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[twinkling music]

[twinkling music]

[Jolie] Previously on Beyond Black Beauty█

Let's partner with Stonepointe on that clinic.

Have you ever seen anyone

that looks like us at Stonepointe?

[Jolie] That's not█

The exact same book.

It's been in our family for generations.

- We miss you. - Yeah, Mom is Mom.

Mom is Mom? Son, she didn't get there by herself.

You helped her draw that line in the sand.

When I said you made the shortlist,

I meant you. Not Beauty.

[Jolie] Now is not the time to be showing nerves to someone

who designs champion athletes for a living.

Beauty may not have been bred to compete,

but she was born to do this.

["Pop!" by Adana Duru playing]

♪ I don't really know What you're tryna do ♪

♪ Got the top down Goin' 'bout a hundred and two ♪

[Alvin laughs softly]

♪ You liking what you see ♪

♪ And baby I'd have to agree ♪

♪ I'm looking way too damn sexy tonight ♪

♪ Not a beauty in the world You ever seen like this ♪

♪ Tell me, do you wanna watch me Move my waist like this█ ♪

[slow laugh]

[Jolie huffs] You better not.

I'm just minding my own business.

Alvin, my uniform.

Probably should've thought of that.

[Jolie giggles]

You play dirty, but█

touché.

[sighs] You're not bored of me yet?

Our time together, it's all ranch and Stonepointe.

And if I'm not prepping for the clinic,

I'm training every night with Beauty.

It can't be what you signed up for.

And what if it is?

♪ I never had nothing special before█ ♪

Oh, sorry.

Um, Jolie?

Kyle Freed. I'm with the Baltimore Inquirer.

I'm covering the clinic today.

Gretchen insisted that I get some

face time with the future Olympian.

- Of course. - Great.

Don't worry. We'll pick this up later.

[upbeat music playing]

So tell me, when did you first start to ride?

[horse neighs]

[Yvonne] Yes.

You all must be feeling very proud of what you managed to do.

Well, we haven't done anything yet.

But, yes, we're happy to open our doors to a wider community.

And it's great to give our children

access to a champion-level trainer,

like Gretchen.

It really is the perfect partnership.

They bring the eager participants and we bring, well,

everything else.

[audience laughs]

And maybe we'll find a few hidden

equestrian talents in the process.

More little Jolies.

Just what the world needs.

Uh, Petra, as a co-owner

are you hoping for this to be the first

of many Stonepointe community clinics?

Stonepointe-Chambers community clinics.

- Right. - [Petra] That's the hope.

These clinics are the perfect chance to share access

to proper high-level English riding lessons.

And nothing would make us happier

than to extend that opportunity

to the children of the underprivileged

and underserved community

of West Baltimore.

Mm, my ranch is a mainstay in West Baltimore.

We've been serving our community for over a hundred years.

Quite successfully, I might add.

No one's saying otherwise.

Our goal is simply to build a better, safer future

for these children who can't help where they grow up.

[Yvonne] Underprivileged, underserved?

And now you're gonna save us from ourselves?

You're, you're taking me out of context.

And truthfully,

you should be grateful

that we've shown special interest in your ranch.

- There's no need to overreact. - Okay.

We're done here.

Yeah, you can take your people and your horses and your money

and get the hell off my land.

That's right.

[dramatic music playing]

[opening theme music playing]

[sighs]

Hey.

I don't know how to begin to apologize for my mother.

You know how old folks are.

Holding onto a past that no longer exists.

But this doesn't change anything between us.

Doesn't it?

No, no, of course not.

I still believe in you and your talent.

I'm not my mother.

I make my own decisions.

And you, of all people,

should know not to judge someone by the sins of their parents.

You're not wrong about that.

Gretchen!

Yes. Coming.

I'll be in touch about training.

Can't wait.

Bye.

[soft guitar music playing]

So, what happens now?

So many people have RSVP'd, shall we just postpone?

Absolutely not.

We made a commitment to the community.

So I still plan to offer a

profession clinic for English riders.

I'll call Marcos.

The Gonzalez ranch has the hunter jumper horses

and the tack we need. They won't mind helping.

I'll take care of the course.

Oh, great. Let's get to it.

I'm glad everyone seems confident

you can pull this off in six hours,

but who exactly is teaching this thing?

Uh, uh, no.

No. No.

Honey, those kids are expecting a professional.

And you're our Grand Prix winner.

Yeah, but that, that doesn't mean that█

But what?

You can do this, Jo.

Okay, fam. Let's get to work.

I don't mean to interrupt,

but I'd really love to stick around and tell the story.

You know our readers love an underdog.

[Ronnie] Ma, look, I posted

about the clinic, people are excited.

Any publicity is good publicity, so█

Okay, Mr. Freed, but just try not to get in the way.

Yes, ma'am.

[upbeat guitar music playing]

[Marcos] Familia! [claps hands]

Let's unload quickly. Get to work.

[Michael] Hey, Marcos!

Long time.

Looking good, old friend.

A little creaky, but, uh, still ticking. [laughs]

Thanks so much for coming.

Us urban ranchers gotta stick

together. It's always been like that.

And it'll stay that way. Come on, let's get you set up.

Uh, I'm, I'ma go help there. Yeah? Mm.

[chuckles] Does Mom know you're here?

Let me worry about your mother.

So, what, is she, uh, tryna to erase me now?

The mural? Nah, nah, that wasn't Mom.

That was all Stonepointe.

Got you.

All right, then,

let's show Stonepointe how we do.

Okay.

Yeah. Yeah.

Wow.

[Michael] Our people were never given their due credit.

We were instrumental in taming the Wild West.

One in four cowboys were Black.

That's right.

Our readership is gonna eat this up.

I'm sure a lot of them don't know

that Black cowboys even exist.

Well, imagine that.

Black achievements erased from the history books.

You can tell your readers I'm shocked.

No, Americans love to think they created rodeo,

but it originated with the Spanish and Mexicans,

then our people gave it some flair.

You wouldn't have steer wrestling without Bill Pickett.

My kids have barely mastered Postmates. What's your secret?

Well, we're committed to

seeing our history live beyond us.

[Kyle] Through the next generation.

Ronnie, the barrel racer.

- And Lil' Man, the█ - Calf roper.

And best Peewee Bronc Rider of 2012,

Lemond Parrish.

[somber music playing]

[relaxing guitar music playing]

Does she think she's fooling anyone with that fake smile?

She's fooling everyone outside

this family and that's all that matters.

I know my daughter.

Yvonne won't let anyone stop her.

And you must be very proud of yours.

Filling in for Gretchen Müller is no easy feat.

I am proud of her.

But also worried.

Jolie has some doubts.

She thinks that we're not capable without Stonepointe.

Are you surprised?

It's hard to have pride when you don't know your history.

We know you took our heirloom with you to Belgium,

but I'm betting you didn't tell her the whole story.

I guess I took it just so I'd always have a piece of home.

But I was gonna tell her about its history.

Some day.

Well, how about today?

We show Jolie where she comes from.

Yeah.

Yeah.

We can't afford trouble.

And wherever Lemond goes, trouble follows.

We have our rules for a reason.

This is not "our" rule.

But I've gone along with it, like always.

Look, you wanted

Stonepointe out, I got your back.

You wanted help to deliver on your clinic,

I got it for you.

But Lemond is it.

The boy knows his way around every tool.

It's one day.

["Gonna Work It" Jayl Funk Remix playing]

Hey. You're welcome.

We'll talk about this later.

Hi.

♪ Oh so hard to be in love Yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Can you feel it? ♪

It looks exactly like the plans.

Oh, we won't take offense to your surprise.

Okay. I was a little worried.

At least the course looks right.

Now, just for the teaching part.

You got this.

[Michael] Good afternoon, everyone.

- [horse snorts] - [music ends]

Welcome to the Chambers-Gonzales community clinic.

Led by my talented granddaughter

and Grand Prix winner,

Jolie Dumont.

[applause]

Jolie!

I know you were all expecting Stonepointe today,

but there's a reason why they aren't here.

How many times have you been undervalued?

[crowd] Mm-hmm.

And how many times has this community been underestimated?

[crowd] Mm-hmm.

We will not let anyone steal our joy,

our pride,

our respect.

Our ranch has been a part of

this community for six generations.

Its values are rooted in a people who overcame cruelty

and inhumanity.

My great-grandfather, Gabriel,

was a freed slave.

Raised as a cowboy.

He started reading█

Black Beauty.

And when he got this land,

it inspired him to turn it into a safe haven for human

and for horse.

"My doctrine is this,

that if we see cruelty or wrong

that we have the power to stop and do nothing,

we make ourselves sharers in the guilt."

[somber music playing]

Consistency in the basics will make you an expert one day.

So, let's start with the basics.

This position is called a two-point.

Heels are down, front is forward,

and your bum is up off the saddle.

See here, heels down is important.

It steadies you.

If you go on your toes, you lose your balance

and your horse will also lose its balance.

Now, I'm gonna take this position over a jump.

[upbeat music playing]

See? Nothing to it.

[music ends]

Would anyone like to volunteer to ride Beauty?

Yeah, no, I don't trust that horse. It bit Lil' Man.

What happens if she doesn't want to jump?

What if she kicks us off too?

Beauty is dangerous.

[girl] Can we ride a different horse?

Uh, hey, y'all.

Uh█

Look, we know it's scary.

To try something new.

And, yeah, Beauty here made a mistake,

but she's a different horse now.

Ronnie has never been on Beauty before.

That's right.

So she'll go first.

Show you there's nothing to worry about.

C'mon.

[sighs]

[sighs]

All right. Don't embarrass me, lady.

[Beauty snorts]

["Boss" by Chris Prythm and others playing]

♪ Imma Imma boss Imma Imma Imma boss█ ♪

Bum up, Ron.

Yes, just like that.

Great job!

How about a hand for our first rider?

And our dependable Beauty.

Who's here to have some fun?

♪ Hold up, work, I seen that look before ♪

♪ Independent, in to win it I ain't gotta look for mo ♪

♪ Imma Imma boss Imma Imma Imma boss█ ♪

Ooh! Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[music fades and ends]

[horse neighs]

[sighs] Thanks for helping out today.

Couldn't have done it without you guys.

It's becoming a pattern.

Can you not live without me, Parrish?

Mm.

Trying very hard not to.

["Free" by Otis Kane playing]

♪ Way down in my heart Is where you found the key ♪

Good night.

♪ My soul is on fire 'Cause you bring the heat ♪

♪ There ain't no love without insanity ♪

♪ It's more than enough To know you want it too ♪

Get over it.

Look, you ain't gotta hide your feelings from us...

Parrish.

We see you for the beautiful, complicated creature you are.

I hate you.

We killed it today.

The Müllers are gonna eat their words.

We'll see.

Gretchen just texted me. She wants me to stop by Stonepointe.

You're still gonna work with her?

After everything colonizer Petra said?

If I let every racist thing affect

me, I wouldn't get anywhere.

What about pride? You have any?

Of course I have pride.

It's why I work as hard as I do.

Maybe what Petra said was messed up,

but that's her.

Gretchen isn't her mother.

Yeah, but she's a Müller.

I bet the apple doesn't fall far from the white privileged tree.

Better get out while you can.

And walk away from an opportunity

I worked my whole life to get?

Uh, yeah, no.

There have been plenty of white faces to stare at.

And I've always been the only one in the arena,

but it didn't stop me then. And it won't stop me now.

[Alvin] See, and I get it.

You gotta infiltrate to break barriers.

Look at how the day went.

The look on those kids faces to see someone who looks like them

do the unthinkable, that, that's priceless.

See, this is why I didn't want y'all to date.

Of course you're gonna take her side. Stop.

Look, I guess you just gotta ask yourself,

are your dreams worth the cost of your soul?

Today was a good day.

Mm-hmm.

[somber music playing]

And if it was so good,

then why do I get the feeling that you're still unhappy?

Stop interrogating me, Elle.

[sighs]

Lemond was our saving grace.

Seeing all my kids together after so long█

It shook me.

I just wish it wasn't so complicated.

Then uncomplicate it.

[sighs]

Look, maybe it's time for him to come home.

I have given that boy█

so many chances.

And the last time I let my guard down█

he brought a gun onto the ranch.

And Lil' Man was the one who found it.

He's the one who chose gang life over family, not me.

Lemond messed up.

And I know you have to keep everyone safe.

But I know a thing or two

about missing out on your family.

I just don't want you to make the same mistake I did.

Life is unfairly short.

[sighs]

Did you see Ron Money's posture when she was riding English?

Yeah, I do.

She was practically British.

Okay, maybe next time volunteer yourself.

Yeah, next time. Yeah.

Dinner.

Do you have to go?

Yeah, bud. I'll see you soon.

Work on that posture.

[somber music continues]

Boom.

- See you, girl. - See you.

You did good today.

Yeah, like my ma taught me.

Night.

Hungry?

[horse neighs]

- Yeah. - Okay.

[music ends]

[Gretchen] Oh, thank God you're here.

What's going on?

Freed called.

For a response about his article.

Listen to this.

"What happened here today was a community coming together.

Representing themselves

and pushing diversity in a sport where it's lacking.

Stonepointe could learn a thing or two from the Chambers ranch."

That's unbelievable.

I mean, what's wrong with that?

Diversity doesn't just happen overnight.

So listen.

We'll just have to make it clear to the world

that you are a Stonepointe's ambassador of sorts.

Then there will be no doubt

about our commitment to diversity.

Is this because of the article

or you actually wanna be inclusive?

Uh, it's all part of our modernize mandate.

It's always been the plan.

And you just happen to be the perfect candidate.

It's win-win.

It is a great opportunity to open the door for others.

Exactly.

So, let's get Freed on the phone

and tell him that you agree with Petra.

But we did deliver without you.

Yeah, maybe we define success a bit differently.

And wasn't it the point to give them a world-class teacher?

No.

No, the point was to show these

kids that there's space for them too.

And I got to be a part of that.

[inhales] Are you really not gonna help...

the one person who's been rooting for you?

For months?

Without my family's support or money or access

you wouldn't even be able to walk through the front door.

Who do you think you are?

[sighs] If█

I see something wrong and do nothing,

I'm just as guilty.

No, I am not gonna be your diversity doll on some pamphlet.

Good luck getting to Belgium.

Watch me.

[tense music playing]