Six Degrees of Separation
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:21:03
"They've had an inadequate education,
yet, in '76, the year of the Soweto riots,

:21:08
they took on great political responsibility.
Just makes you wonder at their maturity."

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It makes you realise that
the "crummy-childhood" theory,

:21:17
that everything can be blamed in
a Freudian fashion on a bad upbringing,

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just doesn't hold water.
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May I?
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What about being black in America?
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Well, my problem is I've never felt
American. I grew up in Switzerland.

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Boarding school. Villa Rosey.
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There's a boarding school in Switzerland
that will take you at age 18 months.

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No, no, no, no. That's not me. I've never
felt people liked me for my connections.

:21:53
And movie-star-kid problems?
None of those.

:21:57
I never knew I was black in that racist way
till I was 16 and came back here.

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Very, very protected.
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White servants.
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After the divorce, we moved to
Switzerland - my mother, brother and I.

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I don't feel American. I don't even feel
black. I suppose that's very lucky for me.

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Even though Freud says
there's no such thing as luck.

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Does Freud say that?
I think we're lucky having this dinner.

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- Flan, can we eat in the dining room?
- Dining room.

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Now, now, don't look at
the sewing machine.

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So, is everything OK?
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- This is the best pasta I've ever tasted.
- The best!

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- My father insisted we learn to cook.
- He's from Jamaica, isn't he?

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There's a taste of, um...
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- The islands.
- Yes. Yeah.

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Yes, before he made it,
he ran four restaurants in Harlem.

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- You, sir, have good buds.
- "Good buds?"

:22:58
I've never been
complimented on my buds.


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