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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:00,148 --> 00:00:02,001 (Mary Jane) Previously on Being Mary Jane... 2 00:00:01,917 --> 00:00:03,241 I had a really great time tonight. 3 00:00:03,184 --> 00:00:04,840 Now I'm looking forward to the next time. 4 00:00:04,767 --> 00:00:06,507 Well, then I'll try to step it up the next time. 5 00:00:06,429 --> 00:00:07,989 - Good night. - Hi, Daddy. 6 00:00:07,913 --> 00:00:09,819 - Where's--where's your mom? - She went out. 7 00:00:09,737 --> 00:00:10,870 (Patrick) I'm over here at Tracy's. 8 00:00:10,823 --> 00:00:12,766 I knock on the door to find D'Asia all by herself. 9 00:00:12,670 --> 00:00:14,363 I want to get her to school, but my car won't start, 10 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:15,591 so if I could please use your car, 11 00:00:15,527 --> 00:00:17,436 - I'd greatly appreciate it. - Sure. No problem. 12 00:00:17,342 --> 00:00:20,061 I've given up too much of what I want in the Talk Back segment, 13 00:00:19,926 --> 00:00:22,192 but I finally figured out what direction I want to take the show. 14 00:00:22,080 --> 00:00:25,836 Kara says you want to make Talk Back Talk Black. 15 00:00:25,663 --> 00:00:28,569 Yeah, all black everything. 16 00:00:28,765 --> 00:00:30,130 (Mary Jane) According to the U.S. Department 17 00:00:30,071 --> 00:00:31,561 of Health and Human Services, 18 00:00:31,496 --> 00:00:33,444 human trafficking is the second-largest 19 00:00:33,355 --> 00:00:35,138 criminal industry in the world today, 20 00:00:35,058 --> 00:00:37,505 only behind drug trafficking. 21 00:00:37,392 --> 00:00:40,424 300,000 people are trafficked annually in the U.S. 22 00:00:40,281 --> 00:00:43,021 These numbers and these facts are staggering. 23 00:00:42,893 --> 00:00:45,008 Here to shed light on those dark statistics 24 00:00:44,911 --> 00:00:47,402 is my guest, founder of Bridget's Dream, 25 00:00:47,287 --> 00:00:48,734 an organization committed 26 00:00:48,671 --> 00:00:51,287 to helping trafficking victims become survivors 27 00:00:51,165 --> 00:00:52,780 and learn to dream again. 28 00:00:52,708 --> 00:00:54,115 Leah Albright-Byrd, welcome to the show. 29 00:00:54,054 --> 00:00:55,668 Thank you for having me. 30 00:00:55,597 --> 00:00:58,295 As horrible as that 300,000 number is, 31 00:00:58,169 --> 00:01:00,368 the truth is, the majority of them are women and children. 32 00:01:00,267 --> 00:01:02,257 - Is that correct? - Yes. That's correct. 33 00:01:02,166 --> 00:01:04,740 In fact, the average age of entry in our country 34 00:01:04,621 --> 00:01:06,152 is 12 to 14. 35 00:01:06,084 --> 00:01:08,491 I think many Americans believe that sex trafficking 36 00:01:08,380 --> 00:01:11,078 is something that happens to women in other countries, 37 00:01:10,952 --> 00:01:12,734 but the enslavement and rape of young girls 38 00:01:12,654 --> 00:01:15,435 is happening right here, in our land of the free. 39 00:01:15,305 --> 00:01:17,004 Yes, that's absolutely true, 40 00:01:16,928 --> 00:01:19,501 and as long as we continue to think that it's a problem 41 00:01:19,381 --> 00:01:23,121 that's only impacting those from other parts of the world, 42 00:01:22,943 --> 00:01:27,308 we overlook that 75% of the victims in our country 43 00:01:27,098 --> 00:01:30,046 are American citizens, and of that 75%, 44 00:01:29,908 --> 00:01:32,523 88% are minorities. 45 00:01:32,401 --> 00:01:33,725 (Mary Jane) And there are people like you 46 00:01:33,668 --> 00:01:35,241 and Jada Pinkett Smith 47 00:01:35,171 --> 00:01:37,953 who are screaming at the top of their lungs about this issue 48 00:01:37,823 --> 00:01:41,062 and how it affects American children, especially our girls. 49 00:01:40,909 --> 00:01:43,442 In fact, you were an advocate for the passing 50 00:01:43,324 --> 00:01:44,855 of Prop 35 in California, 51 00:01:44,788 --> 00:01:47,653 groundbreaking legislation that helps protect victims. 52 00:01:47,519 --> 00:01:49,051 Please, explain the impact 53 00:01:48,983 --> 00:01:51,223 that the new law will have on the state of California. 54 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:52,276 Sure. 55 00:01:52,228 --> 00:01:54,094 So now that Prop 35 has passed, 56 00:01:54,009 --> 00:01:56,331 it will ensure that prison terms 57 00:01:56,224 --> 00:01:58,173 for human traffickers are increased. 58 00:01:58,085 --> 00:01:59,908 It also requires those who've been 59 00:01:59,826 --> 00:02:02,983 convicted of human trafficking to register as sex offenders, 60 00:02:02,834 --> 00:02:06,491 and lastly, it mandates law enforcement training 61 00:02:06,317 --> 00:02:08,973 for every law enforcement officer throughout the state 62 00:02:08,849 --> 00:02:11,339 with a goal and an objective 63 00:02:11,223 --> 00:02:13,463 of making sure that those officers are able 64 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:14,600 to better identify victims 65 00:02:14,548 --> 00:02:17,038 and not treat children as criminals. 66 00:02:16,922 --> 00:02:18,079 (Mary Jane) I know your organization, 67 00:02:18,031 --> 00:02:19,937 Bridget's Dream, which you founded, 68 00:02:19,850 --> 00:02:21,840 is an organization that provides support 69 00:02:21,750 --> 00:02:23,657 for survivors of trafficking. 70 00:02:23,571 --> 00:02:25,020 But was it a personal mission? 71 00:02:24,956 --> 00:02:27,196 Yes, it was definitely a personal mission. 72 00:02:27,093 --> 00:02:29,250 I am a survivor myself. 73 00:02:29,152 --> 00:02:32,725 So my exploitation happened between the ages of 14 and 18, 74 00:02:32,555 --> 00:02:34,420 after I ran away from home, 75 00:02:34,336 --> 00:02:37,075 and there are so many kids that are vulnerable. 76 00:02:36,947 --> 00:02:40,688 There's about 2.8 million runaway American youth a year, 77 00:02:40,509 --> 00:02:43,790 and so during my exploitation 78 00:02:43,635 --> 00:02:45,583 and while I was on the streets, I met a young lady. 79 00:02:45,495 --> 00:02:46,944 Her name was Bridget Gray, 80 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:48,495 and unfortunately, 81 00:02:48,424 --> 00:02:51,039 she did not get out the way that I was able to. 82 00:02:50,917 --> 00:02:53,490 And so while I was in my recovery process, 83 00:02:53,370 --> 00:02:54,694 she was murdered, 84 00:02:54,637 --> 00:02:57,627 and she then became the inspiration for the work 85 00:02:57,487 --> 00:02:59,060 that we now do. 86 00:02:58,990 --> 00:03:01,022 (Mary Jane) I mean, I've heard stories of parents 87 00:03:00,930 --> 00:03:02,628 selling their own children-- 88 00:03:02,552 --> 00:03:06,000 that our foster care system actually feeds this nightmare. 89 00:03:05,836 --> 00:03:07,993 How do we help our young girls and boys 90 00:03:07,894 --> 00:03:09,843 avoid being trafficked altogether? 91 00:03:09,755 --> 00:03:10,995 Well, the main thing is education. 92 00:03:10,942 --> 00:03:12,765 So we have to educate them, for one, 93 00:03:12,683 --> 00:03:13,964 about their vulnerabilities. 94 00:03:13,909 --> 00:03:16,274 It's our job to protect our children, 95 00:03:16,165 --> 00:03:17,780 and we have to make sure that they know 96 00:03:17,709 --> 00:03:19,199 some of the risk factors 97 00:03:19,133 --> 00:03:21,623 and they know the tactics and the recruitment strategies 98 00:03:21,508 --> 00:03:23,040 that traffickers use. 99 00:03:22,972 --> 00:03:25,628 Lastly, it's also really important that we educate them 100 00:03:25,504 --> 00:03:27,703 about internet safety. 101 00:03:27,602 --> 00:03:30,175 I think social media is a phenomenal tool 102 00:03:30,056 --> 00:03:31,546 that we have as a society, 103 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:34,178 but it's also a tool that traffickers are using 104 00:03:34,052 --> 00:03:36,001 to recruit children. 105 00:03:35,913 --> 00:03:38,153 Well, now, what specifically are some of the tactics? 106 00:03:38,050 --> 00:03:40,082 Well, it's not uncommon with social media 107 00:03:39,990 --> 00:03:42,938 to equate your social media success 108 00:03:42,799 --> 00:03:44,998 with the number of friends or followers that you have, 109 00:03:44,897 --> 00:03:46,803 and so a lot of times, kids are just accepting 110 00:03:46,717 --> 00:03:49,290 friend requests from people that they do not know. 111 00:03:49,170 --> 00:03:52,327 They don't know that this is a person who's targeting them, 112 00:03:52,178 --> 00:03:54,710 and so pimps take advantage of that. 113 00:03:54,593 --> 00:03:55,874 Traffickers take advantage of that. 114 00:03:55,819 --> 00:03:58,435 They create profiles and request these kids, 115 00:03:58,313 --> 00:03:59,927 and then recruit them that way. 116 00:03:59,855 --> 00:04:02,887 Leah Albright-Byrd, thank you so much for being here today. 117 00:04:02,745 --> 00:04:04,526 Thank you so much for having me. 118 00:04:04,446 --> 00:04:05,478 Whoo! 119 00:04:05,435 --> 00:04:06,717 - Congratulations. - Whoo! 120 00:04:06,662 --> 00:04:08,235 I know we're all news people, 121 00:04:08,166 --> 00:04:10,239 and telling good stories is what we're supposed to do, 122 00:04:10,144 --> 00:04:12,635 and that should be reward enough, but-- 123 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:14,051 (Mary Jane) Oh, Lance-- 124 00:04:13,983 --> 00:04:15,723 SNC has not been nominated for an Emmy 125 00:04:15,646 --> 00:04:18,011 for outstanding breaking news coverage 126 00:04:17,901 --> 00:04:19,724 in three freaking years, and we did that! 127 00:04:19,642 --> 00:04:22,424 [cheers] 128 00:04:22,294 --> 00:04:24,284 - Yes! - And we're gonna win too! 129 00:04:24,194 --> 00:04:26,768 To Hurricane Kenny and Team Talk Back. 130 00:04:26,648 --> 00:04:29,221 - Yeah! - Rock it, baby. 131 00:04:29,101 --> 00:04:31,550 [cheering] 132 00:04:31,437 --> 00:04:34,385 [indistinct conversations] 133 00:04:35,750 --> 00:04:37,282 Hey. 134 00:04:37,214 --> 00:04:38,703 Hey. 135 00:04:41,765 --> 00:04:43,755 What? 136 00:04:43,664 --> 00:04:46,321 Ratings for your sex trafficking piece. 137 00:04:50,115 --> 00:04:51,147 That was a good show. 138 00:04:51,105 --> 00:04:54,428 Yes, it was. 139 00:04:54,271 --> 00:04:57,844 You know, I think there was an award show last night. 140 00:04:57,674 --> 00:04:59,831 We're on at 2:00. 141 00:04:59,732 --> 00:05:02,305 Just say it, Kara. 142 00:05:02,185 --> 00:05:05,342 I already did. 143 00:05:05,193 --> 00:05:06,808 Are you still gonna have time to meet with the producers? 144 00:05:06,737 --> 00:05:08,935 - Yeah. - Great. 145 00:05:08,834 --> 00:05:11,241 Then I will gather them and buzz you when we're all together. 146 00:05:11,129 --> 00:05:13,453 - Will you stop? - Stop what? 147 00:05:13,346 --> 00:05:14,752 Treating me like I'm some kind of diva. 148 00:05:14,691 --> 00:05:16,556 When have I ever made the writers wait? 149 00:05:16,472 --> 00:05:17,754 When? 150 00:05:17,699 --> 00:05:18,897 We always do. 151 00:05:18,846 --> 00:05:20,711 No. No, no, no, Kara. 152 00:05:20,627 --> 00:05:21,867 I dip in and out, 153 00:05:21,814 --> 00:05:23,721 but there's a huge difference between that 154 00:05:23,635 --> 00:05:24,500 and making you guys wait. 155 00:05:24,466 --> 00:05:25,831 Come on. 156 00:05:25,772 --> 00:05:28,053 Listen, there's no larger plot here. 157 00:05:27,948 --> 00:05:30,980 I just need you to give Talk Back some direction 158 00:05:30,837 --> 00:05:33,369 since you're completely steering that ship now, 159 00:05:33,252 --> 00:05:36,200 and I want everyone to hear directly from you what you want. 160 00:05:36,061 --> 00:05:37,426 This way, we get it right. 161 00:05:37,367 --> 00:05:39,815 - I will be there in five. - Great. 162 00:05:39,702 --> 00:05:41,026 - Hey. - Hi. 163 00:05:40,969 --> 00:05:42,625 Congrats on the nomination. 164 00:05:42,551 --> 00:05:44,124 - Thank you. - Thank you. 165 00:05:44,055 --> 00:05:46,713 You two were gold together. 166 00:05:46,589 --> 00:05:47,828 Did you see the ratings? 167 00:05:47,775 --> 00:05:49,015 Oh, yes. I did. 168 00:05:48,962 --> 00:05:50,119 Kara made sure that I saw them. 169 00:05:50,071 --> 00:05:54,103 So you know there's work to be done. 170 00:05:53,910 --> 00:05:55,649 There was an award show on last night. 171 00:05:55,571 --> 00:05:57,979 Okay. 172 00:05:57,867 --> 00:06:00,273 Ad sales are concerned that your stories 173 00:06:00,162 --> 00:06:02,235 are only appealing to the smaller advertisers. 174 00:06:02,140 --> 00:06:04,422 Is that the code word we're using now? 175 00:06:04,317 --> 00:06:05,890 Excuse me? What? 176 00:06:05,821 --> 00:06:07,645 I've only been at this new direction one week, Greg. 177 00:06:07,563 --> 00:06:08,886 And we don't want to wait a month 178 00:06:08,829 --> 00:06:11,319 before we realize that we're drowning. 179 00:06:11,203 --> 00:06:14,402 Do we? 180 00:06:14,251 --> 00:06:16,573 Who do you have lined up? 181 00:06:16,466 --> 00:06:18,248 (Kara) Well, we lost Ameena Matthews. 182 00:06:18,168 --> 00:06:19,158 She had to cancel. 183 00:06:19,118 --> 00:06:20,442 But we're waiting to see 184 00:06:20,385 --> 00:06:22,541 if we can slide Geoffrey Canada into that slot, 185 00:06:22,442 --> 00:06:25,474 and we do have Ron Finley confirmed for next week... 186 00:06:25,331 --> 00:06:28,154 [electronic pop music] 187 00:06:28,022 --> 00:06:36,022 188 00:06:38,391 --> 00:06:42,464 (woman) I died a week ago 189 00:06:42,269 --> 00:06:45,967 There's nothing left 190 00:06:45,791 --> 00:06:48,781 It's caught on video 191 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:50,173 192 00:06:50,106 --> 00:06:53,929 The very last breath 193 00:06:53,746 --> 00:06:55,277 The very last... 194 00:06:55,210 --> 00:06:57,367 (Mary Jane) How do we keep pushing the envelope? 195 00:06:57,268 --> 00:06:59,633 What stories are not being told? 196 00:06:59,524 --> 00:07:02,972 (Lance) What about a piece on school shooting classifications? 197 00:07:02,808 --> 00:07:04,465 If a shooting is labeled a gang shooting, 198 00:07:04,391 --> 00:07:05,714 it doesn't make the news, 199 00:07:05,658 --> 00:07:08,648 but if it's deemed a school shooting, 200 00:07:08,507 --> 00:07:10,289 it becomes more of a priority. 201 00:07:10,209 --> 00:07:13,283 Most of this affects poor neighborhoods. 202 00:07:13,138 --> 00:07:15,794 Didn't we just cover a school shooting? 203 00:07:15,670 --> 00:07:16,994 (Lance) But it's another angle 204 00:07:16,937 --> 00:07:18,343 that calls out the hypocrisy. 205 00:07:18,282 --> 00:07:19,480 No. 206 00:07:19,429 --> 00:07:20,795 Actually, what you're doing 207 00:07:20,736 --> 00:07:22,850 is telling those parents to get over it because now, 208 00:07:22,754 --> 00:07:24,370 there's another parent with a dead kid now. 209 00:07:24,298 --> 00:07:26,454 I don't understand how you got that from what I just said. 210 00:07:26,355 --> 00:07:28,179 Look, I like the pitch, Lance, 211 00:07:28,097 --> 00:07:29,586 but I want to be careful not to focus 212 00:07:29,521 --> 00:07:32,178 only on poverty and violence. 213 00:07:32,054 --> 00:07:33,711 Let's open it up, guys. Let's open it up. 214 00:07:33,637 --> 00:07:36,502 Well, a new report on why autism is linked to older mothers 215 00:07:36,368 --> 00:07:37,775 just came out, 216 00:07:37,714 --> 00:07:39,537 and Holly Robinson Peete's fund-raiser for the cause 217 00:07:39,455 --> 00:07:40,487 is coming up. 218 00:07:40,444 --> 00:07:41,850 Maybe we could have her on. 219 00:07:41,789 --> 00:07:43,737 I'd be interested in hearing her insights. 220 00:07:43,649 --> 00:07:46,515 So we're gonna have an actress come on and talk about autism? 221 00:07:46,381 --> 00:07:48,037 An actress who's made great strides 222 00:07:47,963 --> 00:07:49,287 in bringing attention to the disease. 223 00:07:49,230 --> 00:07:51,011 (Kara) Oh, absolutely. 224 00:07:50,931 --> 00:07:52,963 I mean, I absolutely agree with that, 225 00:07:52,871 --> 00:07:57,152 but how is an autism fund-raiser newsworthy? 226 00:07:56,946 --> 00:07:58,645 Okay, has anyone figured out a new angle 227 00:07:58,569 --> 00:08:01,517 to my ugly black woman story? 228 00:08:01,379 --> 00:08:03,369 Why don't you bring on Satoshi Kanazawa 229 00:08:03,278 --> 00:08:04,893 and debate him point for point? 230 00:08:04,822 --> 00:08:06,728 Absolutely not. 231 00:08:06,641 --> 00:08:09,590 No one even remembers that Psychology Today article. 232 00:08:09,452 --> 00:08:10,525 I remember it. 233 00:08:10,481 --> 00:08:13,304 MJ, that's not only old news, 234 00:08:13,171 --> 00:08:14,787 it's dead news. 235 00:08:14,716 --> 00:08:15,997 Besides, what's your entry point? 236 00:08:15,942 --> 00:08:18,015 What's new about ugly black women? 237 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:20,161 Debating Satoshi would be coming from a place of anger, 238 00:08:20,058 --> 00:08:21,922 which I don't want to do. 239 00:08:21,838 --> 00:08:24,204 But there's got to be another way into this story. 240 00:08:24,095 --> 00:08:25,835 (Lance) What about focusing on 241 00:08:25,757 --> 00:08:28,289 the perception of black beauty from the black community? 242 00:08:28,171 --> 00:08:30,285 We could make it a panel discussion. 243 00:08:30,189 --> 00:08:31,846 See where it goes, like a check-up. 244 00:08:31,772 --> 00:08:33,554 Checking up on what, exactly? 245 00:08:33,474 --> 00:08:36,422 We could focus on how mainstream magazines 246 00:08:36,283 --> 00:08:38,690 are lighting the skin tones of the black women on their covers. 247 00:08:38,579 --> 00:08:41,777 Yeah. We--we already did that story, 248 00:08:41,626 --> 00:08:43,657 Dorian, before you got here, and you know why? 249 00:08:43,564 --> 00:08:45,347 Because it's old news. 250 00:08:45,267 --> 00:08:47,215 Okay, look, I like where we're headed. 251 00:08:47,127 --> 00:08:49,366 I really like where we're headed. Let's just keep digging 252 00:08:49,263 --> 00:08:52,170 and keep pounding away for another way in. 253 00:08:52,034 --> 00:08:53,483 Okay? 254 00:08:53,419 --> 00:08:55,950 255 00:08:55,833 --> 00:08:59,699 Reinventing the wheel 256 00:08:59,514 --> 00:09:03,670 Always searching for something 257 00:09:03,471 --> 00:09:06,502 That's not real 258 00:09:06,359 --> 00:09:10,600 259 00:09:10,397 --> 00:09:12,804 [line ringing] 260 00:09:12,693 --> 00:09:14,307 - Hello? - Hey, I'm outside. 261 00:09:14,235 --> 00:09:16,225 Oh, okay. 262 00:09:16,135 --> 00:09:17,750 [phone beeping] 263 00:09:20,963 --> 00:09:22,744 (Mary Jane) Uh, hello. 264 00:09:22,664 --> 00:09:25,863 - What? - What do you mean, "What?" 265 00:09:25,712 --> 00:09:26,994 (Valerie) What do you want? 266 00:09:26,939 --> 00:09:28,428 I thought we were celebrating my Emmy nom. 267 00:09:28,363 --> 00:09:30,520 [laughs] Not tonight. 268 00:09:30,421 --> 00:09:31,911 Okay. I'm sorry. 269 00:09:31,846 --> 00:09:33,253 I thought when you said, "Hey, let's do something," 270 00:09:33,192 --> 00:09:35,182 you meant, "Hey, let's do something." 271 00:09:35,091 --> 00:09:37,664 I have to get up at 5:00 in the morning. 272 00:09:37,545 --> 00:09:40,160 So do I. 273 00:09:40,038 --> 00:09:41,444 It's getting cold. 274 00:09:46,924 --> 00:09:48,581 Come on. It'll be real quick. 275 00:09:48,507 --> 00:09:52,163 Listen, I am not going anywhere. 276 00:09:51,989 --> 00:09:53,854 [sighs] 277 00:09:53,770 --> 00:09:56,052 I just wanted to celebrate my first big nomination, 278 00:09:55,947 --> 00:09:57,937 but it's cool. 279 00:09:57,846 --> 00:09:59,211 No, no, no. It's fine. 280 00:09:59,152 --> 00:10:00,683 - It's fine. It's fine. - All right. 281 00:10:00,616 --> 00:10:02,274 - So tell me about it. - Oh, now you've got time. 282 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:04,148 Oh, two seconds ago you were, you know, 283 00:10:04,060 --> 00:10:06,008 going on and on about how married women with kids 284 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:07,285 just have such a hard road. 285 00:10:07,226 --> 00:10:08,633 What are you talking-- I didn't say any of that. 286 00:10:08,571 --> 00:10:11,185 I said I had to get up. 287 00:10:11,064 --> 00:10:13,472 [laughs] What? 288 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:15,183 Have you been drinking? 289 00:10:15,101 --> 00:10:16,924 Stop. 290 00:10:16,842 --> 00:10:19,332 I had one shot of tequila to celebrate with a coworker. 291 00:10:19,217 --> 00:10:21,207 Yeah. That's not like you at all-- 292 00:10:21,116 --> 00:10:24,397 to even drink a little and drive. 293 00:10:24,242 --> 00:10:25,566 You're the responsible one. 294 00:10:25,509 --> 00:10:26,457 You're the one who told me about Uber. 295 00:10:26,419 --> 00:10:29,034 Okay. Stop. Okay? 296 00:10:28,912 --> 00:10:30,486 Look, you have no idea what's going on at work 297 00:10:30,417 --> 00:10:31,823 and the pressure I'm under, so stop. 298 00:10:31,761 --> 00:10:33,085 All right. All right. 299 00:10:33,028 --> 00:10:36,518 You don't have to raise your voice to communicate. 300 00:10:36,353 --> 00:10:38,509 This is why I've been telling you 301 00:10:38,410 --> 00:10:40,692 that you might want to try taking some Xanax. 302 00:10:40,587 --> 00:10:42,493 I'm not-- I'm not taking Xanax now. 303 00:10:42,407 --> 00:10:44,189 It would help you with your stress. 304 00:10:44,109 --> 00:10:46,850 I'm not gonna take Xanax. Thank you. 305 00:10:46,722 --> 00:10:48,712 I appreciate your concern. 306 00:10:48,621 --> 00:10:50,652 I'm okay. 307 00:10:50,560 --> 00:10:52,966 - I drove over here. - Mm-hmm. 308 00:10:52,854 --> 00:10:54,678 I'm a public figure. 309 00:10:54,596 --> 00:10:56,420 I'm not gonna jeopardize my career. 310 00:10:56,338 --> 00:10:58,452 Okay? 311 00:10:58,355 --> 00:11:00,096 And since I don't like partying alone, 312 00:11:00,019 --> 00:11:02,967 I'm going to take my Emmy-nominated ass home. 313 00:11:02,828 --> 00:11:04,109 I'm going to take another shot, 314 00:11:04,054 --> 00:11:05,419 and then I'm gonna take my ass to bed. 315 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:07,642 Satisfied? 316 00:11:08,606 --> 00:11:11,012 If you text me when you get home. 317 00:11:10,900 --> 00:11:13,433 I will. 318 00:11:13,316 --> 00:11:14,763 (Mary Jane) Thanks for nothing. 319 00:11:14,699 --> 00:11:17,190 [laughs] 320 00:11:17,075 --> 00:11:20,065 [percussive electronic music] 321 00:11:19,924 --> 00:11:23,622 322 00:11:23,446 --> 00:11:24,478 [phone chimes] 323 00:11:24,436 --> 00:11:32,436 324 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:41,620 [woman singing indistinctly] 325 00:11:41,492 --> 00:11:49,492 326 00:11:53,032 --> 00:11:54,730 (Mary Jane) No, I mean, 327 00:11:54,654 --> 00:11:57,553 I have Kara and Lance and Dorian and a few other researchers, 328 00:11:57,599 --> 00:11:59,047 but it's not enough. 329 00:11:58,984 --> 00:12:01,640 I mean, most nominated shows have twice of what I have. 330 00:12:01,516 --> 00:12:04,173 It's insane. 331 00:12:04,049 --> 00:12:05,580 So Kara's your researcher. 332 00:12:05,513 --> 00:12:10,545 No. Kara's my EP-- My executive producer. 333 00:12:10,302 --> 00:12:13,042 - Okay. So she's the boss. - Mm-mm. 334 00:12:12,914 --> 00:12:16,530 No, we're a team, for the most part. 335 00:12:16,358 --> 00:12:17,847 So Kara doesn't want to increase your team. 336 00:12:17,781 --> 00:12:19,063 No. 337 00:12:19,009 --> 00:12:20,458 Kara would love to increase my team, 338 00:12:20,394 --> 00:12:22,925 but we're not prime time, so everything's a fight. 339 00:12:22,808 --> 00:12:25,423 I'm talking about everything from what I wear 340 00:12:25,301 --> 00:12:27,791 to how many curls are in my hair to my guests. 341 00:12:27,675 --> 00:12:30,957 They want me to be a freaking robot. 342 00:12:30,802 --> 00:12:32,625 Bet if I change my name to Cynthia, 343 00:12:32,543 --> 00:12:36,700 then I'd get what I wanted. 344 00:12:36,501 --> 00:12:38,533 You shouldn't do that. 345 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:41,721 Everybody knows you as Mary Jane. 346 00:12:41,566 --> 00:12:44,056 Okay, so you've seen my show this week, right? 347 00:12:43,940 --> 00:12:45,722 Honestly? 348 00:12:45,642 --> 00:12:48,840 Yeah, Dad. Honestly. 349 00:12:48,689 --> 00:12:50,304 I've been watching Serena. 350 00:12:50,233 --> 00:12:51,348 Wow. 351 00:12:51,301 --> 00:12:52,874 But I do DVR them. 352 00:12:52,805 --> 00:12:54,629 You don't know how to DVR, Dad. 353 00:12:54,547 --> 00:12:56,370 Niecy does. 354 00:12:56,288 --> 00:12:58,694 I decided to take Talk Back in a whole new direction. 355 00:12:58,582 --> 00:12:59,906 Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. 356 00:12:59,849 --> 00:13:00,964 Your mother told me about that. 357 00:13:00,918 --> 00:13:02,992 It's all black now. That's good. 358 00:13:02,897 --> 00:13:03,887 Yeah, yeah. 359 00:13:03,847 --> 00:13:05,253 I'm branding myself, 360 00:13:05,192 --> 00:13:06,807 doing stories that I actually care about. 361 00:13:06,735 --> 00:13:08,600 Great. 362 00:13:08,516 --> 00:13:11,673 So now, you can do your job and help your people. 363 00:13:11,524 --> 00:13:12,847 Exactly, just how you fought 364 00:13:12,790 --> 00:13:14,155 for the skycaps to keep their jobs. 365 00:13:14,096 --> 00:13:16,545 Exactly. 366 00:13:16,432 --> 00:13:18,546 Yeah, I was at the height of my career then. 367 00:13:18,449 --> 00:13:19,606 You know, I was gonna-- 368 00:13:19,557 --> 00:13:22,006 Pauletta, you gonna wind up losing your job 369 00:13:21,893 --> 00:13:23,257 listening to your father. 370 00:13:23,198 --> 00:13:25,772 Woman, will you let me tell the story, please? 371 00:13:25,652 --> 00:13:29,100 Now, he could play the race card back then, 372 00:13:28,937 --> 00:13:31,885 'cause white people had a lot of guilt, 373 00:13:31,746 --> 00:13:34,153 and they was scared of Jesse Jackson. 374 00:13:34,042 --> 00:13:36,449 Hell, they over him now and us. 375 00:13:36,337 --> 00:13:38,493 Saying the N-word and everything-- 376 00:13:38,395 --> 00:13:39,719 doing this to the president. 377 00:13:39,662 --> 00:13:42,194 Say what you might, but I got their money. 378 00:13:42,076 --> 00:13:44,857 - Now, didn't I? - Yeah. So-- 379 00:13:44,727 --> 00:13:47,050 But I couldn't buy that fur 380 00:13:46,943 --> 00:13:50,016 because you was scared of losing your job. 381 00:13:49,871 --> 00:13:52,654 Oh, my butt cheeks were a little tight back then. 382 00:13:52,524 --> 00:13:54,138 Tighter than Dick's hatband. 383 00:13:54,066 --> 00:13:55,890 (Mary Jane) Okay, okay. 384 00:13:55,808 --> 00:13:57,756 - Yeah. On that note, guys-- - Mm-hmm. Dick's hatband. 385 00:13:57,668 --> 00:13:59,491 [laughter] 386 00:13:59,409 --> 00:14:00,941 When you start talking about your butt cheeks, 387 00:14:00,873 --> 00:14:02,321 it's time for me to go. 388 00:14:02,258 --> 00:14:03,707 Uh-oh. All right. 389 00:14:03,644 --> 00:14:06,425 Pauletta, the struggle continues, baby. 390 00:14:06,295 --> 00:14:08,952 You getting dementia. Ain't you? 391 00:14:08,828 --> 00:14:11,568 Dementia? Listen to you. 392 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:13,347 I want two barrettes in the front. 393 00:14:13,260 --> 00:14:15,167 Okay. 394 00:14:15,081 --> 00:14:18,154 [TV playing indistinctly] 395 00:14:21,650 --> 00:14:23,348 - Ow. - Oh, sorry. 396 00:14:23,272 --> 00:14:24,846 Here, let me see. 397 00:14:24,777 --> 00:14:27,350 Oh, that's cute. 398 00:14:27,230 --> 00:14:28,262 Mm-hmm. 399 00:14:28,220 --> 00:14:29,793 [knocking on door] 400 00:14:31,266 --> 00:14:34,589 Hey, morning. 401 00:14:34,432 --> 00:14:35,630 Guess who brought breakfast. 402 00:14:35,579 --> 00:14:37,653 Hannah. 403 00:14:37,559 --> 00:14:39,674 Hi, honey. 404 00:14:39,577 --> 00:14:40,650 - Are you hungry? - Yeah. 405 00:14:40,606 --> 00:14:42,930 - Oh, good. Here. - Thank you. 406 00:14:42,823 --> 00:14:44,021 All right, go finish getting ready for school. 407 00:14:43,970 --> 00:14:45,918 - Then we'll eat. All right? - All right. 408 00:14:50,223 --> 00:14:52,670 Well, I finally heard from Tracy. 409 00:14:52,557 --> 00:14:56,215 She's been arrested for shoplifting. 410 00:14:56,041 --> 00:14:58,822 She's gonna be arraigned tomorrow morning. 411 00:14:58,692 --> 00:15:00,599 How's D'Asia doing? 412 00:15:00,512 --> 00:15:03,669 She's asking questions, and I don't want to lie to her. 413 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:05,009 I appreciate you coming by. 414 00:15:04,944 --> 00:15:06,309 - Thank you. - It's no trouble. 415 00:15:06,250 --> 00:15:09,865 I--you know I don't mind pitching in. 416 00:15:09,693 --> 00:15:12,975 It's just that, well, 417 00:15:12,820 --> 00:15:15,935 I'm running a little short on rent this month. 418 00:15:15,788 --> 00:15:17,570 Let me cover breakfast. 419 00:15:17,490 --> 00:15:23,146 Tracy borrowed $200 from me for D'Asia. 420 00:15:22,871 --> 00:15:26,861 She said she'd pay me back last week. 421 00:15:26,670 --> 00:15:29,494 You know, I love that little girl so much. 422 00:15:29,362 --> 00:15:30,893 I wish I could repay Tracy's debt, 423 00:15:30,826 --> 00:15:32,317 but I'm a little tight right now. 424 00:15:32,251 --> 00:15:35,490 I'm really in a bind. 425 00:15:35,337 --> 00:15:38,911 Do you think that you could ask your family or-- 426 00:15:40,285 --> 00:15:42,275 Let me see what I have. 427 00:15:45,469 --> 00:15:47,293 All right. 428 00:15:47,211 --> 00:15:48,700 65. 429 00:15:48,634 --> 00:15:49,999 Thanks. 430 00:15:49,940 --> 00:15:51,513 I needed it. 431 00:15:51,444 --> 00:15:54,559 I'll get you the rest by the end of the week. 432 00:15:54,412 --> 00:15:55,903 Thanks. 433 00:16:03,357 --> 00:16:06,347 [indistinct conversations] 434 00:16:10,678 --> 00:16:12,334 Never have anything healthy. 435 00:16:15,268 --> 00:16:16,883 Um... want one? 436 00:16:16,812 --> 00:16:19,010 No. I'm good. Thanks. 437 00:16:20,611 --> 00:16:23,101 Can you, umm... 438 00:16:22,985 --> 00:16:26,392 help me understand what she's doing? 439 00:16:26,231 --> 00:16:28,971 I can't. 440 00:16:28,843 --> 00:16:30,250 I just-- 441 00:16:30,188 --> 00:16:31,928 I just don't know why black people 442 00:16:31,851 --> 00:16:35,423 get so sensitive over this stuff. 443 00:16:35,253 --> 00:16:37,035 They have the president, 444 00:16:36,955 --> 00:16:41,821 NBA, Jay-Z, Beyonc?. 445 00:16:41,586 --> 00:16:42,825 Carnival Cruise and American Express-- 446 00:16:42,772 --> 00:16:45,637 they're all run by black people. 447 00:16:45,503 --> 00:16:50,077 Mary Jane makes more than both of us. 448 00:16:49,857 --> 00:16:53,722 Kara, what is she upset about? 449 00:16:53,537 --> 00:16:58,652 Just... do the damn job and shut up. 450 00:17:02,599 --> 00:17:04,381 All yours. 451 00:17:12,334 --> 00:17:14,199 I mean, is it too much? 452 00:17:14,115 --> 00:17:15,522 I mean, I love my people too, 453 00:17:15,461 --> 00:17:16,909 but not all the time. 454 00:17:16,846 --> 00:17:19,836 Even black folks get sick of black folks. 455 00:17:19,695 --> 00:17:21,685 Then maybe that's why the ratings are slipping. 456 00:17:21,595 --> 00:17:23,835 Because we're doing good shows, right? 457 00:17:23,732 --> 00:17:25,472 Right. 458 00:17:42,688 --> 00:17:44,512 Okay. 459 00:17:56,382 --> 00:17:59,205 [engine turning over] 460 00:18:02,119 --> 00:18:04,776 [sighs] Come on. Come on. 461 00:18:04,652 --> 00:18:07,767 Argh! God. 462 00:18:07,620 --> 00:18:08,526 Sorry, girl. 463 00:18:08,490 --> 00:18:09,564 It's okay. 464 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:11,093 [groans] 465 00:18:11,024 --> 00:18:14,014 [light guitar music] 466 00:18:13,873 --> 00:18:16,946 467 00:18:16,801 --> 00:18:18,458 - Yep, Daddy. - All right. All right. 468 00:18:18,384 --> 00:18:19,749 All right. All right. 469 00:18:19,690 --> 00:18:26,055 470 00:18:25,745 --> 00:18:27,318 [giggling] 471 00:18:27,249 --> 00:18:28,990 Hey. 472 00:18:28,912 --> 00:18:30,693 Up. Don't step on the crack. 473 00:18:30,613 --> 00:18:33,728 Whoa, whoa, whoa. [laughs] 474 00:18:33,581 --> 00:18:35,987 All right. 475 00:18:35,876 --> 00:18:39,908 476 00:18:39,715 --> 00:18:41,663 Come on. You ready? We're almost gonna make it. 477 00:18:41,574 --> 00:18:49,481 478 00:18:49,094 --> 00:18:51,959 Okay. Give this to your teacher. 479 00:18:51,824 --> 00:18:53,731 Is Mommy picking me up? 480 00:18:58,632 --> 00:19:00,247 No. 481 00:19:00,175 --> 00:19:01,540 Your grandpa's gonna pick you up today. 482 00:19:01,481 --> 00:19:05,180 - Okay? - Okay. 483 00:19:05,004 --> 00:19:07,035 Give your daddy a big kiss good-bye. 484 00:19:06,942 --> 00:19:07,932 Muah. 485 00:19:07,892 --> 00:19:09,841 Oh! 486 00:19:09,753 --> 00:19:11,576 - Okay. Have a great day. - Okay. 487 00:19:11,494 --> 00:19:12,442 - All right. - See you later. 488 00:19:12,404 --> 00:19:14,769 See you, darling. 489 00:19:14,659 --> 00:19:17,399 Excuse me, Mr. Patterson? 490 00:19:17,271 --> 00:19:18,594 Vice Principal Harrison. 491 00:19:18,537 --> 00:19:20,028 I remember you. 492 00:19:19,963 --> 00:19:21,410 I wanted to talk to you about D'Asia. 493 00:19:21,347 --> 00:19:23,754 I've noticed she's been tardy a lot lately. 494 00:19:23,642 --> 00:19:25,716 Yeah, she's been going back and forth 495 00:19:25,622 --> 00:19:27,028 between my place and her mom's, 496 00:19:26,967 --> 00:19:29,624 and I had a little car trouble this morning. 497 00:19:29,500 --> 00:19:31,865 Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. 498 00:19:31,755 --> 00:19:34,495 I also wanted to talk to you about her lunch. 499 00:19:34,367 --> 00:19:35,899 Since D'Asia hasn't brought one in a while, 500 00:19:35,832 --> 00:19:37,738 the school's been providing lunch for her, 501 00:19:37,652 --> 00:19:39,726 and there's been a daily charge to her account. 502 00:19:39,631 --> 00:19:41,537 How long has this been going on? 503 00:19:41,451 --> 00:19:42,817 Brenda, would you pull up 504 00:19:42,758 --> 00:19:43,706 D'Asia Patterson's lunch account, please? 505 00:19:43,668 --> 00:19:44,825 (Brenda) Yes, ma'am. 506 00:19:46,794 --> 00:19:50,450 Looks like it's been five months. 507 00:19:50,276 --> 00:19:51,266 Five months? 508 00:19:51,226 --> 00:19:52,674 If money is an issue, 509 00:19:52,611 --> 00:19:53,768 there are assistance programs available. 510 00:19:53,719 --> 00:19:55,042 You'll just need to fill out the-- 511 00:19:54,985 --> 00:19:58,809 Thank you. No. I can pay for my daughter. 512 00:19:58,627 --> 00:19:59,742 What's the balance? 513 00:19:59,695 --> 00:20:04,102 That would be $487.50. 514 00:20:03,891 --> 00:20:05,631 I don't have my checkbook with me. 515 00:20:05,553 --> 00:20:06,959 You don't have to pay now, 516 00:20:06,898 --> 00:20:10,180 but you will need to take care of it soon. 517 00:20:10,024 --> 00:20:11,680 Thanks. 518 00:20:17,601 --> 00:20:20,255 (woman on radio) Is that there's a long history of institutions 519 00:20:20,131 --> 00:20:22,457 regulating the bodies of African-American women, 520 00:20:22,342 --> 00:20:24,207 really standardizing them... 521 00:20:24,115 --> 00:20:27,105 [radio continues indistinctly] 522 00:20:30,325 --> 00:20:33,858 Or cornrows that are unkempt... 523 00:20:33,690 --> 00:20:37,596 (woman on radio) Not authorized. 524 00:20:37,410 --> 00:20:39,442 These kinds of restrictions 525 00:20:39,349 --> 00:20:42,089 are most assuredly race-based. 526 00:20:41,961 --> 00:20:44,992 The suggestion that dreadlocks are merely-- 527 00:20:44,849 --> 00:20:47,422 (man) Hey, hey. 528 00:20:47,302 --> 00:20:49,626 - I was waiting for that spot. - No, sir. 529 00:20:49,519 --> 00:20:51,300 - You were on your phone. - I was waiting. 530 00:20:51,220 --> 00:20:53,711 I've been circling this damn lot for a half hour. 531 00:20:53,596 --> 00:20:55,711 - Sorry. - Move your car. 532 00:20:55,614 --> 00:20:56,604 That was my spot. 533 00:20:56,564 --> 00:20:59,262 Yeah. The key word-- "was." 534 00:20:59,136 --> 00:21:00,460 Black bitch. 535 00:21:00,403 --> 00:21:01,517 Wait. What? 536 00:21:01,470 --> 00:21:03,336 I can't just be a regular, old bitch? 537 00:21:03,252 --> 00:21:05,075 I have to be a black bitch? Seriously? 538 00:21:04,993 --> 00:21:06,983 Yeah, 'cause you look like a monkey-- 539 00:21:06,893 --> 00:21:09,758 an ugly, black monkey! 540 00:21:10,656 --> 00:21:18,656 541 00:21:29,014 --> 00:21:37,004 542 00:21:48,446 --> 00:21:51,519 [line ringing] 543 00:21:53,393 --> 00:21:55,133 - Hello? - Hey. 544 00:21:55,055 --> 00:21:56,379 (Valerie) I'm in your area 545 00:21:56,322 --> 00:21:58,145 and I wanted to drop off something. 546 00:21:58,063 --> 00:22:00,345 - Sure. - You sure it's okay? 547 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:02,021 (Mary Jane) Yeah. I'm not doing anything. 548 00:22:01,941 --> 00:22:03,931 (Valerie) Okay. I'll see you soon. 549 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:06,497 (Mary Jane) Cool. 550 00:22:06,373 --> 00:22:09,529 All right, it's just... 551 00:22:09,380 --> 00:22:10,662 A little, you know, 552 00:22:10,607 --> 00:22:13,139 something to celebrate your nomination. 553 00:22:15,751 --> 00:22:17,242 Girl, did you re-gift me? 554 00:22:17,177 --> 00:22:18,250 [laughs] 555 00:22:18,206 --> 00:22:20,738 It's the thought that counts. 556 00:22:24,102 --> 00:22:25,175 (Mary Jane) I mean, everything's great. 557 00:22:25,131 --> 00:22:28,455 You know? Work is... work. 558 00:22:28,297 --> 00:22:30,370 I'm handling it. 559 00:22:32,769 --> 00:22:34,510 How's Lisa? Have you seen her? 560 00:22:34,432 --> 00:22:35,671 (Valerie) Yeah. I have, actually. 561 00:22:35,618 --> 00:22:39,067 We've been doing yoga together. 562 00:22:38,903 --> 00:22:40,060 Oh, good for her. 563 00:22:40,012 --> 00:22:42,293 That's good. 564 00:22:42,188 --> 00:22:45,219 You know, you can reach out to her. 565 00:22:45,076 --> 00:22:47,609 Mm. 566 00:22:47,491 --> 00:22:48,855 What were you gonna say? 567 00:22:48,796 --> 00:22:49,869 Mm-mm, no. 568 00:22:49,825 --> 00:22:51,524 Mm-mm, 'cause this is not gonna be 569 00:22:51,448 --> 00:22:53,355 some kind of therapy session. 570 00:22:53,269 --> 00:22:54,301 - No. - No. 571 00:22:54,259 --> 00:22:55,623 It's not. 572 00:22:55,564 --> 00:22:57,180 'Cause, you know, I don't need therapy, Val. 573 00:22:57,108 --> 00:22:58,347 Well, that's good, 'cause I wasn't offering. 574 00:22:58,294 --> 00:23:00,451 Lisa--Lisa may. She may need therapy. 575 00:23:00,353 --> 00:23:01,593 You know, I am not 576 00:23:01,540 --> 00:23:04,655 some door-to-door psychiatric salesman. 577 00:23:04,508 --> 00:23:05,582 You were just-- you were right. 578 00:23:05,537 --> 00:23:07,026 I don't get to do a lot 579 00:23:06,961 --> 00:23:11,826 between being a mother and a wife and working, 580 00:23:11,591 --> 00:23:13,123 and I felt bad that I couldn't hang out with you 581 00:23:13,056 --> 00:23:14,504 the other night to celebrate, 582 00:23:14,441 --> 00:23:16,806 and you have really been making an effort 583 00:23:16,696 --> 00:23:19,519 to reconnect. 584 00:23:19,387 --> 00:23:20,836 So you know, I was just-- I just thought that-- 585 00:23:20,773 --> 00:23:23,805 Was I wrong for what I said to Lisa? 586 00:23:23,662 --> 00:23:26,569 Uh, no. Um... 587 00:23:29,637 --> 00:23:33,752 Unless it wasn't how you truly felt. 588 00:23:33,555 --> 00:23:36,171 I just don't understand 589 00:23:36,049 --> 00:23:39,288 why I have such issues with everybody. 590 00:23:39,135 --> 00:23:43,001 So why do you think you're at odds? 591 00:23:42,817 --> 00:23:46,431 It's funny, 'cause I have all of these-- 592 00:23:46,259 --> 00:23:49,124 these great relationships. 593 00:23:48,989 --> 00:23:53,104 But sometimes it scares me, 594 00:23:52,907 --> 00:23:57,397 because I don't feel connected to any of them. 595 00:23:57,181 --> 00:23:58,379 It's like I'm going through the motions 596 00:23:58,328 --> 00:23:59,861 of being a good auntie 597 00:23:59,794 --> 00:24:04,241 or sister or daughter, friend. 598 00:24:04,027 --> 00:24:05,393 I mean, I show up everywhere I'm supposed to show up. 599 00:24:05,334 --> 00:24:08,907 I look-- I look great on paper. 600 00:24:10,637 --> 00:24:13,460 I loan money, and I check up on people. 601 00:24:13,328 --> 00:24:15,318 I send the birthday cards. 602 00:24:15,227 --> 00:24:19,425 I say all the things I'm supposed to say. 603 00:24:19,224 --> 00:24:22,340 But yet, 604 00:24:22,193 --> 00:24:26,099 when everybody's doing okay for the moment, 605 00:24:25,912 --> 00:24:29,944 my phone does not ring. 606 00:24:29,751 --> 00:24:31,449 Nobody's calling me 607 00:24:31,374 --> 00:24:34,531 just to check up on me or say, 608 00:24:34,381 --> 00:24:37,579 "Hey, wow, great show tonight. 609 00:24:37,428 --> 00:24:39,418 "The work that you're doing is-- 610 00:24:39,328 --> 00:24:44,151 it's really making a difference, Mary Jane." 611 00:24:43,918 --> 00:24:45,825 Nobody. 612 00:24:45,739 --> 00:24:57,146 Nobody says, "Good job," or, "Way to go." 613 00:24:56,583 --> 00:24:58,698 Not one person. 614 00:25:01,173 --> 00:25:03,664 [sighs] 615 00:25:03,549 --> 00:25:05,372 Let me get us some more wine. 616 00:25:08,060 --> 00:25:11,424 (Mary Jane) Thank you. 617 00:25:12,689 --> 00:25:20,689 618 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:22,080 [door opens] 619 00:25:24,562 --> 00:25:25,552 [door shuts] 620 00:25:25,511 --> 00:25:33,501 621 00:25:52,145 --> 00:25:55,093 [phone buzzing] 622 00:25:57,250 --> 00:25:59,031 Hello? 623 00:25:58,952 --> 00:26:00,401 (woman on phone) Inmate calling from Polk County DOC. 624 00:26:00,337 --> 00:26:01,244 Will you accept the charges? 625 00:26:01,208 --> 00:26:03,323 Yeah. I accept. 626 00:26:03,226 --> 00:26:05,133 (Tracy) Patrick. 627 00:26:05,047 --> 00:26:06,287 Tracy, what were you thinking? 628 00:26:06,234 --> 00:26:08,890 (Tracy) Please, don't lecture me. 629 00:26:08,767 --> 00:26:11,049 How's my baby? 630 00:26:10,944 --> 00:26:15,392 - D'Asia's fine. - Give her a kiss for me? 631 00:26:15,178 --> 00:26:16,376 [sighs] 632 00:26:16,325 --> 00:26:18,232 How much is your bail? 633 00:26:18,146 --> 00:26:20,844 (Tracy) $3,000. 634 00:26:20,718 --> 00:26:23,000 - $3,000? - I took care of you. 635 00:26:22,895 --> 00:26:25,468 It's your turn to take care of me. 636 00:26:25,348 --> 00:26:26,380 (woman) Curl. Come up. 637 00:26:26,338 --> 00:26:27,786 Twist to your right. 638 00:26:27,722 --> 00:26:29,754 Come back to center. 639 00:26:29,662 --> 00:26:30,944 You ready? 640 00:26:30,889 --> 00:26:32,796 One, two, three. 641 00:26:32,710 --> 00:26:34,241 Same side. Keep it going. 642 00:26:34,173 --> 00:26:38,663 Two--we're gonna do 15 to the same side. 643 00:26:38,447 --> 00:26:40,728 Yes. 12 more. Here we go. 644 00:26:40,623 --> 00:26:42,989 12-- 645 00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:45,536 Squeeze that stomach in tight when you rotate. 646 00:26:45,412 --> 00:26:47,277 Yes. 647 00:26:47,193 --> 00:26:48,475 (Mary Jane) Patrick, what's going on? 648 00:26:48,420 --> 00:26:51,118 Tracy's in county lockup. 649 00:26:50,992 --> 00:26:52,691 Bail's set at $3,000. 650 00:26:52,615 --> 00:26:53,772 (Mary Jane) What happened? 651 00:26:53,724 --> 00:26:55,255 Well, apparently, she was shoplifting. 652 00:26:55,187 --> 00:26:57,760 It's a petty theft charge. 653 00:26:57,641 --> 00:26:59,507 Hmm. 654 00:27:04,368 --> 00:27:07,358 I wouldn't ask, but 655 00:27:07,217 --> 00:27:08,332 I'd rather borrow it from you 656 00:27:08,286 --> 00:27:11,735 than the bail bonds. 657 00:27:11,571 --> 00:27:12,977 She's D'Asia's mother, 658 00:27:12,916 --> 00:27:14,198 and she was there for me 659 00:27:14,143 --> 00:27:15,592 when I felt like I had no one in my corner. 660 00:27:15,529 --> 00:27:16,477 You know? 661 00:27:16,439 --> 00:27:18,096 I'll give you the money. 662 00:27:21,663 --> 00:27:22,778 Thank you. 663 00:27:22,731 --> 00:27:23,898 (Mary Jane) It's no problem. 664 00:27:32,229 --> 00:27:34,386 I will pay you back. 665 00:27:34,287 --> 00:27:35,860 Don't worry about it. 666 00:27:35,791 --> 00:27:37,493 Look, I made it out for cash, so you can just cash it. 667 00:27:37,409 --> 00:27:39,220 Okay? 668 00:27:39,137 --> 00:27:41,437 Okay. 669 00:27:43,627 --> 00:27:45,659 - Thank you. - Just go. Go. 670 00:27:45,566 --> 00:27:47,264 Just call me later 671 00:27:47,188 --> 00:27:49,178 and let me know everything worked out okay. 672 00:27:49,088 --> 00:27:52,370 I'll catch up with you a little later. All right? 673 00:27:58,573 --> 00:28:00,878 You know, there's usually an entry point for a discussion 674 00:28:00,765 --> 00:28:03,053 like the one I hope to have today-- 675 00:28:02,947 --> 00:28:05,155 a news item, a documentary, a book, 676 00:28:05,046 --> 00:28:08,243 or a radical act that allows us to take a deeper dive 677 00:28:08,092 --> 00:28:10,040 into a topic like black women's beauty. 678 00:28:09,952 --> 00:28:11,692 I missed my window on this subject 679 00:28:11,614 --> 00:28:14,020 when Psychology Today published an article 680 00:28:13,909 --> 00:28:16,982 that brought into question black women's beauty. 681 00:28:16,837 --> 00:28:18,827 They didn't say that we were not beautiful. 682 00:28:18,736 --> 00:28:20,768 They said we were straight-up ugly. 683 00:28:20,676 --> 00:28:22,167 They did. 684 00:28:22,102 --> 00:28:26,674 Psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa actually tried to prove 685 00:28:26,453 --> 00:28:28,986 scientifically that we were less attractive. 686 00:28:28,869 --> 00:28:30,817 See, I just knew that this story 687 00:28:30,728 --> 00:28:32,092 was going to be all over the news, 688 00:28:32,033 --> 00:28:35,482 but what happened next is what astonished me more. 689 00:28:35,319 --> 00:28:36,601 The story came and went. 690 00:28:36,546 --> 00:28:38,244 I mean, sure, some black women bloggers 691 00:28:38,168 --> 00:28:40,533 wrote eloquent, angry essays, and me and you-- 692 00:28:40,424 --> 00:28:41,914 we tweeted about it, Michaela, 693 00:28:41,849 --> 00:28:43,089 but that was about it. 694 00:28:43,036 --> 00:28:44,442 The article was taken down, 695 00:28:44,381 --> 00:28:46,413 but no one rattled the cages for black women 696 00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:48,019 except black women. 697 00:28:47,943 --> 00:28:50,057 So maybe Satoshi was an entry point 698 00:28:49,961 --> 00:28:51,993 to the deeper issues I was looking for. 699 00:28:51,900 --> 00:28:54,349 Uh-oh, Mary Jane, where are you going with this? 700 00:28:54,236 --> 00:28:55,767 Hold on to your hats. 701 00:28:55,699 --> 00:28:56,897 (Mary Jane) I mean, forget if we're ugly or not. 702 00:28:56,847 --> 00:28:58,296 Maybe it's worse. 703 00:28:58,232 --> 00:29:01,055 Maybe black women are invisible to our own men, 704 00:29:00,923 --> 00:29:02,122 or even worse than that, 705 00:29:02,071 --> 00:29:04,769 black women are just not worth fighting for. 706 00:29:04,643 --> 00:29:07,925 Mark, does an attack like this do more damage to black women 707 00:29:07,770 --> 00:29:09,843 than the silence of black men? 708 00:29:09,749 --> 00:29:11,281 If we're going to be honest, we've been dealing 709 00:29:11,213 --> 00:29:13,203 with 200 years of these kinds of attacks, right. 710 00:29:13,113 --> 00:29:16,269 So this is not anything new or unusual. 711 00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:18,027 What I think is really at the-- 712 00:29:17,941 --> 00:29:20,764 what's really egging black women on at this period in time 713 00:29:20,631 --> 00:29:22,205 is this feeling of betrayal-- 714 00:29:22,136 --> 00:29:25,292 that black men did not close ranks around them, right. 715 00:29:25,143 --> 00:29:28,341 That black male silence was complicit in the attacks 716 00:29:28,190 --> 00:29:30,598 that came from this particular magazine. 717 00:29:30,486 --> 00:29:32,017 Black women, historically, 718 00:29:31,950 --> 00:29:34,940 have always closed ranks around black male issues. 719 00:29:34,799 --> 00:29:36,747 Black women should expect the same kind of support 720 00:29:36,659 --> 00:29:37,941 from black men. 721 00:29:37,886 --> 00:29:40,126 India, your hits, Video, and Brown Skin, 722 00:29:40,023 --> 00:29:41,513 and I Am Not My Hair-- 723 00:29:41,448 --> 00:29:42,897 they were all new anthems 724 00:29:42,834 --> 00:29:45,490 that ushered in a new millennium for black women. 725 00:29:45,366 --> 00:29:47,147 Does that movement still exist? 726 00:29:47,067 --> 00:29:48,974 It's certainly not the mainstream movement. 727 00:29:48,887 --> 00:29:50,127 We turn on television, 728 00:29:50,075 --> 00:29:51,815 and we know what the mainstream movement is, 729 00:29:51,737 --> 00:29:53,311 and it's actually the polar opposite 730 00:29:53,241 --> 00:29:55,356 of the socially responsible message 731 00:29:55,260 --> 00:29:56,583 that we're talking about, 732 00:29:56,526 --> 00:29:58,682 that was so popular in the early millennium. 733 00:29:58,583 --> 00:30:00,448 But... 734 00:30:00,364 --> 00:30:03,396 I meet children of that legacy every day. 735 00:30:03,253 --> 00:30:06,118 I've been in the music industry for 15 years, 736 00:30:05,984 --> 00:30:08,974 and just in the last 3 years, I meet grown women-- 737 00:30:08,833 --> 00:30:10,823 25, 26, who say, 738 00:30:10,733 --> 00:30:11,765 "I grew up on your music," 739 00:30:11,722 --> 00:30:14,004 and they do things like, "My hair--" 740 00:30:13,899 --> 00:30:15,306 this is because of you." 741 00:30:15,245 --> 00:30:17,484 When you were writing these hits 742 00:30:17,381 --> 00:30:20,621 that spoke so eloquently to black women and our struggle, 743 00:30:20,468 --> 00:30:22,750 collectively, did you feel beautiful? 744 00:30:22,645 --> 00:30:23,593 Did you feel empowered? 745 00:30:23,555 --> 00:30:25,921 Were you empowered? 746 00:30:25,811 --> 00:30:29,133 Or were they more like mantras that you were-- 747 00:30:28,976 --> 00:30:30,841 would hope to sort of catch on, 748 00:30:30,757 --> 00:30:33,664 to hype women up to actually believe that about ourselves? 749 00:30:33,527 --> 00:30:36,143 That is a multitiered question for me, 750 00:30:36,022 --> 00:30:39,594 because I was so young. I was in my early 20s, 751 00:30:39,424 --> 00:30:41,957 and I did-- I felt good about myself. 752 00:30:41,839 --> 00:30:43,578 I didn't think I was perfect, obviously. 753 00:30:43,500 --> 00:30:46,616 I had my issues, but I felt good about myself, 754 00:30:46,469 --> 00:30:49,958 but I started, just as I was coming into the public eye-- 755 00:30:49,793 --> 00:30:53,158 started seeing that other people didn't think I was beautiful. 756 00:30:52,998 --> 00:30:55,738 And so I would say, "I'm this. I'm not that." 757 00:30:55,610 --> 00:30:57,517 I'm not the average girl from your video." 758 00:30:57,431 --> 00:30:58,462 Like, I would say-- right? 759 00:30:58,419 --> 00:30:59,493 Mm-hmm. 760 00:30:59,449 --> 00:31:01,481 At the core of those songs, 761 00:31:01,389 --> 00:31:04,045 it's really about self-worth, 762 00:31:03,921 --> 00:31:05,495 self-definition, 763 00:31:05,425 --> 00:31:06,831 and why would you allow anyone else 764 00:31:06,770 --> 00:31:08,927 to be the authority on you? 765 00:31:08,828 --> 00:31:11,734 Now, you know, one could argue that the horrific comments 766 00:31:11,598 --> 00:31:13,256 made in Psychology Today-- 767 00:31:13,182 --> 00:31:15,047 comments that were then co-signed 768 00:31:14,963 --> 00:31:17,327 by black men's silence-- could leave black women 769 00:31:17,218 --> 00:31:19,291 with a post-traumatic stress disorder. 770 00:31:19,196 --> 00:31:20,729 Is that why it meant so much 771 00:31:20,662 --> 00:31:23,443 that Lupita Nyong'o won the Oscar 772 00:31:23,312 --> 00:31:25,344 or graced the cover of People Magazine's Most Beautiful issue 773 00:31:25,252 --> 00:31:26,783 or cover of Vogue, 774 00:31:26,716 --> 00:31:28,582 or that she's starring in the highly-anticipated 775 00:31:28,497 --> 00:31:29,736 new Star Wars movie? 776 00:31:29,684 --> 00:31:31,133 Michaela, shed some light on that. 777 00:31:31,069 --> 00:31:33,517 It's insane, this discussion that we're having. 778 00:31:33,404 --> 00:31:35,352 When you think about it-- look at us. 779 00:31:35,264 --> 00:31:36,754 Look at how beautiful we are. 780 00:31:36,688 --> 00:31:38,345 Look at all the colors in your skin, 781 00:31:38,272 --> 00:31:39,429 and all the colors in your skin, 782 00:31:39,380 --> 00:31:42,244 and all the colors in Lupita's skin. 783 00:31:42,110 --> 00:31:45,100 This is what makes black girls magic-- 784 00:31:44,959 --> 00:31:46,492 like, that all of us can say, 785 00:31:46,425 --> 00:31:49,206 "We are sisters with this plethora of beauty." 786 00:31:49,075 --> 00:31:50,690 Our hair can change shape 787 00:31:50,619 --> 00:31:53,276 and sizes with a hot comb and some water. 788 00:31:53,152 --> 00:31:54,808 It shape shifts, then. 789 00:31:54,734 --> 00:31:56,766 We can be all these things, 790 00:31:56,674 --> 00:31:58,122 but we've become-- 791 00:31:58,059 --> 00:31:59,549 they've become battlegrounds. Right? 792 00:31:59,483 --> 00:32:01,056 The things that make us so beautiful-- 793 00:32:00,987 --> 00:32:03,269 no other group of women can say this-- 794 00:32:03,164 --> 00:32:04,446 can say that you and I are sisters, 795 00:32:04,391 --> 00:32:05,797 where our skin is different. 796 00:32:05,736 --> 00:32:07,143 Our hair is different, but we're together. 797 00:32:07,082 --> 00:32:08,323 - Mm-hmm. - But there's a-- 798 00:32:08,270 --> 00:32:09,759 there's a whole community of people 799 00:32:09,693 --> 00:32:11,600 trying to debunk our beauty. 800 00:32:11,514 --> 00:32:13,671 So there's a-- there's an insanity around it, 801 00:32:13,572 --> 00:32:15,728 and people like Lupita and the First Lady 802 00:32:15,630 --> 00:32:17,495 start to be a salve on this idea. 803 00:32:17,410 --> 00:32:18,817 But we have to-- 804 00:32:18,756 --> 00:32:20,496 we have to say that we're magic. 805 00:32:20,418 --> 00:32:24,116 We have to say that our skin is beautiful in all its hues 806 00:32:23,940 --> 00:32:25,680 and continue that conversation, 807 00:32:25,602 --> 00:32:27,926 because the other one is relentless. 808 00:32:27,819 --> 00:32:30,017 And that's why the silence from black men on this issue 809 00:32:29,916 --> 00:32:33,531 is complicit with the attacks from Psychology Today. 810 00:32:33,359 --> 00:32:35,808 Too often, we've seen examples of black women 811 00:32:35,695 --> 00:32:38,101 who go out on a limb to not only support themselves, 812 00:32:37,990 --> 00:32:40,647 but also to nurture and take care of the men 813 00:32:40,523 --> 00:32:42,054 and the boys in their families. 814 00:32:41,986 --> 00:32:44,726 Very often, black men will only go to the doctor 815 00:32:44,598 --> 00:32:46,047 to get a prostate exam 816 00:32:45,984 --> 00:32:48,598 because some woman more than encouraged him to do that. 817 00:32:48,476 --> 00:32:51,383 We do not see that same kind of encouragement 818 00:32:51,247 --> 00:32:54,071 amongst black men for the lives of black women. 819 00:32:53,938 --> 00:32:56,469 Ask a black man, "What is a fibroid?" 820 00:32:56,352 --> 00:32:58,634 We all--we all know what prostate cancer is, right? 821 00:32:58,529 --> 00:32:59,935 Right. Yeah. 822 00:32:59,874 --> 00:33:02,407 And almost 80% of all black women at some point 823 00:33:02,289 --> 00:33:05,903 suffer some--from some aspect of fibroid disease. 824 00:33:05,731 --> 00:33:07,888 You'd be hard-pressed to think of any disease 825 00:33:07,789 --> 00:33:11,196 that affected 80% of black men that every black woman 826 00:33:11,035 --> 00:33:12,483 and girl in America wouldn't know about. 827 00:33:12,419 --> 00:33:13,743 Say that. 828 00:33:13,686 --> 00:33:15,258 But our problem is our problem, 829 00:33:15,189 --> 00:33:17,638 but your problems are also our problems. 830 00:33:17,524 --> 00:33:19,431 We have to right the ship on that. 831 00:33:19,345 --> 00:33:21,210 So what is beauty? 832 00:33:21,126 --> 00:33:23,491 Do we leave it up to the masses to shape our imagery, 833 00:33:23,382 --> 00:33:25,414 or do we define it for ourselves? 834 00:33:25,321 --> 00:33:26,977 Ultimately, it comes down to having 835 00:33:26,904 --> 00:33:30,061 the self-worth and confidence to stand in your own skin 836 00:33:29,912 --> 00:33:31,902 and fully embrace who you are. 837 00:33:31,811 --> 00:33:33,509 (Mary Jane on TV) I mean, how can we expect others to see our worth 838 00:33:33,433 --> 00:33:35,548 when we continue to dim our own light? 839 00:33:35,452 --> 00:33:37,900 The culture at large may not see eye to eye on this topic, 840 00:33:37,786 --> 00:33:41,859 but having the discussion is a part of the healing process. 841 00:33:41,664 --> 00:33:44,571 I'd like to thank my guests, India Arie, Mark Anthony Neal, 842 00:33:44,435 --> 00:33:47,425 and Michaela Angela Davis for joining us today. 843 00:33:47,284 --> 00:33:49,524 As Confucius once said, 844 00:33:49,421 --> 00:33:50,953 "Everything has beauty, 845 00:33:50,886 --> 00:33:52,668 but not everyone sees it." 846 00:33:52,588 --> 00:33:54,202 I'm Mary Jane Paul. 847 00:33:54,130 --> 00:33:56,579 Thank you for watching, and I'll see you tomorrow. 848 00:33:58,682 --> 00:33:59,682 Come on. Hurry up. 849 00:34:03,298 --> 00:34:04,787 Did you get the money? 850 00:34:04,714 --> 00:34:06,163 (guard) You've got 20 minutes. 851 00:34:11,298 --> 00:34:12,622 What's going on with you? 852 00:34:12,565 --> 00:34:14,305 Huh? 853 00:34:14,227 --> 00:34:17,217 You talking to Phil again? 854 00:34:17,076 --> 00:34:19,358 What? 855 00:34:19,253 --> 00:34:20,909 Who told you that? 856 00:34:25,624 --> 00:34:28,530 Once. 857 00:34:28,394 --> 00:34:31,468 I saw him once. 858 00:34:31,323 --> 00:34:32,688 (guard) Keep your hands on the table, please. 859 00:34:32,629 --> 00:34:35,786 I messed up, but I'm done. 860 00:34:35,637 --> 00:34:39,335 I'll get help as soon as I get out of here. 861 00:34:39,159 --> 00:34:42,524 How's my baby? 862 00:34:42,364 --> 00:34:44,604 She's fine. 863 00:34:44,501 --> 00:34:45,657 Good. 864 00:34:45,609 --> 00:34:47,391 I knew she would be. 865 00:34:51,110 --> 00:34:53,183 So did you get the money? 866 00:34:57,877 --> 00:35:00,576 No. 867 00:35:00,450 --> 00:35:01,440 Not yet. 868 00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:05,681 Patrick, I can't stay here. 869 00:35:05,475 --> 00:35:08,924 Can't you ask your sister? 870 00:35:08,761 --> 00:35:09,918 I mean, your mom hates me, 871 00:35:09,869 --> 00:35:13,817 but what about your dad? 872 00:35:13,628 --> 00:35:16,618 Don't worry. I'm working on it. 873 00:35:19,603 --> 00:35:21,593 (guard) Come on. Get up. Let's go. 874 00:35:24,907 --> 00:35:27,313 Mr. Patterson, it's good to see you again. 875 00:35:27,202 --> 00:35:28,317 Yeah. You too. 876 00:35:28,270 --> 00:35:29,510 School's not out for another ten minutes. 877 00:35:29,457 --> 00:35:30,531 Did you want us to send for D'Asia? 878 00:35:30,487 --> 00:35:32,435 No, no. I'll wait. 879 00:35:32,347 --> 00:35:34,754 I actually wanted to pay off the balance for D'Asia's lunches. 880 00:35:34,642 --> 00:35:37,965 Oh, great. 881 00:35:37,808 --> 00:35:39,507 Brenda, would you pull up D'Asia's account 882 00:35:39,431 --> 00:35:40,379 for Mr. Patterson? 883 00:35:40,341 --> 00:35:42,705 Yes, ma'am. 884 00:35:42,596 --> 00:35:45,045 We don't usually see you after school. 885 00:35:44,931 --> 00:35:46,880 Well, I work late, but I took off today 886 00:35:46,792 --> 00:35:49,573 so I could come down and straighten everything out. 887 00:35:49,443 --> 00:35:52,016 Yes, I am very familiar with late hours. 888 00:35:51,896 --> 00:35:54,303 Yeah. Thank God for grandparents, huh? 889 00:35:54,192 --> 00:35:55,265 Right. [laughs] 890 00:35:57,595 --> 00:35:59,127 Listen, if you're ever in a bind, 891 00:35:59,060 --> 00:36:00,758 you can feel free to call me. 892 00:36:00,682 --> 00:36:02,756 I'm happy to help any way I can. 893 00:36:02,661 --> 00:36:06,609 Oh, thank you. 894 00:36:06,420 --> 00:36:09,285 Appreciate that. 895 00:36:09,151 --> 00:36:11,516 (Smith on TV) I understand that there are a lot of black women 896 00:36:11,407 --> 00:36:12,855 who felt that, you know, 897 00:36:12,792 --> 00:36:16,074 being brown or being dark was a hindrance, 898 00:36:15,918 --> 00:36:20,158 and while I don't want to ever discount their roles, 899 00:36:19,955 --> 00:36:24,237 I just want to say that that's not every brown girl's story. 900 00:36:24,031 --> 00:36:26,979 There are some dark women, like myself, 901 00:36:26,841 --> 00:36:29,289 who have always loved the skin that they were in, 902 00:36:29,175 --> 00:36:30,791 and I think a lot more women 903 00:36:30,720 --> 00:36:33,334 than what is portrayed in the media actually do know that. 904 00:36:33,212 --> 00:36:35,036 [ringtone chiming] 905 00:36:34,954 --> 00:36:38,902 But you know, of course, the sad story always gets more-- 906 00:36:38,713 --> 00:36:40,953 - Well, hello there. - Great show today. 907 00:36:40,850 --> 00:36:42,506 - Thank you. - Powerful. 908 00:36:42,432 --> 00:36:45,256 I found myself complimenting every black woman I saw today. 909 00:36:45,124 --> 00:36:46,406 That's a lot of compliments. 910 00:36:46,351 --> 00:36:47,841 I mean, this is Atlanta. 911 00:36:47,776 --> 00:36:49,766 That's why I'm so tired and hungry. 912 00:36:49,676 --> 00:36:52,458 - Have you eaten? - No. 913 00:36:52,327 --> 00:36:54,816 - Would you like to eat with me? - Yes. 914 00:36:54,701 --> 00:36:56,358 I'm on my way. 915 00:36:56,284 --> 00:36:57,565 [phone beeps] 916 00:36:57,510 --> 00:37:00,542 [Janelle Mon?e's PrimeTime playing] 917 00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:08,400 918 00:37:08,354 --> 00:37:11,511 [Mary Jane laughing] 919 00:37:11,362 --> 00:37:13,977 No. I mean, it was crazy that I did it. 920 00:37:13,855 --> 00:37:16,179 No, there's no current context for me to tell that story. 921 00:37:16,072 --> 00:37:17,020 Well, you wanted to do it. 922 00:37:16,982 --> 00:37:18,388 That's relevant enough. 923 00:37:18,327 --> 00:37:21,776 Yeah, well, I took advantage of my privilege. 924 00:37:21,612 --> 00:37:23,226 - Didn't it feel good? - Oh, it felt so good. 925 00:37:23,155 --> 00:37:26,646 - Come on. - So good. 926 00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:27,512 Okay. Where are we going again? 927 00:37:27,470 --> 00:37:30,585 You'll see. 928 00:37:30,438 --> 00:37:31,677 So the whole meditation thing... 929 00:37:31,624 --> 00:37:32,614 Mm-hmm? 930 00:37:32,574 --> 00:37:34,564 Totally did not work out for me. 931 00:37:34,473 --> 00:37:36,214 You got to keep at it. 932 00:37:36,136 --> 00:37:38,750 It's like practice. 933 00:37:38,629 --> 00:37:40,744 We're here. 934 00:37:40,647 --> 00:37:41,971 Really? 935 00:37:41,914 --> 00:37:43,112 A chicken shack? 936 00:37:43,061 --> 00:37:44,343 What? 937 00:37:44,288 --> 00:37:46,236 It's in honor of you returning to your roots. 938 00:37:46,148 --> 00:37:48,013 Oh. 939 00:37:47,929 --> 00:37:50,336 And I figured a brother'd have to be real black to date you. 940 00:37:50,225 --> 00:37:51,257 Oh, so black. 941 00:37:51,214 --> 00:37:53,204 Yeah. 942 00:37:53,114 --> 00:37:55,520 After you. 943 00:37:55,408 --> 00:37:57,232 (Mon?e) For our love 944 00:37:57,150 --> 00:38:00,347 Ain't nobody thinking about the stars above 945 00:38:00,196 --> 00:38:04,395 It's a prime time for our love 946 00:38:04,194 --> 00:38:06,184 And heaven is betting on us 947 00:38:06,234 --> 00:38:10,784 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0 67802

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