1. High school changes
everybody's life.
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2. After three years at Corleone,
I went to Tattaglia High.
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3. Now, I didn't know what
to expect when I got out,
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4. but I knew what to expect
when I went in.
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5. Get him!
White kids.
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6. And these weren't your everyday
white kids.
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7. They were bigger.
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8. They were faster.
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9. What the...?
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10. They were stronger.
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11. Hyah!
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12. And they were sexier.
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13. They had sexier backs.
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14. They had sexier fronts.
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15. Thank you, Lord.
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16. I had been the only black kid
at my school for three years,
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17. and I still wasn't ready
for what happened next...
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18. Nothing!
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19. Hey, you.
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20. What?
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21. How come you didn't punch me
a second ago?
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22. I don't even know you.
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23. That never stopped anyone
before.
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24. What the hell's your problem?
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25. In an ironic twist of fate,
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26. I was about
to get my ass kicked
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27. for expecting
to get my ass kicked.
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28. Nothing. It's just I'm the only
black kid here. I thought...
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29. What are you talking about?
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30. You're not
the only black kid here.
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31. Maybe the dumbest one,
but you're not the only one.
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32. Finally, I thought
my troubles were over.
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33. I wouldn't be
the only black kid on the bus.
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34. Yo, back of the bus, lady.
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35. I wouldn't be
the only black kid at lunch.
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36. And for a change,
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37. I wouldn't be the only black
kid in my classes.
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38. Maybe these are all black kids
wearing whiteface.
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39. Who the hell are you?
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40. I'm Chris.
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41. Star of the new movie,
Guess Who's Coming to Homeroom.
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42. Captioning sponsored by
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43. In a school that was
seven-percent Latino,
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44. nine-percent black
and three-percent Asian,
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45. I somehow ended up in a class
that was 99.9% white.
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46. Everybody take a seat,
take a seat.
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47. What are you
doing in here?
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48. It's my class.
You're Mr. Thurman, right?
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49. No, genius, I'm Mr. Magoo.
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50. You don't belong in here.
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51. Why not?
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52. You're black, you're black.
You're the black guy.
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53. I took a wrong turn
and ended up in South Africa.
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54. What's that got to do
with anything?
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55. You're gonna disturb my balance.
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56. You're like Crispus Attucks
in the Boston Massacre.
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57. Whatever happens in here,
good or bad,
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58. we're all gonna end up
talking about you.
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59. I'm doing it already
and I'm sick of it.
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60. Listen here, Mr. Magoo,
I would love to leave,
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61. but I ain't got nowhere else
to go.
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62. What's the matter? What are you,
what are you, Cuban?
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63. Hmm? Go ahead, sit
down, sit down.
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64. Don't touch anybody, huh?
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65. And it's Thurman.
Magoo's a joke.
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66. Hilarious.
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67. No, no, not here.
You people like to march, right?
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68. March your way to the back
of the class. Go ahead.
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69. He was afraid I'd bring
the property value
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70. of his classroom down.
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71. The hardest part about being
a black nerd
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72. was that I didn't fit in
with anybody.
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73. Not to mention,
before the Internet,
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74. there were only two black
nerds— me and this guy.
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75. Officer, that's him!
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76. Black translation: run!
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77. Thank you, honey.
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78. All right.
What's wrong
with you, man?
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79. That wasn't funny!
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80. Dude, why'd you run?
You didn't do anything.
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81. Tell that to Emmett Till.
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82. I was scared.
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83. All the white people think
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84. I look like every
black person on Earth.
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85. I could go to jail
for anything
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86. from a parking ticket
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87. to throwing little baby
Jessica down the well.
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88. Dude, that didn't
even happen yet.
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89. I'm just saying.
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90. I figured I'd try
and catch up with you.
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91. Is that coat the attire
for the Bronx Academy?
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92. Man, you wouldn't
believe it.
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93. I found the one place
on Earth where I'm
not a nerd.
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94. Where, in that coat?
The Bronx Academy.
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95. I'm the only one coming
from a public school.
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96. I'm, like, the toughest
kid there.
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97. Everyone's scared of me.
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98. Scared of you
or scared of that coat?
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99. This was the first time
Greg scared anyone
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100. outside of a spelling bee.
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101. Is that blood
on that coat?
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102. Yeah. Cool, huh?
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103. No.
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104. Don't worry.
It's not mine.
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105. Not your blood
or not your coat?
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106. Yes and yes.
Want some cash?
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107. You kidding me?
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108. Take it, man. I can
get more tomorrow.
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109. Greg was like an ATM machine
with acne.
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110. So how's it over here?
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111. Same old, same old.
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112. I start my day like I always did
for the past three years:
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113. room full of white people.
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114. Hang in there, man.
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115. If there's anything
I can do for you,
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116. you let me know.
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117. Got any more of them coats?
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118. Sorry. I'll catch you later.
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119. While I dealt
with my new school,
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120. my mother dealt
with her own hairy situation.
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121. Hey, Mom,
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122. what happened
to your hair?
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123. That is not the way you give
a woman a compliment, Drew.
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124. I wasn't giving
a compliment, I was
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125. just trying to find
out what happened.
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126. Whatever happened,
it looks nice.
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127. What did happen?
Nothing happened!
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128. Something happened—
all the hair on
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129. the right side of
your head is missing.
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130. Maybe aliens came and
cut it so they could
put a probe in your ear.
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131. I do not have a probe in my ear.
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132. You sure?
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133. It's called an
"asymmetrical bob."
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134. Sounds alien to me!
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135. I got it done at Vanessa's shop.
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136. Wait, I thought it was
Pam's shop.
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137. Vanessa hit the number
and bought Pam out.
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138. Yeah, now I'm the new manager.
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139. What happened
to your old job?
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140. Something that hadn't happened
in a long time.
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141. I do not need this, okay?
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142. My man has two jobs!
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143. Two jobs equals one finger.
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144. What you reading, baby?
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145. After Tonya's crush
on Billy Ocean ended,
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146. she got a new one
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147. on one of the top movie stars
of the time, Danny Glover.
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148. Danny Glover?
Didn't he play Benson?
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149. No, no, that was
Robert Guillaume.
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150. Danny Glover played the father
on Good Times.
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151. No, no, that's John Amos.
Danny Glover was Chicken George.
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152. No, that's Ben Vereen.
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153. Danny Glover's the voice
of Darth Vader.
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154. No, that's James Earl Jones.
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155. Danny Glover played "Mister"
in The Color Purple.
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156. Oh...
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157. I thought
that was Whoopi Goldberg.
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158. His next movie is with some
white guy named Mel Gibson.
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159. Drew, what are you doing?
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160. Looking for a job.
Since I'm 13,
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161. I figured I'd start working
and make some real money.
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162. Well, you just remember,
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163. for now,
school is your first job.
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164. There's nothing wrong with
looking for your second job.
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165. If Drew gets a job,
can I have his allowance?
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166. No.
No.
No.
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167. So, how was school?
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168. Horrible.
Fine.
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169. How was your
first day, Drew?
Fine.
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170. His "fine" and my "fine"
were two different "fines."
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171. And they did that for Drew
every single day.
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172. Daddy, I wanted
to ask you something.
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173. Yes, baby?
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174. Can I get a job?
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175. This may have been the happiest
moment of my father's life.
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176. My baby wants a job!
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177. Get off of my
car, fool!
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178. I don't see why not.
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179. I don't know, baby.
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180. You're only 12.
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181. You're a little too young
to be working.
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182. But Chris had a job
when he was 12.
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183. I had a job when I was two.
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184. Well, go do your homework,
and we'll talk about it
in the morning.
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185. What?
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186. What?
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187. I don't want Tonya working.
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188. She's still a little girl.
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189. This will be good for her.
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190. She'll be learning
responsibility
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191. and plus, she'll be making
a little money.
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192. What he really meant was...
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193. She'll be making money.
She'll be making money.
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194. She'll be making money
and she'll be making money!
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195. Well, where are we supposed
to find her a job?
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196. She can work at
the beauty shop
with you.
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197. She could
sweep up here.
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198. I don't want
her breathing
those chemicals.
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199. She can wear
a mask.
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200. When is she supposed
to do her homework?
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201. When she's not sweeping.
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202. What if she hears something
she's not supposed to?
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203. Don't tell me.
You really want her
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204. to work that bad?
Yes!
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205. No, but it's not me, it's her.
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206. Fine.
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207. Sweep up those crumbs.
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208. Tonya wants to work.
Let her do it.
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209. To get out
from under Mr. Thurman,
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210. I decided to go straight
to the top.
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211. Excuse me.
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212. Oh, my God! Chris!
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213. It'd be 20 yearsbefore another
woman had that reaction.
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214. Miss Morello,
you're the principal?
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215. How'd you end up here?
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216. You wouldn't believe it.
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217. I hate this school!
I hate these kids!
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218. And every last one of you
can kiss my white...
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219. As luck would have it,
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220. I ended up doing the same
thing over at Corleone.
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221. Only topless.
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222. So I took the job here.
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223. Come, come, come, sit.
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224. So, what can
I do for you?
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225. I need to change homerooms.
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226. Oh, what's the problem?
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227. Mr. Thurman hates me.
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228. Everyone does. It's in
the title of the show, dummy.
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229. I'm tired of being around
only white kids all the time.
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230. Doesn't bother Michael Jackson.
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231. Chris, I thought you'd like
that room.
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232. That's why
I had you placed there.
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233. You put me in that class?
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234. Yes, but if I had known
you were a racist...
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235. No, I'm not a racist.
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236. Well, I don't hear any of
the white kids complaining
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237. about being around you.
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238. It's hard to talk
when you're wearing a hood.
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239. And I think
that's mighty white of them.
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240. While I regain my composure,
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241. let's hear a word
from our sponsors.
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242. Before I strangled her,
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243. I wanted to know
why she did what she did.
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244. Chris, when I saw your
name on the register,
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245. I thought, if you
hadn't gotten shot,
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246. ended up slinging rock,
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over the summer,
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248. that you'd want
to get back to
something you knew.
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249. Yeah. I know black kids,
Asians, Latinos.
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250. So why can't I be
in the homeroom with them?
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251. Chris, the black boys
are all in gangs,
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253. and don't even get me started
on the Puerto Ricans.
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254. Boriqua
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white people anyway?
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256. Oh, you'll find out.
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257. Nothing. I just don't want
to start every day
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who hate me.
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259. Tell you what.
If you can find
a black friend,
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that you can fit in with
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261. that aren't all white,
I'll put you in
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262. Serious?
As a heart attack.
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263. If I'm lucky, maybe
you'll have one before me.
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264. While I had a job to do,
my sister was going to work.
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265. Now, you remember what
I told you, Tonya, right?
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266. What happens in the beauty shop
stays in the beauty shop.
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267. That's my girl.
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268. Women need to know
this is a place
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and say anything they want.
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270. Got it.
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271. Like every white basketball
player who makes the NBA,
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272. I had a tough job ahead of me:
I had to find black friends.
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273. I tried black guys.
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274. Uh... man, where
you get those clothes?
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275. Looking like page 32
of the Sears catalog.
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276. Hey, where's your football?
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277. Page 49.
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278. I tried
tender-headed black girls.
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279. Ow! Ow!
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280. Stupid!
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281. I even tried
the Black Student Union.
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282. You've been hoodwinked!
You've been had!
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283. You've been took! You've been
led astray! Run amok!
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284. You have been bamboozled!
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285. Hey! Get your hand
out of my pocket!
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286. Rest in peace, Talcum X.
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288. she could say
anything she wanted,
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290. Did you dye
your hair blond
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291. or did you dye
your eyebrows black?
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292. Your perm looks nice,
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293. but what's wrong
with your toenails?
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294. Should you be using food stamps
to pay for this?
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295. Vanessa, you need to
talk to that little girl.
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296. You think I don't
know I got a mole?
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297. Holy moley!
I know I got a mole.
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298. Does your mole know
about your mustache?
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299. What? Gloria, wait a minute!
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300. Tonya.
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301. What?
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302. I hate these guys!
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303. I frickin' hate them!
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308. have no friends, no prospects,
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309. and no reason to believe that
your life could be any better
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310. than to be tormented
and hated every day!
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311. Sounds like the perfect job
for me.
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312. I quit!
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313. Football team manager
was a horrible job,
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314. but if it was going to get
me away from Mr. Thurman,
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315. I'd work for the devil himself.
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316. What's going on out here?
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317. You're the coach?
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318. Make that
the white devil himself.
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319. I had a dilemma.
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320. To get out of Thurman's
homeroom,
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321. I had to get into
his locker room.
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322. What are you, the
one Hmm?
You going to
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323. integrate every room I'm in,
whether I like it or not?
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324. I'm here to apply
for team manager.
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325. At least the locker room
wasn't all white.
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326. Hi, Dickerson.
How's your ankle?
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327. It's good.
Who's this?
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328. That's Chris.
He wants to be
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330. What happened to that
skinny white dude?
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331. He quit.
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333. There you go.
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334. And don't be putting
no bleach in my drawers.
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337. That's Walter Dickerson,
our star running black.
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you be team manager.
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343. Because the last guy quit.
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the only one here.
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What's that?
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347. Is Dickerson the only
black player on the team?
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348. Oh, for God's sake!
Now you want to get
on the team, too?
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349. What do you want to be?
A jockstrap?
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to black your way through life.
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351. Is that right?
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352. It didn't work
for Jesse Jackson,
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353. and it's not going
to work for you.
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354. Actually, it worked
for both of us.
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understand something.
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358. I don't like people.
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359. You forgot to say "black."
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360. Because people are idiots.
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361. They don't read, they don't
think, and they're lazy.
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362. If they can find an easier
way to do something,
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364. White people didn't have slaves
because they're racist.
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because they're lazy.
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If they had gotten
off their butts
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their own damn cotton,
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to shoot Dr. King.
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370. He's dead because
white people are lazy!
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371. And what do we do
to honor him?
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372. We take a damn day off work.
I'm sick of it!
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don't be lazy.
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374. Or black.
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375. 4:00. Be there. Every day.
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376. And don't be late.
You understand?
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377. And you're not
getting on this team.
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378. Thanks for the job, Coach!
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379. While I talked my way
into a job,
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380. Tonya talked her way
out of one.
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382. Vanessa, let me
talk to her first.
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383. Rochelle,
I don't have time for that.
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384. I'm losing more customers
than a Muslim rib shack.
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386. She broke up two marriages,
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388. and she told Gloria
about her mole.
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389. She told Gloria
about her mole?
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390. Oh, Lord! Not the mole!
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Gloria is about that mole.
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about her mustache, did she?
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393. She didn't have to.
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394. Oh! Oh, Vanessa...
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395. Rochelle, either you fire her or
I'm going to have to fire you.
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396. Since me and Miss Morello
had a deal,
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397. it was time to pay the piper.
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398. Great. Thanks.
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399. Well, Chris,
you did it.
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400. I thought you had about
as much chance of working
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402. as Boy George does of joining
Quiet Riot, but you did it!
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403. And oddly enough,
so did Boy George.
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404. Walter, I didn't
mean to doubt you.
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to run game on me.
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407. That's cool. So can I go?
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408. Well, I guess. Yeah. Sure.
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409. So you going to move me
to a new homeroom?
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410. A deal is a deal.
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411. While my future was looking up,
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412. Tonya's was going
down the drain.
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413. I'm fired
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414. I swept up all the hair,
I cleaned out the shampoo bowls,
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415. I even picked up
those nasty toenail clippings.
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I told you that women need
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in the beauty salon?
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there is a difference
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and saying everything.
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for being honest?
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It could happen to you.
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429. My mother would have snatched
the naps out of Tonya's head,
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she was just too proud.
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431. My new homeroom was a war zone
with no general in charge.
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to sit there?
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434. What do you want me to do?
I'm a teacher, not riot control.
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435. We need a Morgan Freeman
with a bat!
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436. You could
say something.
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437. I said, "Settle down."
You got a better idea?
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438. Rubber bullets?
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439. Yeah. You could...
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440. After five minutes
in my new homeroom,
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441. I learned being
in a class with Mr. Thurman
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442. would require character.
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443. Being in a class without him
required stitches.
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444. Chris, I'm not
doing this again.
Are you sure?
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445. I'm sure.
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446. All right.
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447. Jameson Jones?
Here!
Here!
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448. What the hell you doing
back in here?
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449. I thought I
was done with you.
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450. I asked Miss Morello
if I could come back.
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451. For what? You wanted out.
I wanted you out. You're out.
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452. Your work here is done.
Come on, get the hell
out of here. Go, go.
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453. No. I'm staying.
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454. Why?
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455. See, if we're gonna be working
together,
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456. why should I avoid you?
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457. So whatever you got,
bring it.
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458. I might as well get used to it.
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459. You might not like me,
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460. but those other guys
tried to kill me.
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461. What are you,
special, hmm?
A big
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462. Don't you eye-ball me.
I eye-ball you.
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463. Sit down.
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464. Aah!
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465. Up front.
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466. You wanted my
attention, you got it!
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467. I'll deal with that.
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468. Coming into Tattaglia, I
thought I would stand out
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469. because I was the
only black kid.
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470. But all I was was
just another teenager.
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471. If I wanted people to notice
me, I was actually
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472. going to have to do something
worth noticing.
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473. Not quite what I had in mind.
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474. Caruso
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475. I'm knocking you on the floor,
Bumpy. What's it look like?
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476. There's so many blacks here now,
I almost didn't recognize you.
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477. Well, feel free
to punch one of them.
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478. That's okay.
But thanks for the offer.
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479. Welcome to Tattaglia.
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