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Dr. Sweeney.
This guy's unbelievable.
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Unbelievable. I've never
had a teacher like this.
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He's got two Ph.D.s.
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I don't know what he's doing
teaching at our school.
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What's he got you reading?
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We got this essay exam
on "Native Son."
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"Native Son"?
I don't know that.
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That's a big surprise.
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What? I read.
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Honey, they don't teach
Tom Clancy in school.
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Well, they don't.
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So what is this "Native Son"?
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It's this book
about this black guy.
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We're doing this whole
black literature unit.
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Is it Black History Month?
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No, it's just
this guy Sweeney, you know?
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It's part of the course now.
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What?
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Nothing. It's just...
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It's everywhere I look now.
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What?
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This affirmative blacktion.
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A few new books doesn't qualify
as affirmative black action.
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Read the book,
ace the guy's test.
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Just don't swallow
everything he feeds you whole.
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Just 'cause you see it
on the evening news...
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I know, but what?
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All this stuff about
making everything equal.
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It's not that simple.
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Now you got this book
"Native Son."
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What happened to
the other books in the course?
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They're not any good anymore
because Mr. Two Ph.D. says so?
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Now you gotta trade in
great books for black books?
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Does that make sense?
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You gotta question
these things, Derek.
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You gotta look
at the whole picture.
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We're talking about books here.
I'm also talking about my job.
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I got two black guys
on my squad now...
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who got their job
over a couple of white guys...
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who actually scored higher
on the test.
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Does that make sense?
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Everything's equal now, but I
got two guys watching my back...
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responsible for my life
who aren't as good.
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They only got the job
because they were black...
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not because they were the best.
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-That sucks.
-Is that what America's about?