a wonderful world ♪
384
00:15:59,518 --> 00:16:02,627
♪
385
00:16:02,704 --> 00:16:04,111
[ Scoffs ]
This is so crazy.
386
00:16:04,189 --> 00:16:07,281
Mm.
Aaron just texted the group.
387
00:16:07,359 --> 00:16:08,708
Apparently, Luca's sister
got teargassed.
388
00:16:08,785 --> 00:16:10,210
Oh, shit.
389
00:16:10,286 --> 00:16:12,286
Still feel like thanking your
buddies back at the taco truck
390
00:16:12,364 --> 00:16:14,472
for their service?
391
00:16:14,549 --> 00:16:16,032
You're not still on this,
are you?
392
00:16:16,034 --> 00:16:16,883
No. No, not at all.
393
00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:18,310
Good.
394
00:16:18,386 --> 00:16:22,038
I'm just saying, it only
further reinforces my point
395
00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:23,982
of how right now is not the
ideal time to be thanking cops,
396
00:16:24,059 --> 00:16:25,967
that's all.
397
00:16:26,044 --> 00:16:28,211
Ana, I'm not going
to argue with you
398
00:16:28,213 --> 00:16:29,988
about something
we already put to bed.
399
00:16:30,065 --> 00:16:32,232
No, we actually
didn't put it to bed.
400
00:16:32,308 --> 00:16:33,992
You just made
some dumbass joke
401
00:16:34,069 --> 00:16:35,218
and then shut down
the conversation.
402
00:16:35,220 --> 00:16:36,720
Here we go.
"Here we go," what?
403
00:16:36,722 --> 00:16:40,332
You just -- just digging in,
just not letting anything go.
404
00:16:40,408 --> 00:16:43,001
The constant, like,
back and forth.
405
00:16:43,078 --> 00:16:45,003
I'm so sick of arguing with you
about nothing.
406
00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:48,656
Today was not nothing.
407
00:16:48,734 --> 00:16:50,658
This is something
that I care about.
408
00:16:50,736 --> 00:16:52,902
Really? 'Cause one day, you're
volunteering for D.A.R.E.,
409
00:16:52,904 --> 00:16:56,589
and then the next, you're
yelling at me for thanking cops.
410
00:16:56,666 --> 00:16:58,683
You don't know where you stand
on half these issues,
411
00:16:58,760 --> 00:16:59,851
and that's the problem.
412
00:16:59,928 --> 00:17:01,261
Okay, that is not fair.
413
00:17:01,337 --> 00:17:05,265
I am allowed to have nuanced
points of view, Javi.
414
00:17:05,341 --> 00:17:07,025
And it's okay
that they differ from yours.
415
00:17:07,102 --> 00:17:09,269
I don't only have to think and
act the way that you want me to.
416
00:17:09,345 --> 00:17:11,479
That's not what I'm saying.
Then what are you saying?
417
00:17:14,943 --> 00:17:15,867
I just don't think
a relationship
418
00:17:15,944 --> 00:17:16,776
should be this hard.
419
00:17:18,187 --> 00:17:21,873
♪
420
00:17:21,950 --> 00:17:23,950
Yeah, I don't think
I can do this anymore.
421
00:17:24,027 --> 00:17:27,545
♪
422
00:17:27,622 --> 00:17:28,863
Well, then, uh...
423
00:17:28,940 --> 00:17:31,608
♪
424
00:17:31,610 --> 00:17:34,201
I guess we finally both found
something that we agree on.
425
00:17:34,279 --> 00:17:40,892
♪
426
00:17:40,969 --> 00:17:41,709
[ Door opens ]
427
00:17:41,787 --> 00:17:49,809
♪
428
00:17:49,886 --> 00:17:52,570
Guys, it's okay. You don't need
to trail behind me anymore.
429
00:17:52,647 --> 00:17:57,317
It's -- It's fine, but, um,
thank you for having my back.
430
00:17:57,393 --> 00:17:58,484
I'll call you later, bro.
Night.
431
00:18:01,807 --> 00:18:02,897
Alright, y'all.
I'mma head out, too.
432
00:18:02,974 --> 00:18:04,641
But it's been amazing,
my Black brethren.
433
00:18:04,643 --> 00:18:05,917
Powerful night.
But I gotta go see Zoey.
434
00:18:05,994 --> 00:18:09,570
She keeps asking me
what, uh, White fragility means.
435
00:18:09,648 --> 00:18:10,146
Feel like she should
already know that, but...
436
00:18:10,148 --> 00:18:13,983
Later.
437
00:18:13,985 --> 00:18:16,820
Crazy night.
Yep.
438
00:18:16,822 --> 00:18:19,322
Look, bro...
my apologies.
439
00:18:19,324 --> 00:18:20,598
You know, I shouldn't have
crossed that line
440
00:18:20,675 --> 00:18:21,933
with your sister,
and moving forward,
441
00:18:22,010 --> 00:18:24,769
you're not gonna have to worry,
'cause I don't --
442
00:18:24,846 --> 00:18:27,105
I don't want to get in the
middle of siblings like that,
443
00:18:27,182 --> 00:18:31,000
or desecrate the...temple
of our friendship
444
00:18:31,002 --> 00:18:32,426
and fondle --
445
00:18:32,504 --> 00:18:33,928
My kin.
Right.
446
00:18:34,005 --> 00:18:37,023
[ Sighs ]
447
00:18:37,100 --> 00:18:38,283
Much appreciated.
448
00:18:38,360 --> 00:18:39,767
My man.
449
00:18:39,845 --> 00:18:42,528
Have a good night.
Stay safe.
450
00:18:42,605 --> 00:18:45,457
Jazz: Ooh.
What?
451
00:18:45,533 --> 00:18:46,349
Looks like they just hit
the Brookstone
452
00:18:46,351 --> 00:18:47,851
in West Hollywood.
453
00:18:47,853 --> 00:18:50,628
How long do you think it's gonna
take for us to get there?
454
00:18:50,705 --> 00:18:51,963
You know I'm a sucker
for modern gadgetry.
455
00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:53,114
Jazz.
456
00:18:53,191 --> 00:18:54,966
Hey.
457
00:18:55,043 --> 00:18:57,377
Hey.
Hey.
458
00:18:57,453 --> 00:19:00,213
Um, I owe you guys
459
00:19:00,289 --> 00:19:04,291
a really, really
big apology.
460
00:19:04,369 --> 00:19:06,536
Well, if you're talking
about reparations,
461
00:19:06,538 --> 00:19:07,479
you can just Cash App me.
[ Clicks tongue ]
462
00:19:07,555 --> 00:19:10,315
[ Both chuckle ]
463
00:19:10,392 --> 00:19:13,893
Um, you guys --
you guys were right.
464
00:19:13,970 --> 00:19:16,154
I was definitely raised
to see the world
465
00:19:16,231 --> 00:19:19,306
in a very specific way,
466
00:19:19,384 --> 00:19:22,327
and I'll never see the world
like you guys do.
467
00:19:22,404 --> 00:19:24,812
No matter how liberal
my environment
468
00:19:24,890 --> 00:19:28,892
or how expanded
my world view is...
469
00:19:28,894 --> 00:19:30,985
[ Siren wailing in distance ]
470
00:19:31,062 --> 00:19:32,820
...I'll always have
some sort of blinders on.
471
00:19:32,898 --> 00:19:36,174
And I'm really, really sorry.
472
00:19:36,251 --> 00:19:38,843
Well, we appreciate it.
473
00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:40,570
Mm-hmm.
And i-it's all good.
474
00:19:40,572 --> 00:19:42,572
You know we love you,
475
00:19:42,574 --> 00:19:45,258
but most importantly,
thank you for hearing us.
476
00:19:45,334 --> 00:19:47,352
Yeah.
Yeah.
477
00:19:47,429 --> 00:19:49,262
I love you guys.
478
00:19:49,338 --> 00:19:50,430
Oh, come here.
479
00:19:50,506 --> 00:19:53,266
[ Chuckles ]
480
00:19:53,342 --> 00:19:55,509
As the country
finally saw its blind spot,
481
00:19:55,587 --> 00:19:59,364
we were also forced
to take notice of our own.
482
00:19:59,441 --> 00:20:01,682
The only thing we could do
483
00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:03,368
was move forward
with our eyes open
484
00:20:03,445 --> 00:20:08,022
in an effort to be better
people to those around us
485
00:20:08,099 --> 00:20:09,857
and hope that the rest
of the country
486
00:20:09,935 --> 00:20:11,525
would eventually do the same.
487
00:20:16,624 --> 00:20:19,384
Wow. This was not
what I thought it was at all.
488
00:20:19,461 --> 00:20:24,538
Jazz: Mmm. This is everything
I thought it would be.
489
00:20:24,616 --> 00:20:27,617
[ Smooth jazz music
playing quietly ]
490
00:20:27,619 --> 00:20:30,303
What? I didn't loot this.
I'm just taking advantage
491
00:20:30,379 --> 00:20:33,064
of the homie's
five-finger discount.
492
00:20:33,141 --> 00:20:34,399
Oh, my God.
493
00:20:34,476 --> 00:20:36,734
Is somebody playing
soft jazz?
494
00:20:36,811 --> 00:20:38,552
[ Chuckles ]
Yes. I am.
495
00:20:38,630 --> 00:20:41,055
It's coming straight
from this coffee mug.
496
00:20:41,132 --> 00:20:42,574
It has a Bluetooth speaker
in it.
497
00:20:42,650 --> 00:20:44,892
Like I said...gadgetry.
498
00:20:44,970 --> 00:20:47,078
♪
499
00:20:47,155 --> 00:20:48,946
Hmm.
500
00:20:49,023 --> 00:20:51,665
Gadgetry.