'Black Enough'

African American boys become aware of own prejudices they share amongst each other.

Transcript

7. Teacher: I am looking forward to hearing your speech on the Civil Rights Era tomorrow.
8. Joseph: Nervous but ready…
10. Teacher: Also, remember to dress formal.
11. Joseph: Will do!
12. [Offscreen] Aye, come on slowpoke!
14. Teacher: Go on with your friends.
18. Joseph: How do you all feel about your speeches tomorrow?
19. Joseph: How do you all feel about your speeches tomorrow?
20. Jude: Before we get to that bro,
21. Jude: I gotta ask…
22. Jude: Why do you act like such a white boy?
23. Joseph: What are you talking about?
24. Jude: You not black man!
25. Jude: Just look at the way you dress.
26. Jude: Not to mention the way you talk and act too.
27. Jude: Not to mention the way you talk and act too.
31. Joseph: My skin is just as black as yours!
32. Jude: Oh I hear you bro…
33. Jude: Your skin may be black…
34. Jude: But till you start dressing like this,
35. Jude: I’m not calling you black!
40. Jude: Aye, I was just messing with you!
41. Jude: Aye, I was just messing with you!
45. Teacher: Okay first up today is Joseph-
46. [Door opens]
52. Joseph: Ready for my speech.
53. Joseph: Got a problem with the way I’m dressed?
55. Jude: He actually did it!
58. [Offscreen] Teacher: Sam, Jude, Mike!
59. [Offscreen] Teacher: Joseph!
60. Teacher: Hall. Now.
62. [SLAM]
65. Teacher: Now who wants to tell me what’s going on?
66. Teacher: Now who wants to tell me what’s going on?
70. Teacher: Alright.
71. Teacher: Guess I will have to give you all zeros.
72. Jude: Wait, why?!
73. Jude: He’s not the one dressed right!
74. Joseph: ‘I’ only did it because you kept saying I wasn’t black enough-
75. Joseph: ‘I’ only did it because you kept saying I wasn’t black enough-
76. Jude: You’re not!
77. Jude: Walking around like you’re better than us.
78. Jude: Or can’t relate to us.
79. Joseph: What are you talking about?!
80. Joseph: Just because I act different,
81. Joseph: I can’t be black?!
82. [Offscreen] Teacher: Cut it out!
86. Teacher: Did you all learn nothing from our Black history unit?
87. Teacher: We all come from different backgrounds and interests.
88. Teacher: We all come from different backgrounds and interests.
89. [Offscreen] Teacher: But at the end of the day,
90. [Offscreen] Teacher: We all share the same history and struggle…
91. [Offscreen] Teacher: As black brothers and sisters.
94. Jude: Look, my bad man.
95. Jude: I shouldn’t have said those things.
96. Jude: I was wrong and take back what I said.
97. Jude: I was wrong and take back what I said.
98. Jude: You’re just as black as I am.
101. Joseph: Thank you, I appreciate your apology.
103. Teacher: Beautiful.
104. Teacher: How about we get to those speeches?
112. [SLAM]