{Derrick's Brother}
It's hard to look back and see the truth

about people you love. I think if you ask

Derrick why it all went the way it did and

where it all started, he'd still say it

started when our father was murdered. 
{Laughing}

But the truth is, it started earlier.

{Derrick's Father}
Alright. Are we all meeting together for

the game tonight? Yes. Definitely.

{Derrick's Father}
Alright. Thensberger at 7 o'clock, then we

go watch the big guy play. Okay, yeah.

Siking up for the game? {Derrick}
Oh yeah, I'm

always ready for that. I got it. I got an

English exam third period and I'm gonna

have a heart attack. I'm not ready. 
{Derrick's Father} What's

the matter, afraid you're going to get a

B? {Laughing} Might do you good. B minus.

Whoooo. {Derrick} Don't laugh.
I'm telling you this

guy is different. Dr. Sweeney, this guy is

unbelievable. Unbelievable. I've never had

a teacher like this. He's got
like 2 PHD's.

I don't know what he's doing teaching
at our school. He's not

like other teachers.

{Derrick's Father} 
What's he got you reading?

{Derrick} 
We got this essay exam on this book

Native Son. All on this one book. 
{Derrick's Father} Native

Son, what's that? I don't know that.

{Derrick's Mother} That's a big surprise. 
{Derrick's Father} What, I read.

{Derrick's Mother} Honey, they don't
teach Tom Clancy at

school. Well, they don't. 
{Derrick's Father}So, so what is

this Native Son. {Derrick} What is
it? It's this

thing. It's like this book about, this

black guy. We're doing this whole black

literature unit, you know? 
{Derrick's Father} What is it

black history month? {Derrick} 
No, it's just like

this guy Sweeney, you know. It's part of

the course now. Yeah. What? 
{Derrick's Father} Nothing, it's

just you know, it's everywhere I look now.

{Derrick} What? {Derrick's Father}This affirmative 
black action. {Derrick's Mother}Honey, a

few new books doesn't qualify as an

affirmative black action. {Derrick's Father} 
Hey, read the

book, ace the guy's test. Just don't

swallow everything he feeds you whole.

You know he's got you seeing it on the

evening news. {Derrick} I know, but like
what? {Derrick's Father} All

this stuff about making everything equal.
It's not that simple.

Look, now you got this book, Native Son,

what happened to the other books in the

course? Are they not any good anymore

because Mr. 2 PHD's

says they are? Huh? You gotta trade in

great books for black books. Does that

make sense? Huh? You gotta question these

things Derrick. You gotta look at the whole

picture. You know we're talking about

books here. But I'm also talking about my

job. I got two black guys on my squad now,

who got their job over a couple of white

guys who actually scored higher on the

test. Does that make sense? Huh? Yeah.

Sure. Everything's equal now, but I got

two guys watching my back responsible for

my life, who aren't as good as two other

guys. They only got the job because they

were black. Not because they were the

best. {Derrick} That sucks. 
{Derrick's Father} Yeah. Is that what

America's about? No, America's about,

best man for the job. You do your best,

you get the job. None of this affirmative

action crap. I don't know what that's

about. Its like some hidden agenda or

something going on. Do you see what I'm

saying? {Derrick} Yeah, I do. 
I don't know. I didn't

think about it like that. Well, this guy
though, I don't know,

well the way he comes on so strong, it's

kind of hard not to listen to him, but I

don't know, maybe some of what he says is

kind of, {Derrick's Father} It's bull shit. {Derrick} Yeah. 
Yeah, maybe. {Derrick's Father} No, No.

It's nigger bull shit. You see that, don't

you? {Derrick} Yeah. You gotta
watch out for that.

{Derrick} Yeah, I know. 
I get what you're saying.

I will. {Derrick's Father} Good boy! 
I'm proud of ya. Don't

worry about it.