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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, Jazz.

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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
00:10:38,471 --> 00:10:41,474
I only say that because
it felt a little insensitive

252
00:10:41,474 --> 00:10:44,102
for you to make that comment
in front of them.

253
00:10:44,102 --> 00:10:46,271
I mean, come on.
Thanking the very people

254
00:10:46,271 --> 00:10:48,481
that they were
protesting against today?

255
00:10:48,481 --> 00:10:51,234
It felt ‐‐ I don't know.
I‐I‐It felt kind of gross.

256
00:10:51,234 --> 00:10:52,861
Gross?

257
00:10:52,861 --> 00:10:54,654
It's gross to thank my uncle
or your cousin

258
00:10:54,654 --> 00:10:56,322
or our family members
that are in the military?

259
00:10:56,322 --> 00:10:57,991
[ Sighs ]

260
00:10:57,991 --> 00:10:59,409
Got to be honest,
feels a little grosser

261
00:10:59,409 --> 00:11:01,327
that you're trying
to vilify all of them.

262
00:11:01,327 --> 00:11:03,913
[ Scoffs ] Okay, I'm just
saying that, in this moment,

263
00:11:03,913 --> 00:11:06,833
it felt like a blatant disregard
for those people

264
00:11:06,833 --> 00:11:09,627
who are in direct conflict
with the cops.

265
00:11:09,627 --> 00:11:12,172
I mean, had you done that
in front of my friends ‐‐

266
00:11:12,172 --> 00:11:16,301
Ana.
It was a thank you, okay?

267
00:11:16,301 --> 00:11:18,136
Please do not try to turn this
into an argument

268
00:11:18,136 --> 00:11:20,138
and make me the bad guy.

269
00:11:20,138 --> 00:11:23,391
We all know the real bad guys
were the Black protesters.

270
00:11:23,391 --> 00:11:26,144
♪

271
00:11:26,144 --> 00:11:28,396
I'm kidding.

272
00:11:28,396 --> 00:11:30,190
♪

273
00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:34,611
[ Siren wailing in distance ]

274
00:11:34,611 --> 00:11:36,362
Hold on, hold up.
Bro, bro, bro.

275
00:11:36,362 --> 00:11:37,697
Yo, can we talk
about these texts

276
00:11:37,697 --> 00:11:39,908
so we can get
this energy right, man?

277
00:11:39,908 --> 00:11:42,202
Bro, we're ‐‐
we're gonna find Kiela.

278
00:11:42,202 --> 00:11:45,079
I need you to know, nothing
serious happened between us.

279
00:11:45,079 --> 00:11:46,873
We kissed, and that's it.

280
00:11:46,873 --> 00:11:48,374
Think I care about that
right now?

281
00:11:48,374 --> 00:11:50,335
You obviously don't care
about loyalty.

282
00:11:50,335 --> 00:11:53,004
Thinking it's fine to desecrate
the temple of our friendship

283
00:11:53,004 --> 00:11:55,590
by fondling my kin?

284
00:11:55,590 --> 00:11:58,218
Hey, yo, even now,
you mad weird.

285
00:11:58,218 --> 00:11:59,594
[ Cellphone chimes ]

286
00:11:59,594 --> 00:12:01,179
Yo, it's Aaron.
He said he found her.

287
00:12:01,179 --> 00:12:03,097
Come on,
come on, come on.

288
00:12:03,097 --> 00:12:04,891
[ Indistinct conversations ]

289
00:12:04,891 --> 00:12:10,563
♪

290
00:12:10,563 --> 00:12:13,066
Hey, we're about to order
some Thai. You want in?

291
00:12:13,066 --> 00:12:14,651
I mean, I don't really
like Thai,

292
00:12:14,651 --> 00:12:17,737
but if I say no,
then am I racist?

293
00:12:17,737 --> 00:12:21,115
Nomi, why are you being
so defensive about this?

294
00:12:21,115 --> 00:12:23,910
Yeah, you are seriously
on some White fragility shit.

295
00:12:23,910 --> 00:12:26,454
Wow. Suppose
you think that, too?

296
00:12:26,454 --> 00:12:28,581
Yeah. You're ‐‐ You're White,
and you're ‐‐

297
00:12:28,581 --> 00:12:30,917
you're always taking
those calcium chews, so...

298
00:12:30,917 --> 00:12:33,086
You have no idea
what that is, do you?
Mnh‐mnh.

299
00:12:33,086 --> 00:12:34,587
Yeah, you know what?
It doesn't even matter,

300
00:12:34,587 --> 00:12:35,964
'cause I'm done with
this whole conversation.

301
00:12:35,964 --> 00:12:37,924
Hey, hold on.
Just so you know...
Hmm.

302
00:12:37,924 --> 00:12:40,385
...you "being done"
with this conversation

303
00:12:40,385 --> 00:12:42,887
instead of recognizing your
participation in the problem

304
00:12:42,887 --> 00:12:45,223
is the exact definition
of White fragility.

305
00:12:45,223 --> 00:12:46,557
Mm.
It's like you don't even want

306
00:12:46,557 --> 00:12:47,892
to have
the tough conversation.

307
00:12:47,892 --> 00:12:49,894
I was trying to have
the tough conversation,

308
00:12:49,894 --> 00:12:51,562
but my best friends
told me

309
00:12:51,562 --> 00:12:54,107
that I have, like, a huge blind
spot when it comes to race,

310
00:12:54,107 --> 00:12:55,692
and I'm ‐‐
I'm having a hard time

311
00:12:55,692 --> 00:12:57,944
wrapping my head around that.
Nomi, don't you think

312
00:12:57,944 --> 00:13:00,280
it's because you view the world
differently than we do?

313
00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:01,656
Mm‐hmm.
Sometimes you can't help

314
00:13:01,656 --> 00:13:04,158
but perpetuate
what's ingrained in you.

315
00:13:04,158 --> 00:13:05,285
Zoey: Mm‐hmm.
What's ‐‐

316
00:13:05,285 --> 00:13:07,036
What's ingrained in me?

317
00:13:07,036 --> 00:13:10,290
By which do you mean
how Jewish people just like me

318
00:13:10,290 --> 00:13:12,542
have historically marched
alongside Black people

319
00:13:12,542 --> 00:13:14,585
for civil rights
since Day One?

320
00:13:14,585 --> 00:13:18,172
Just like I marched
with you guys today?

321
00:13:18,172 --> 00:13:20,842
G‐Guys, this is ‐‐
this is beyond crazy.

322
00:13:20,842 --> 00:13:23,261
Nomi, the only reason
we are calling you on this

323
00:13:23,261 --> 00:13:24,304
is because we love you.

324
00:13:24,304 --> 00:13:27,473
So much.

325
00:13:27,473 --> 00:13:29,600
[ Voice breaking ]
If I was with someone

326
00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:31,811
who I thought was homophobic
or anti‐Semitic,

327
00:13:31,811 --> 00:13:34,397
I wouldn't be sitting here
trying to make them feel better.

328
00:13:34,397 --> 00:13:35,898
In fact, I wouldn't be
friends with them at all.

329
00:13:35,898 --> 00:13:37,817
So if you guys think
that I'm, like, racist

330
00:13:37,817 --> 00:13:39,402
or ‐‐ or problematic
or whatever,

331
00:13:39,402 --> 00:13:41,654
then why would you still
want to be friends with me?

332
00:13:41,654 --> 00:13:47,160
♪

333
00:13:50,747 --> 00:13:53,875
Nomi's Mom: Look, honey, it's
a difficult time right now.

334
00:13:53,875 --> 00:13:55,126
Everybody's emotions
are high.

335
00:13:55,126 --> 00:13:56,502
I know, but, Mom,
I can't believe

336
00:13:56,502 --> 00:13:58,129
my friends actually
think this of me.

337
00:13:58,129 --> 00:14:00,339
Yeah, but you know
none of that stuff is true.

338
00:14:00,339 --> 00:14:01,966
You're not a racist.

339
00:14:01,966 --> 00:14:04,343
Your dad and I did not
raise you to see color.

340
00:14:04,343 --> 00:14:06,345
Okay, but, Mom, saying
that you don't see color

341
00:14:06,345 --> 00:14:07,847
is basically saying

342
00:14:07,847 --> 00:14:09,891
that you don't see someone
in their entirety,

343
00:14:09,891 --> 00:14:12,143
and that's actually
pretty problematic.

344
00:14:12,143 --> 00:14:13,686
Problematic?

345
00:14:13,686 --> 00:14:15,563
N‐Now you sound like
your friends.

346
00:14:15,563 --> 00:14:17,857
Oh, my God. Mom, you don't need
to get so defensive.

347
00:14:17,857 --> 00:14:19,275
No, I'm getting
defensive because

348
00:14:19,275 --> 00:14:21,110
you're challenging
my character.

349
00:14:21,110 --> 00:14:24,363
Your character?

350
00:14:24,363 --> 00:14:27,450
[ Whispering ]
About your character.

351
00:14:27,450 --> 00:14:29,702
[ Sirens wailing,
indistinct conversations ]

352
00:14:29,702 --> 00:14:39,170
♪

353
00:14:39,170 --> 00:14:40,338
[ Fire truck horn blaring ]

354
00:14:40,338 --> 00:14:42,548
What happened?

355
00:14:42,548 --> 00:14:44,342
She was
teargassed again.

356
00:14:44,342 --> 00:14:46,052
Oh, my God.
Are you okay?

357
00:14:46,052 --> 00:14:47,345
[ Kiela sniffles ]
Can you open your eyes?

358
00:14:47,345 --> 00:14:49,055
No.

359
00:14:49,055 --> 00:14:51,599
What can I do?
Nothing. Just ‐‐

360
00:14:51,599 --> 00:14:53,851
Just give me
a minute, please.

361
00:14:53,851 --> 00:14:55,269
There's got to be
something I can do to help.

362
00:14:55,269 --> 00:14:58,147
I just want to make sure
you're okay.

363
00:14:58,147 --> 00:15:00,441
No, I'm ‐‐
I'm not okay.

364
00:15:00,441 --> 00:15:01,734
I'm just ‐‐ I'm not.

365
00:15:01,734 --> 00:15:05,321
This is just all
so messed up.

366
00:15:07,115 --> 00:15:08,783
How does something like this
even happen?

367
00:15:08,783 --> 00:15:12,453
[ Crying ] You know, I‐I'm here
protesting police brutality,

368
00:15:12,453 --> 00:15:14,914
and then I get brutalized
by the police?

369
00:15:14,914 --> 00:15:18,709
It just ‐‐ It just does‐‐
It doesn't make sense.

370
00:15:18,709 --> 00:15:20,419
You know, I don't even know
what we did wrong.

371
00:15:20,419 --> 00:15:22,880
It's not your fault.

372
00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:26,217
You didn't do anything wrong.
[ Crying ]

373
00:15:26,217 --> 00:15:28,386
♪ I see them bloom ♪

374
00:15:28,386 --> 00:15:30,555
[ Sirens chirping, wailing ]

375
00:15:30,555 --> 00:15:33,599
♪ For me and you ♪

376
00:15:33,599 --> 00:15:36,310
[ Helicopter blades whirring ]

377
00:15:36,310 --> 00:15:38,604
♪ And I think to myself ♪

378
00:15:38,604 --> 00:15:44,318
♪

379
00:15:44,318 --> 00:15:47,280
♪ What a wonderful world ♪

380
00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:49,824
♪

381
00:15:49,824 --> 00:15:53,327
♪ What a wonderful world ♪

382
00:15:53,327 --> 00:15:55,621
♪

383
00:15:55,621 --> 00:15:59,208
♪ What a wonderful world ♪

384
00:15:59,208 --> 00:16:01,794
♪

385
00:16:01,794 --> 00:16:03,838
[ Scoffs ]
This is so crazy.

386
00:16:03,838 --> 00:16:06,174
Mm.
Aaron just texted the group.

387
00:16:06,174 --> 00:16:08,342
Apparently, Luca's sister
got teargassed.

388
00:16:08,342 --> 00:16:10,011
Oh, shit.

389
00:16:10,011 --> 00:16:12,263
Still feel like thanking your
buddies back at the taco truck

390
00:16:12,263 --> 00:16:13,514
for their service?

391
00:16:13,514 --> 00:16:15,349
You're not still on this,
are you?

392
00:16:15,349 --> 00:16:16,601
No. No, not at all.

393
00:16:16,601 --> 00:16:18,311
Good.

394
00:16:18,311 --> 00:16:20,605
I'm just saying, it only
further reinforces my point

395
00:16:20,605 --> 00:16:23,566
of how right now is not the
ideal time to be thanking cops,

396
00:16:23,566 --> 00:16:24,901
that's all.

397
00:16:24,901 --> 00:16:27,069
Ana, I'm not going
to argue with you

398
00:16:27,069 --> 00:16:28,863
about something
we already put to bed.

399
00:16:28,863 --> 00:16:31,324
No, we actually
didn't put it to bed.

400
00:16:31,324 --> 00:16:32,992
You just made
some dumbass joke

401
00:16:32,992 --> 00:16:34,243
and then shut down
the conversation.

402
00:16:34,243 --> 00:16:36,495
Here we go.
"Here we go," what?

403
00:16:36,495 --> 00:16:39,373
You just ‐‐ just digging in,
just not letting anything go.

404
00:16:39,373 --> 00:16:41,876
The constant, like,
back and forth.

405
00:16:41,876 --> 00:16:44,670
I'm so sick of arguing with you
about nothing.

406
00:16:44,670 --> 00:16:47,632
Today was not nothing.

407
00:16:47,632 --> 00:16:49,467
This is something
that I care about.

408
00:16:49,467 --> 00:16:52,637
Really? 'Cause one day, you're
volunteering for D. A. R. E.,

409
00:16:52,637 --> 00:16:56,474
and then the next, you're
yelling at me for thanking cops.

410
00:16:56,474 --> 00:16:57,892
You don't know where you stand
on half these issues,

411
00:16:57,892 --> 00:16:59,227
and that's the problem.

412
00:16:59,227 --> 00:17:01,229
Okay, that is not fair.

413
00:17:01,229 --> 00:17:04,190
I am allowed to have nuanced
points of view, Javi.

414
00:17:04,190 --> 00:17:06,525
And it's okay
that they differ from yours.

415
00:17:06,525 --> 00:17:09,195
I don't only have to think and
act the way that you want me to.

416
00:17:09,195 --> 00:17:11,364
That's not what I'm saying.
Then what are you saying?

417
00:17:13,950 --> 00:17:15,284
I just don't think
a relationship

418
00:17:15,284 --> 00:17:16,702
should be this hard.

419
00:17:17,870 --> 00:17:21,082
♪

420
00:17:21,082 --> 00:17:23,668
Yeah, I don't think
I can do this anymore.

421
00:17:23,668 --> 00:17:27,004
♪

422
00:17:27,004 --> 00:17:28,589
Well, then, uh...

423
00:17:28,589 --> 00:17:31,092
♪

424
00:17:31,092 --> 00:17:33,928
I guess we finally both found
something that we agree on.

425
00:17:33,928 --> 00:17:40,434
♪

426
00:17:40,434 --> 00:17:41,435
[ Door opens ]

427
00:17:41,435 --> 00:17:49,569
♪

428
00:17:49,569 --> 00:17:52,446
Guys, it's okay. You don't need
to trail behind me anymore.

429
00:17:52,446 --> 00:17:56,409
It's ‐‐ It's fine, but, um,
thank you for having my back.

430
00:17:56,409 --> 00:17:58,411
I'll call you later, bro.
Night.

431
00:18:00,913 --> 00:18:02,415
Alright, y'all.
I'mma head out, too.

432
00:18:02,415 --> 00:18:04,083
But it's been amazing,
my Black brethren.

433
00:18:04,083 --> 00:18:05,876
Powerful night.
But I gotta go see Zoey.

434
00:18:05,876 --> 00:18:08,296
She keeps asking me
what, uh, White fragility means.

435
00:18:08,296 --> 00:18:09,755
Feel like she should
already know that, but...

436
00:18:09,755 --> 00:18:13,384
Later.

437
00:18:13,384 --> 00:18:15,970
Crazy night.
Yep.

438
00:18:15,970 --> 00:18:18,639
Look, bro...
my apologies.

439
00:18:18,639 --> 00:18:20,141
You know, I shouldn't have
crossed that line

440
00:18:20,141 --> 00:18:21,934
with your sister,
and moving forward,

441
00:18:21,934 --> 00:18:23,728
you're not gonna have to worry,
'cause I don't ‐‐

442
00:18:23,728 --> 00:18:25,896
I don't want to get in the
middle of siblings like that,

443
00:18:25,896 --> 00:18:30,484
or desecrate the...temple
of our friendship

444
00:18:30,484 --> 00:18:31,819
and fondle ‐‐

445
00:18:31,819 --> 00:18:33,487
My kin.
Right.

446
00:18:33,487 --> 00:18:36,449
[ Sighs ]

447
00:18:36,449 --> 00:18:37,950
Much appreciated.

448
00:18:37,950 --> 00:18:39,452
My man.

449
00:18:39,452 --> 00:18:41,954
Have a good night.
Stay safe.

450
00:18:41,954 --> 00:18:44,457
Jazz: Ooh.
What?

451
00:18:44,457 --> 00:18:45,708
Looks like they just hit
the Brookstone

452
00:18:45,708 --> 00:18:47,585
in West Hollywood.

453
00:18:47,585 --> 00:18:49,587
How long do you think it's gonna
take for us to get there?

454
00:18:49,587 --> 00:18:51,756
You know I'm a sucker
for modern gadgetry.

455
00:18:51,756 --> 00:18:52,798
Jazz.

456
00:18:52,798 --> 00:18:54,634
Hey.

457
00:18:54,634 --> 00:18:56,802
Hey.
Hey.

458
00:18:56,802 --> 00:18:59,597
Um, I owe you guys

459
00:18:59,597 --> 00:19:03,142
a really, really
big apology.

460
00:19:03,142 --> 00:19:05,311
Well, if you're talking
about reparations,

461
00:19:05,311 --> 00:19:07,021
you can just Cash App me.
[ Clicks tongue ]

462
00:19:07,021 --> 00:19:09,357
[ Both chuckle ]

463
00:19:09,357 --> 00:19:12,818
Um, you guys ‐‐
you guys were right.

464
00:19:12,818 --> 00:19:15,529
I was definitely raised
to see the world

465
00:19:15,529 --> 00:19:18,032
in a very specific way,

466
00:19:18,032 --> 00:19:21,369
and I'll never see the world
like you guys do.

467
00:19:21,369 --> 00:19:24,580
No matter how liberal
my environment

468
00:19:24,580 --> 00:19:28,000
or how expanded
my world view is...

469
00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:29,710
[ Siren wailing in distance ]

470
00:19:29,710 --> 00:19:31,962
...I'll always have
some sort of blinders on.

471
00:19:31,962 --> 00:19:35,549
And I'm really, really sorry.

472
00:19:35,549 --> 00:19:38,010
Well, we appreciate it.

473
00:19:38,010 --> 00:19:39,845
Mm‐hmm.
And i‐it's all good.

474
00:19:39,845 --> 00:19:41,681
You know we love you,

475
00:19:41,681 --> 00:19:44,975
but most importantly,
thank you for hearing us.

476
00:19:44,975 --> 00:19:46,894
Yeah.
Yeah.

477
00:19:46,894 --> 00:19:48,729
I love you guys.

478
00:19:48,729 --> 00:19:50,022
Oh, come here.

479
00:19:50,022 --> 00:19:52,024
[ Chuckles ]

480
00:19:52,024 --> 00:19:55,361
As the country
finally saw its blind spot,

481
00:19:55,361 --> 00:19:58,572
we were also forced
to take notice of our own.

482
00:19:58,572 --> 00:20:00,741
The only thing we could do

483
00:20:00,741 --> 00:20:03,244
was move forward
with our eyes open

484
00:20:03,244 --> 00:20:06,872
in an effort to be better
people to those around us

485
00:20:06,872 --> 00:20:09,250
and hope that the rest
of the country

486
00:20:09,250 --> 00:20:11,335
would eventually do the same.

487
00:20:15,339 --> 00:20:19,260
Wow. This was not
what I thought it was at all.

488
00:20:19,260 --> 00:20:23,347
Jazz: Mmm. This is everything
I thought it would be.

489
00:20:23,347 --> 00:20:27,017
[ Smooth jazz music
playing quietly ]

490
00:20:27,017 --> 00:20:30,020
What? I didn't loot this.
I'm just taking advantage

491
00:20:30,020 --> 00:20:32,648
of the homie's
five‐finger discount.

492
00:20:32,648 --> 00:20:33,899
Oh, my God.

493
00:20:33,899 --> 00:20:36,068
Is somebody playing
soft jazz?

494
00:20:36,068 --> 00:20:37,945
[ Chuckles ]
Yes. I am.

495
00:20:37,945 --> 00:20:40,114
It's coming straight
from this coffee mug.

496
00:20:40,114 --> 00:20:42,074
It has a Bluetooth speaker
in it.

497
00:20:42,074 --> 00:20:44,618
Like I said...gadgetry.

498
00:20:44,618 --> 00:20:46,829
♪

499
00:20:46,829 --> 00:20:48,581
Hmm.

500
00:20:48,581 --> 00:20:50,583
Gadgetry.