1 00:00:00,755 --> 00:00:02,975 {Derrick's Brother} It's hard to look back and see the truth 2 00:00:02,975 --> 00:00:06,045 about people you love. I think if you ask 3 00:00:06,045 --> 00:00:08,298 Derrick why it all went the way it did and 4 00:00:08,298 --> 00:00:10,268 where it all started, he'd still say it 5 00:00:10,268 --> 00:00:12,581 started when our father was murdered. {Laughing} 6 00:00:12,581 --> 00:00:15,931 But the truth is, it started earlier. 7 00:00:15,938 --> 00:00:18,188 {Derrick's Father} Alright. Are we all meeting together for 8 00:00:18,188 --> 00:00:20,144 the game tonight? Yes. Definitely. 9 00:00:20,144 --> 00:00:22,504 {Derrick's Father} Alright. Thensberger at 7 o'clock, then we 10 00:00:22,504 --> 00:00:26,054 go watch the big guy play. Okay, yeah. 11 00:00:26,054 --> 00:00:28,165 Siking up for the game? {Derrick} Oh yeah, I'm 12 00:00:28,165 --> 00:00:29,985 always ready for that. I got it. I got an 13 00:00:29,985 --> 00:00:32,318 English exam third period and I'm gonna 14 00:00:32,318 --> 00:00:34,688 have a heart attack. I'm not ready. {Derrick's Father} What's 15 00:00:34,688 --> 00:00:36,908 the matter, afraid you're going to get a 16 00:00:36,908 --> 00:00:39,350 B? {Laughing} Might do you good. B minus. 17 00:00:39,350 --> 00:00:41,670 Whoooo. {Derrick} Don't laugh. I'm telling you this 18 00:00:41,670 --> 00:00:43,945 guy is different. Dr. Sweeney, this guy is 19 00:00:43,945 --> 00:00:46,345 unbelievable. Unbelievable. I've never had 20 00:00:46,345 --> 00:00:47,959 a teacher like this. He's got like 2 PHD's. 21 00:00:47,959 --> 00:00:49,669 I don't know what he's doing teaching at our school. He's not 22 00:00:49,669 --> 00:00:50,899 like other teachers. 23 00:00:50,899 --> 00:00:52,539 {Derrick's Father} What's he got you reading? 24 00:00:52,540 --> 00:00:54,740 {Derrick} We got this essay exam on this book 25 00:00:54,740 --> 00:00:56,990 Native Son. All on this one book. {Derrick's Father} Native 26 00:00:56,996 --> 00:01:00,566 Son, what's that? I don't know that. 27 00:01:00,566 --> 00:01:02,629 {Derrick's Mother} That's a big surprise. {Derrick's Father} What, I read. 28 00:01:02,629 --> 00:01:09,049 {Derrick's Mother} Honey, they don't teach Tom Clancy at 29 00:01:09,049 --> 00:01:11,235 school. Well, they don't. {Derrick's Father}So, so what is 30 00:01:11,235 --> 00:01:13,215 this Native Son. {Derrick} What is it? It's this 31 00:01:13,215 --> 00:01:15,268 thing. It's like this book about, this 32 00:01:15,268 --> 00:01:17,518 black guy. We're doing this whole black 33 00:01:17,518 --> 00:01:19,988 literature unit, you know? {Derrick's Father} What is it 34 00:01:19,988 --> 00:01:22,150 black history month? {Derrick} No, it's just like 35 00:01:22,150 --> 00:01:28,550 this guy Sweeney, you know. It's part of 36 00:01:28,550 --> 00:01:35,390 the course now. Yeah. What? {Derrick's Father} Nothing, it's 37 00:01:35,390 --> 00:01:43,640 just you know, it's everywhere I look now. 38 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:46,038 {Derrick} What? {Derrick's Father}This affirmative black action. {Derrick's Mother}Honey, a 39 00:01:46,038 --> 00:01:48,148 few new books doesn't qualify as an 40 00:01:48,148 --> 00:01:50,908 affirmative black action. {Derrick's Father} Hey, read the 41 00:01:50,908 --> 00:01:52,892 book, ace the guy's test. Just don't 42 00:01:52,892 --> 00:01:55,163 swallow everything he feeds you whole. 43 00:01:55,163 --> 00:01:57,388 You know he's got you seeing it on the 44 00:01:57,388 --> 00:01:59,638 evening news. {Derrick} I know, but like what? {Derrick's Father} All 45 00:01:59,638 --> 00:02:01,985 this stuff about making everything equal. It's not that simple. 46 00:02:01,985 --> 00:02:04,300 Look, now you got this book, Native Son, 47 00:02:04,300 --> 00:02:06,650 what happened to the other books in the 48 00:02:06,660 --> 00:02:08,978 course? Are they not any good anymore 49 00:02:08,978 --> 00:02:10,278 because Mr. 2 PHD's 50 00:02:10,298 --> 00:02:12,524 says they are? Huh? You gotta trade in 51 00:02:12,524 --> 00:02:14,744 great books for black books. Does that 52 00:02:14,744 --> 00:02:17,252 make sense? Huh? You gotta question these 53 00:02:17,252 --> 00:02:19,617 things Derrick. You gotta look at the whole 54 00:02:19,617 --> 00:02:21,787 picture. You know we're talking about 55 00:02:21,787 --> 00:02:24,172 books here. But I'm also talking about my 56 00:02:24,172 --> 00:02:26,622 job. I got two black guys on my squad now, 57 00:02:26,622 --> 00:02:28,916 who got their job over a couple of white 58 00:02:28,916 --> 00:02:31,185 guys who actually scored higher on the 59 00:02:31,185 --> 00:02:33,465 test. Does that make sense? Huh? Yeah. 60 00:02:33,465 --> 00:02:35,671 Sure. Everything's equal now, but I got 61 00:02:35,671 --> 00:02:38,121 two guys watching my back responsible for 62 00:02:38,121 --> 00:02:40,416 my life, who aren't as good as two other 63 00:02:40,416 --> 00:02:42,751 guys. They only got the job because they 64 00:02:42,751 --> 00:02:45,161 were black. Not because they were the 65 00:02:45,161 --> 00:02:47,225 best. {Derrick} That sucks. {Derrick's Father} Yeah. Is that what 66 00:02:47,225 --> 00:02:49,443 America's about? No, America's about, 67 00:02:49,443 --> 00:02:51,963 best man for the job. You do your best, 68 00:02:51,963 --> 00:02:54,427 you get the job. None of this affirmative 69 00:02:54,427 --> 00:02:56,856 action crap. I don't know what that's 70 00:02:56,856 --> 00:03:00,166 about. Its like some hidden agenda or 71 00:03:00,166 --> 00:03:02,530 something going on. Do you see what I'm 72 00:03:02,530 --> 00:03:04,770 saying? {Derrick} Yeah, I do. I don't know. I didn't 73 00:03:04,770 --> 00:03:09,610 think about it like that. Well, this guy though, I don't know, 74 00:03:09,610 --> 00:03:11,896 well the way he comes on so strong, it's 75 00:03:11,896 --> 00:03:14,086 kind of hard not to listen to him, but I 76 00:03:14,086 --> 00:03:16,817 don't know, maybe some of what he says is 77 00:03:16,817 --> 00:03:24,917 kind of, {Derrick's Father} It's bull shit. {Derrick} Yeah. Yeah, maybe. {Derrick's Father} No, No. 78 00:03:24,917 --> 00:03:29,244 It's nigger bull shit. You see that, don't 79 00:03:29,244 --> 00:03:31,562 you? {Derrick} Yeah. You gotta watch out for that. 80 00:03:31,562 --> 00:03:33,742 {Derrick} Yeah, I know. I get what you're saying. 81 00:03:33,742 --> 00:03:37,952 I will. {Derrick's Father} Good boy! I'm proud of ya. Don't 82 00:03:37,952 --> 00:03:41,532 worry about it.