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so as you leave campus,
please do so quietly.
:17:06
I ain't turning the cheek.
:17:07
He come up in my 'hood,
I'm serious, it's on.
:17:10
- Young sirs.
- It's always been like that.
:17:12
It's been a long day.
:17:14
Reporters. Media everywhere.
:17:17
Let's take this time to say whatever it is
we want while the doors are closed.
:17:21
You have the floor.
This is about us.
:17:25
Man, this shit ain't about us.
This is all about Coach Carter.
:17:28
We're the basketball team.
:17:30
All I see is you on TV,
getting famous, eating that shit up.
:17:34
- Is that all you see?
- It's all I see.
:17:36
You ain't lying.
:17:38
Well, let me tell you what I see.
:17:41
I see a system that's designed
for you to fail.
:17:46
Now, I know you all like stats,
so let me give you some.
:17:48
Richmond High only graduates
50 percent of its students.
:17:52
And of those that do graduate,
only 6 percent go to college.
:17:57
Which tells me, when I walk down
the halls and I look in your classrooms,
:18:02
maybe only one student
is going to go to college.
:18:07
"Well, damn, Coach Carter, if I ain't
going to college, where I'm gonna go?"
:18:11
Now, that's a great question.
:18:13
And the answer for young
African-American men in here is this:
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Probably to prison.
:18:20
In this county,
33 percent of black males
:18:24
between 18 and 24 get arrested.
:18:30
So look at the guy on your left.
:18:32
Now look at the guy on your right.
:18:36
One of you is going
to get arrested.
:18:39
Growing up here in Richmond,
:18:40
you're 80 percent more likely
to go to prison than college.
:18:46
Those are the numbers.
:18:49
Those are some stats for your ass.
:18:52
Now, I want you to go home...
:18:54
...and look at your lives tonight...
:18:57
...and look at your parents' lives...