1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:03,330 ♪ I'm with this ♪ 2 00:00:03,330 --> 00:00:04,880 ♪ Complexion ♪ [ Alarm rings ] 3 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:06,790 ♪ Two-step ♪ [ Alarm stops ] 4 00:00:06,790 --> 00:00:08,250 ♪ Complexion don't mean a thing ♪ 5 00:00:08,250 --> 00:00:09,960 [ Yawns ] 6 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:11,250 ♪ It's a Zulu love ♪ 7 00:00:11,250 --> 00:00:12,420 [ Sighs ] 8 00:00:12,420 --> 00:00:15,250 ♪ Oh, complexion ♪ 9 00:00:15,250 --> 00:00:18,040 ♪ Two-step ♪ 10 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:20,170 ♪ It all feels the same ♪ 11 00:00:20,170 --> 00:00:23,330 ♪ It's a Zulu love ♪ 12 00:00:23,330 --> 00:00:24,120 ♪ Ah ♪ 13 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:29,620 ♪ Dark as the midnight hour or bright as the morning sun ♪ 14 00:00:29,620 --> 00:00:31,500 Dre: Some days it's like you can guess 15 00:00:31,500 --> 00:00:33,250 exactly where you're going... 16 00:00:33,250 --> 00:00:35,960 Coffee, my half-Nubian queen? 17 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:41,670 Oh, well, thank you so much, my hobo-bearded king. 18 00:00:41,670 --> 00:00:42,830 Jack: Mo-ooom! Da-aaad! 19 00:00:42,830 --> 00:00:44,380 Ah, here we go. 20 00:00:44,380 --> 00:00:45,710 What do you think he forgot this time? 21 00:00:45,710 --> 00:00:47,670 Field trip. 22 00:00:47,670 --> 00:00:50,420 And I bet you the rest of this creamer 23 00:00:50,420 --> 00:00:52,420 that he wants one of us to chaperone. 24 00:00:52,420 --> 00:00:53,790 [ Creamer splashes ] 25 00:00:53,790 --> 00:00:55,540 I'll take that action. Bet. 26 00:00:55,540 --> 00:00:56,620 Okay, so I need one of you guys 27 00:00:56,620 --> 00:00:57,920 to pay for my class picture, okay? 28 00:00:57,920 --> 00:00:59,710 You can do cash, credit, Venmo... Damn it. 29 00:00:59,710 --> 00:01:01,540 And, Mom, you can write a check. 30 00:01:01,540 --> 00:01:02,460 Dad, you cannot. 31 00:01:02,460 --> 00:01:03,750 Ha! 32 00:01:03,750 --> 00:01:04,880 Thank you. 33 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:06,460 And also, we only have 42 minutes 34 00:01:06,460 --> 00:01:08,380 to get to school on time, so... 35 00:01:08,380 --> 00:01:09,330 You do realize once you get there, 36 00:01:09,330 --> 00:01:11,000 you still will be at school. Dre. 37 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:12,540 I understand, 38 00:01:12,540 --> 00:01:14,500 but I've had perfect attendance all semester, 39 00:01:14,500 --> 00:01:16,170 and if I get on time today, 40 00:01:16,170 --> 00:01:17,960 I'll get my first certificate. 41 00:01:17,960 --> 00:01:19,380 'Cause I need something positive 42 00:01:19,380 --> 00:01:21,040 for them to put in the yearbook. 43 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:24,420 All they have right now is -- Jack Johnson, tries. 44 00:01:24,420 --> 00:01:25,830 Aw. Well, that's nice. Okay, buddy. 45 00:01:25,830 --> 00:01:27,580 All right, all right, I will get you to school. 46 00:01:27,580 --> 00:01:29,920 Aw, look how cute you are. 47 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:31,830 Thank you so much for not holding 48 00:01:31,830 --> 00:01:33,460 the invisible guns this year. 49 00:01:33,460 --> 00:01:34,880 [ Sighs ] I forgot. 50 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:37,080 [ Chuckles ] Where's Diane? 51 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:38,620 What? Right there. 52 00:01:38,620 --> 00:01:40,330 [ Gasps ] 53 00:01:40,330 --> 00:01:42,830 Oh, my God. 54 00:01:42,830 --> 00:01:45,670 What's wrong, babe? 55 00:01:45,670 --> 00:01:47,620 Yeah, that's Diane. 56 00:01:47,620 --> 00:01:49,380 Oh, my God! 57 00:01:49,380 --> 00:01:51,170 And other days, 58 00:01:51,170 --> 00:01:53,750 you never could've guessed where you'd end up. 59 00:01:53,750 --> 00:01:55,750 They O.J.'d my baby! 60 00:02:00,290 --> 00:02:01,580 Principal Biggs? 61 00:02:01,580 --> 00:02:03,580 Uh, y-yes... 62 00:02:03,580 --> 00:02:06,210 Yes, I am calling from a landline 63 00:02:06,210 --> 00:02:08,210 because this is very serious. 64 00:02:08,210 --> 00:02:12,420 My daughter was not lit properly in the class photo. 65 00:02:12,420 --> 00:02:13,880 And someone decided to print it anyway. 66 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:15,460 Yeah, it's gonna be a fight! 67 00:02:15,460 --> 00:02:18,080 All right, let me give you a little context. 68 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:20,290 Black people come in many shades, 69 00:02:20,290 --> 00:02:23,580 from Mariah Carey to Wesley Snipes. 70 00:02:23,580 --> 00:02:25,540 Because we look different, 71 00:02:25,540 --> 00:02:27,790 we get discriminated against differently. 72 00:02:27,790 --> 00:02:29,380 Like in the case of O.J. 73 00:02:29,380 --> 00:02:32,120 A magazine made his skin look darker 74 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:34,620 to make him seem more villainous. 75 00:02:34,620 --> 00:02:36,250 And sadly, it's not just done to us. 76 00:02:36,250 --> 00:02:37,580 Like with the 77 00:02:37,580 --> 00:02:40,500 "Are You Darker Than a Brown Paper Bag Test." 78 00:02:40,500 --> 00:02:43,540 Sometimes we even discriminate against each other. 79 00:02:43,540 --> 00:02:45,710 It's called "colorism" -- 80 00:02:45,710 --> 00:02:48,710 the racist belief that lightskin is good 81 00:02:48,710 --> 00:02:50,540 and darkskin is bad. 82 00:02:50,540 --> 00:02:52,420 But it's not just us. 83 00:02:52,420 --> 00:02:56,040 People are color-struck all around the world... 84 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:57,830 In Asian communities, 85 00:02:57,830 --> 00:03:02,250 some people use umbrellas and visors to avoid the sun. 86 00:03:02,250 --> 00:03:05,210 In Indian communities, some dark-skinned actors 87 00:03:05,210 --> 00:03:08,830 say they have trouble starring even in Bollywood movies. 88 00:03:08,830 --> 00:03:10,750 And in the Latin community, 89 00:03:10,750 --> 00:03:13,120 products that bleach your skin 90 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:15,460 are becoming increasingly popular. 91 00:03:15,460 --> 00:03:17,460 But with Black Americans, 92 00:03:17,460 --> 00:03:20,170 people believe colorism was the brainchild 93 00:03:20,170 --> 00:03:22,080 of a slave owner named Willie Lynch 94 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:24,210 who taught other slave owners 95 00:03:24,210 --> 00:03:27,750 how to control us by dividing us by color. 96 00:03:27,750 --> 00:03:31,620 Turns out, the story of Willie Lynch is a hoax. 97 00:03:31,620 --> 00:03:34,830 But it felt real because of the fact that slave owners 98 00:03:34,830 --> 00:03:36,790 did divide us by color, 99 00:03:36,790 --> 00:03:38,960 putting dark slaves in the field 100 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:41,620 and light slaves in the house. 101 00:03:41,620 --> 00:03:44,920 This separation caused deep-seated tension 102 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:47,960 and resentment that continues to this day. 103 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:49,500 The resentment is so great 104 00:03:49,500 --> 00:03:51,080 that it makes us hyper-sensitive 105 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:52,500 to issues of complexion. 106 00:03:52,500 --> 00:03:54,500 Which brings us back to this... 107 00:03:54,500 --> 00:03:55,920 It's gonna be a fight! 108 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:57,620 Yeah, we are coming in there to see you this morning. 109 00:03:57,620 --> 00:03:59,830 Mm-hmm, a real cat fight! 110 00:03:59,830 --> 00:04:01,210 Yeah, uh-huh... 111 00:04:01,210 --> 00:04:04,170 Like, immediately after drop-off, 112 00:04:04,170 --> 00:04:05,580 we are coming to your office. 113 00:04:05,580 --> 00:04:07,500 Mm-hmm, I'm talking about hair wrapped, earrings out, 114 00:04:07,500 --> 00:04:09,330 Vaseline on your face fight! Okay. Okay. 115 00:04:09,330 --> 00:04:11,080 Uh-huh. We will see you then. 116 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:12,670 Thank you. Mm-hmm. 117 00:04:12,670 --> 00:04:13,960 Unbelievable. 118 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:15,920 You got this, Bow. You got this. 119 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:17,170 You can get her. 120 00:04:17,170 --> 00:04:18,580 You can take her. 121 00:04:18,580 --> 00:04:20,540 I'm not fighting the principal, Dre. Why not? 122 00:04:20,540 --> 00:04:22,250 -What? -Hey, what's going on here? 123 00:04:22,250 --> 00:04:24,420 D-- I... This. 124 00:04:24,420 --> 00:04:26,380 So when is Rainbow gonna fight the principal? 125 00:04:26,380 --> 00:04:27,580 That's what I'm talking about! What is wrong with -- 126 00:04:27,580 --> 00:04:30,500 Whup my ass! What is wrong with you guys? 127 00:04:30,500 --> 00:04:31,620 Diane! 128 00:04:32,830 --> 00:04:34,250 [ Hushed voice ] Honestly, Mama... 129 00:04:36,710 --> 00:04:38,170 How are you doing? 130 00:04:38,170 --> 00:04:40,670 Mother, why are you touching me? 131 00:04:43,170 --> 00:04:45,000 We saw your class photo. 132 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:46,620 Oh, that? Yeah. 133 00:04:46,620 --> 00:04:47,920 Eh, it's no big deal. 134 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:48,790 Yes, it is. Dre: Yeah. 135 00:04:48,790 --> 00:04:50,040 Yes, it is. 136 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:51,880 Sweetheart, it is not okay 137 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:54,040 for them to light you like this. 138 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:56,420 They need to be more sensitive to all complexions. 139 00:04:56,420 --> 00:04:57,790 -Mm-hmm. -Mm-hmm. 140 00:04:57,790 --> 00:04:59,460 And we're gonna go and talk to them about this. 141 00:04:59,460 --> 00:05:01,620 Yes, your mother gonna beat up the principal. No, I'm not. 142 00:05:01,620 --> 00:05:02,620 No, you're not. 143 00:05:02,620 --> 00:05:03,710 But you're gonna try your best. 144 00:05:03,710 --> 00:05:05,000 I'm proud of you, baby. 145 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:06,290 You guys don't have to do this. 146 00:05:06,290 --> 00:05:08,040 Everybody takes bad pictures. 147 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:09,620 Yeah, especially Dad in the '90s. 148 00:05:09,620 --> 00:05:11,830 ♪♪ 149 00:05:11,830 --> 00:05:14,420 Do y'all know how hard it is to lean on a cane? 150 00:05:14,420 --> 00:05:16,460 Oh, my God. Huh? Do you? 151 00:05:16,460 --> 00:05:19,040 Okay, well, the point is we have less than 40 minutes 152 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:20,500 to get to school on time. 153 00:05:20,500 --> 00:05:21,710 Yes, and we are gonna get you there. 154 00:05:21,710 --> 00:05:23,170 And when we do, 155 00:05:23,170 --> 00:05:26,120 we are going to explain to Principal Biggs 156 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:28,880 that this is thoughtless and hurtful. 157 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:30,670 And we are gonna demand 158 00:05:30,670 --> 00:05:33,540 that she retake this photo with proper lighting. 159 00:05:33,540 --> 00:05:34,580 No... 160 00:05:34,580 --> 00:05:35,960 we're gonna go in there screaming 161 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:37,540 how racist they are 162 00:05:37,540 --> 00:05:39,710 and get free pictures for the rest of our lives. 163 00:05:39,710 --> 00:05:41,420 And then I'm gonna ask for some Kanye tickets. 164 00:05:41,420 --> 00:05:43,710 -Kanye? -I really want to see him, 165 00:05:43,710 --> 00:05:46,040 but I will never ever give that man any more of my money. 166 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:47,790 We have no idea if this was intentional. 167 00:05:47,790 --> 00:05:49,080 We can't just walk into Valley Glen 168 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:50,670 yelling about racism. 169 00:05:50,670 --> 00:05:53,080 It can't always be peaceful, Bow. 170 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:54,880 Sometimes you need a Ferguson. 171 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:56,210 We don't need either. 172 00:05:56,210 --> 00:05:58,830 I honestly think the photographer just messed up. 173 00:05:58,830 --> 00:06:00,380 So can we please just drop this? 174 00:06:00,380 --> 00:06:02,670 This is nothing to be ashamed of. 175 00:06:02,670 --> 00:06:04,290 And I know this is uncomfortable, 176 00:06:04,290 --> 00:06:05,500 but you have to trust us, okay? 177 00:06:05,500 --> 00:06:06,830 We're gonna figure this out... 178 00:06:06,830 --> 00:06:10,040 [ Sighs ] ...together, as a family, okay? 179 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:12,290 Whoo! Morning. 180 00:06:12,290 --> 00:06:15,040 Do I have time to get a smoothie before work? 181 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:16,040 Uh, we're gonna be late. 182 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:17,710 We got to go to the school 183 00:06:17,710 --> 00:06:19,960 because Diane has had her first issues with complexion. 184 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:21,250 Mm. 185 00:06:21,250 --> 00:06:23,880 So a yes on the smoothie. 186 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:24,920 Thank you, bigotry. 187 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:25,960 Junior. 188 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:27,830 But, hey, don't worry. 189 00:06:27,830 --> 00:06:30,120 If you can handle our family's issues with complexion, 190 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:33,000 then you can handle anybody else's. What issues? 191 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:34,960 [ Car tires screeching ] If you're wondering why this feels 192 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:37,330 like an accident about to happen, 193 00:06:37,330 --> 00:06:41,330 it's because colorism is something Black families 194 00:06:41,330 --> 00:06:43,080 really don't like to talk about. 195 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:44,920 I just meant she'll get used to it. 196 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:46,920 You know, since we're all colorists. 197 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:49,420 Whoa. I mean, especially Dad. 198 00:06:49,420 --> 00:06:50,790 [ Car tires squealing, glass shattering ] 199 00:06:50,790 --> 00:06:52,620 What the hell are you saying? 200 00:06:52,620 --> 00:06:54,540 Oh, uh, my bad. 201 00:06:54,540 --> 00:06:57,460 Did you guys want to be the ones to break it to her? 202 00:06:57,460 --> 00:06:58,750 [ Ruby muttering ] 203 00:06:58,750 --> 00:06:59,710 Rainbow: Junior. 204 00:07:04,170 --> 00:07:05,540 What are you talking about? 205 00:07:05,540 --> 00:07:07,330 Yeah, we're not colorists. 206 00:07:07,330 --> 00:07:10,250 Oh, oh, s-so that's what we're doing here? 207 00:07:10,250 --> 00:07:12,250 Oh, my bad, yeah. 208 00:07:12,250 --> 00:07:16,250 This family willingly accepts Black people of all shades. 209 00:07:16,250 --> 00:07:18,170 You sound stupid. 210 00:07:18,170 --> 00:07:20,120 You think we treat Diane the same way the school does? 211 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:22,250 [ Sighs ] No one is saying that. 212 00:07:22,250 --> 00:07:24,330 Can we just forget about all this? 213 00:07:24,330 --> 00:07:26,710 Yeah, I don't think is gonna help me get to school on time. 214 00:07:26,710 --> 00:07:28,380 Look, I just meant that sometimes 215 00:07:28,380 --> 00:07:29,960 the lightskin people in this family 216 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:31,040 get treated badly. 217 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:32,710 That's what you meant? 218 00:07:32,710 --> 00:07:35,960 But you know, baby, lightskins don't have problems. 219 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:38,290 Or course fair-skinned people have problems. 220 00:07:38,290 --> 00:07:41,080 Yeah, but it's the same way rich people have problems. 221 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:42,580 [ Scoffs ] What? 222 00:07:42,580 --> 00:07:46,170 Oh no, I can't fit all my money in my pocket. 223 00:07:46,170 --> 00:07:49,460 Heavens, the butler is sick. 224 00:07:49,460 --> 00:07:54,790 Who will apply my SPF-162 to my translucent fair skin? 225 00:07:54,790 --> 00:07:56,210 [ Laughs ] Rainbow: Setting a very good example, Dre, 226 00:07:56,210 --> 00:07:57,250 with all these jokes. 227 00:07:57,250 --> 00:07:58,620 That's really good. No, they liked it. 228 00:07:58,620 --> 00:08:01,120 This is what happens every time we talk about this. 229 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:02,540 We get jokes. 230 00:08:02,540 --> 00:08:04,380 Calm down, Team Lightskin. It's all right. 231 00:08:04,380 --> 00:08:05,830 Yeah, it's just jokes. Thank you, Mama. 232 00:08:05,830 --> 00:08:08,330 That you guys constantly do all the time. 233 00:08:08,330 --> 00:08:11,250 Team Lightskin. Or half-Nubian queen. 234 00:08:11,250 --> 00:08:13,830 Or "Oh, you guys come from Lightskinsylvania." 235 00:08:13,830 --> 00:08:16,710 Don't you? Or me looking like Raven-Symoné with a fade. 236 00:08:16,710 --> 00:08:19,500 [ Laughs ] Guys, come on. We're talking about jokes. 237 00:08:19,500 --> 00:08:21,750 Not oppression. Jokes. 238 00:08:21,750 --> 00:08:23,330 Well, if it's so harmless, Dre, 239 00:08:23,330 --> 00:08:25,920 then would you mind if Junior and I 240 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:27,750 just start making a couple darkskin jokes? 241 00:08:27,750 --> 00:08:29,210 Come on. Yeah, a darkskin guy walks -- 242 00:08:29,210 --> 00:08:31,170 I dare you. Mm-hmm. Guys, go up. 243 00:08:31,170 --> 00:08:32,620 Finish getting ready. You can go now. 244 00:08:32,620 --> 00:08:34,750 [ Both sigh ] Go ahead. Get out of here. 245 00:08:34,750 --> 00:08:36,500 Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, wh-- what are you doing? 246 00:08:36,500 --> 00:08:38,170 Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. We -- We were just talking. 247 00:08:38,170 --> 00:08:39,540 Oh, we're just talking? Yes. 248 00:08:39,540 --> 00:08:42,670 Well, I do not want them learning about colorism 249 00:08:42,670 --> 00:08:43,790 through a whole bunch of ignorant jokes. 250 00:08:43,790 --> 00:08:45,250 You know what? 251 00:08:45,250 --> 00:08:47,500 You can act like you're hurt if you want to, Rainbow, 252 00:08:47,500 --> 00:08:49,920 but if you get to complain about a few jokes, 253 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:53,500 I get to complain about how lightskin 254 00:08:53,500 --> 00:08:55,210 is the Black standard of beauty. 255 00:08:55,210 --> 00:08:56,210 [ Scoffs ] 256 00:08:56,210 --> 00:08:58,210 Who do women with deeper skin tones 257 00:08:58,210 --> 00:08:59,880 have to look up to, huh? 258 00:08:59,880 --> 00:09:01,330 Um, Lupita. 259 00:09:01,330 --> 00:09:02,460 Yeah, name another one. 260 00:09:05,170 --> 00:09:06,380 Nyong'o. 261 00:09:06,380 --> 00:09:08,420 Okay, see? See? See? Sit down. 262 00:09:08,420 --> 00:09:10,500 Yeah, great list. 263 00:09:10,500 --> 00:09:12,620 Let me help you out -- Tika Sumpter... 264 00:09:12,620 --> 00:09:14,210 Mm-hmm. ...Viola Davis... 265 00:09:14,210 --> 00:09:17,210 Ooh, yeah. ...and that beautiful bald-headed lady 266 00:09:17,210 --> 00:09:19,330 from "Black Panther"... Danai Gurira? 267 00:09:19,330 --> 00:09:22,580 Yeah. But Lupita's on all the magazines 268 00:09:22,580 --> 00:09:26,170 because they only choose one darkskin woman 269 00:09:26,170 --> 00:09:28,380 to celebrate every 10 years. 270 00:09:28,380 --> 00:09:30,540 I'm not saying that's okay, because it's not. 271 00:09:30,540 --> 00:09:33,750 But I did not choose to be born with fairer skin. 272 00:09:33,750 --> 00:09:36,580 Still, people act like we created the problem. 273 00:09:36,580 --> 00:09:39,420 That's why we can't tell jokes but you can. 274 00:09:39,420 --> 00:09:41,500 It's like you're saying we're not really Black. 275 00:09:41,500 --> 00:09:43,170 Look at this. 276 00:09:43,170 --> 00:09:45,460 The lion is king of the jungle, 277 00:09:45,460 --> 00:09:48,710 but when he's lightskinned, his mane is flat-ironed. 278 00:09:48,710 --> 00:09:50,080 And he sings. [ Off-key singing ] 279 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:53,080 Not to mention all of the "Drake be like" jokes. 280 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:54,330 Okay, look here, man. 281 00:09:54,330 --> 00:09:57,120 Drake jokes are not lightskin jokes. 282 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:58,750 Of course they are. 283 00:09:58,750 --> 00:10:00,920 You're saying he's soft because he's lightskinned. 284 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:02,000 No, I'm saying he's soft 285 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:03,920 because he pees with his pinky out. 286 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:05,960 [ Ruby and Dre laugh ] It's like you can't even help yourself. 287 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:07,960 Let me tell you this -- 288 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:12,500 I'd gladly trade a few jokes for lightskin privilege. 289 00:10:12,500 --> 00:10:13,830 Oh, mm-hmm. 290 00:10:13,830 --> 00:10:15,830 I have worked for everything that I have. 291 00:10:15,830 --> 00:10:18,170 Okay, so you're saying white people 292 00:10:18,170 --> 00:10:19,420 don't have white privilege? 293 00:10:19,420 --> 00:10:21,460 Of course white people have white privilege. 294 00:10:21,460 --> 00:10:23,000 Okay, then why can't lightskinned people 295 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:24,420 have lightskin privilege? 296 00:10:24,420 --> 00:10:26,330 Because, Dre, we're still Black. 297 00:10:26,330 --> 00:10:27,330 In what community? 298 00:10:27,330 --> 00:10:28,880 When I walk down the street, 299 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:31,040 people don't see my privilege. 300 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:32,880 They see a Black woman. 301 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:33,880 A tan woman. 302 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:35,580 I'm not tan, Ruby. 303 00:10:35,580 --> 00:10:37,750 Okay, guys, guys, I'm gonna call this, okay? 304 00:10:37,750 --> 00:10:39,460 Because we are not about to solve 305 00:10:39,460 --> 00:10:41,710 a few hundred years of colorism today, 306 00:10:41,710 --> 00:10:42,790 all right? Mm. 307 00:10:42,790 --> 00:10:44,540 So let's just agree to disagree. 308 00:10:44,540 --> 00:10:46,250 I agree to disagree. 309 00:10:46,250 --> 00:10:48,500 Yeah, you should probably get Jack to school, Dad. 310 00:10:48,500 --> 00:10:51,460 Because clearly we are not gonna fix you guys 311 00:10:51,460 --> 00:10:53,000 in one conversation. 312 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:55,580 Fix us? 313 00:10:55,580 --> 00:10:58,750 ♪♪ 314 00:10:58,750 --> 00:11:00,380 Hey, homie? 315 00:11:00,380 --> 00:11:02,380 That was crazy back there, right? 316 00:11:02,380 --> 00:11:04,540 Yeah. That was pretty intense. 317 00:11:04,540 --> 00:11:05,710 I know, man. 318 00:11:05,710 --> 00:11:07,460 One silly little comment about us being colorist 319 00:11:07,460 --> 00:11:09,380 and then the ladies, they start tripping. 320 00:11:09,380 --> 00:11:10,830 Right. 321 00:11:10,830 --> 00:11:13,210 You know, but...you and me, we're cool. 322 00:11:13,210 --> 00:11:14,920 Because I know you didn't really mean 323 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:16,790 those things you said back there. 324 00:11:16,790 --> 00:11:18,500 No, I meant what I said. 325 00:11:18,500 --> 00:11:20,120 Hey, man, I'm not a colorist. 326 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:21,670 I love lightskinned people. 327 00:11:21,670 --> 00:11:23,580 Yeah, you love lightskinned women, 328 00:11:23,580 --> 00:11:25,710 but you think lightskinned dudes are soft. 329 00:11:25,710 --> 00:11:28,170 No, I just think you're soft. But Jack's not? 330 00:11:28,170 --> 00:11:30,830 A guy who dances and collects flowers 331 00:11:30,830 --> 00:11:32,620 on the field during his soccer game? 332 00:11:32,620 --> 00:11:34,080 I did do that. 333 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:35,580 Oh, and uh... hey, Dad... Hmm? 334 00:11:35,580 --> 00:11:37,500 ...I think I invented a dance move. 335 00:11:38,830 --> 00:11:40,080 Ah. 336 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:41,670 That's not soft? 337 00:11:41,670 --> 00:11:42,750 That's just Jack. 338 00:11:42,750 --> 00:11:43,960 That's just me. 339 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:46,000 Okay, that's Perfect Attendance Jack. 340 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:47,120 Meet you in the garage? 341 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:48,750 Mm-hmm. 342 00:11:48,750 --> 00:11:50,170 You see? 343 00:11:50,170 --> 00:11:51,290 I don't treat you any differently 344 00:11:51,290 --> 00:11:52,380 because of your complexion. 345 00:11:52,380 --> 00:11:53,710 [ Scoffs ] Whatever, man. 346 00:11:53,710 --> 00:11:57,170 ♪♪ 347 00:11:57,170 --> 00:11:58,920 Okay. Hey, hey, hey. 348 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:02,120 "Whatever" is what people say when they're wrong. 349 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:04,040 No, "whatever" is what people say 350 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:06,210 when they're done with a ridiculous conversation. 351 00:12:06,210 --> 00:12:07,710 Hey, hey, hey, man. Where you going? 352 00:12:07,710 --> 00:12:09,420 I'm not done agreeing to disagree. 353 00:12:09,420 --> 00:12:10,750 I thought you said we were dropping this. 354 00:12:10,750 --> 00:12:12,710 I thought you said you're gonna take me to school. 355 00:12:12,710 --> 00:12:15,120 No one's gonna care if I'm lightskin or darkskin. 356 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:16,420 They're just gonna care if I'm late. 357 00:12:16,420 --> 00:12:17,750 Okay. Whatever, Jack. 358 00:12:17,750 --> 00:12:19,170 Ruby: Hey, hey, hey. 359 00:12:19,170 --> 00:12:21,040 What's everybody hollering about? 360 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:24,460 Are the lightskins crying beige tears again? 361 00:12:24,460 --> 00:12:26,250 God, can you just stop? 362 00:12:26,250 --> 00:12:27,460 I go out in the world, 363 00:12:27,460 --> 00:12:28,920 and I have to deal with everything 364 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:29,960 that comes with being Black, 365 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:31,080 and then I come home, 366 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:33,170 and I got to deal with your jokes. 367 00:12:33,170 --> 00:12:34,830 It's like I have no safe place to be. 368 00:12:34,830 --> 00:12:37,540 You think you're the only ones fighting two battles? 369 00:12:37,540 --> 00:12:40,460 Darkskin people have been picked on by white people 370 00:12:40,460 --> 00:12:44,000 and lightskin people ever since they brought us here. 371 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:45,540 So you're gonna blame me 372 00:12:45,540 --> 00:12:46,790 for something I had nothing to do with? 373 00:12:46,790 --> 00:12:49,250 [ Groans ] Babe, that is literally 374 00:12:49,250 --> 00:12:51,210 the same thing white people say about slavery. 375 00:12:51,210 --> 00:12:52,380 Mm. You're right. You're right about that. 376 00:12:52,380 --> 00:12:54,750 You think you're so much better? 377 00:12:54,750 --> 00:12:57,830 "I'm not a colorist because I've got a lightskin wife"? 378 00:12:57,830 --> 00:12:59,250 [ Indistinct arguing ] Uh, hello, police? 379 00:12:59,250 --> 00:13:01,500 Yeah, if I told you I had information on a crime, 380 00:13:01,500 --> 00:13:03,500 would you come take me and my sister to school? 381 00:13:03,500 --> 00:13:04,920 Hey, want them to come? 382 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:06,580 Tell them we know where to find a missing white girl. 383 00:13:06,580 --> 00:13:07,710 Oh. Yeah. 384 00:13:07,710 --> 00:13:09,040 Guys, what are we even arguing about? 385 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:10,170 Okay. [ Indistinct muttering ] 386 00:13:10,170 --> 00:13:12,080 Lightskin people have it better. 387 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:13,380 I'm sorry. You just do. 388 00:13:13,380 --> 00:13:15,040 Next time I get pulled over, 389 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:16,420 I'll make sure to tell the officer that. [ Sighs ] 390 00:13:16,420 --> 00:13:18,960 You've never been pulled over. 391 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:20,920 I've gotten some glares from bike cops. 392 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:22,290 So maybe now we can stop pretending 393 00:13:22,290 --> 00:13:23,920 that you don't earn more than us? 394 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:25,750 Or maybe that you don't get something 395 00:13:25,750 --> 00:13:28,710 like 12% less time in jail? 396 00:13:28,710 --> 00:13:30,670 No one's saying that's not true, 397 00:13:30,670 --> 00:13:32,580 but that's not what this is about. 398 00:13:32,580 --> 00:13:35,500 This is about looking at damn near every movie, 399 00:13:35,500 --> 00:13:37,420 magazine, and television show 400 00:13:37,420 --> 00:13:40,040 and only seeing a lighter version of yourself. 401 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:41,420 Ooh. Are you happy for them? 402 00:13:41,420 --> 00:13:42,750 Yes. 403 00:13:42,750 --> 00:13:44,960 But God forbid you say you feel left out, 404 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:46,960 and you're called a crab in a barrel. 405 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:49,880 The only time I see a darkskin person on TV 406 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:51,170 is when the news says 407 00:13:51,170 --> 00:13:53,120 the police have murdered another one of us! 408 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:55,460 Thank you. 409 00:13:55,460 --> 00:13:57,420 Since when did you become darkskin? 410 00:13:59,420 --> 00:14:02,790 I'm not dark-dark, but, uh, I'm dark enough. 411 00:14:02,790 --> 00:14:04,330 Not as dark as me. Oh. 412 00:14:04,330 --> 00:14:07,120 No one in this family is as dark as me. 413 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:08,290 That's the problem. 414 00:14:08,290 --> 00:14:10,250 That's not a problem. 415 00:14:10,250 --> 00:14:12,830 The fact that you're different is a good thing. Mm-hmm. 416 00:14:12,830 --> 00:14:14,500 If it's so good, 417 00:14:14,500 --> 00:14:17,420 then why are you all so scared to talk about it? 418 00:14:17,420 --> 00:14:18,620 Like today. 419 00:14:18,620 --> 00:14:20,080 You're saying that it's about 420 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:21,960 "the camera lighting" or "complexion." 421 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:24,580 No, it's about me being darker. 422 00:14:24,580 --> 00:14:27,500 Well, it's, uh, a complicated issue, 423 00:14:27,500 --> 00:14:31,750 but, Diane, all Black skin is beautiful. 424 00:14:31,750 --> 00:14:32,790 -Yes. -Mm-hmm. 425 00:14:32,790 --> 00:14:34,420 Okay. 426 00:14:34,420 --> 00:14:36,500 So then why do people bleach their skin? 427 00:14:36,500 --> 00:14:38,750 [ Scoffs ] How many people do that? 428 00:14:38,750 --> 00:14:40,710 It's like a $10-billion business. 429 00:14:40,710 --> 00:14:43,210 -[ Sighs ] -Oh. 430 00:14:43,210 --> 00:14:45,920 Diane, I had no idea that this hurt you so much. 431 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:46,830 How could it not? 432 00:14:46,830 --> 00:14:52,830 ♪♪ 433 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:55,290 Diane: It's everywhere I look. 434 00:14:55,290 --> 00:14:57,040 Oh, trust me. 435 00:14:57,040 --> 00:14:58,620 Women like us shouldn't wear red lipstick. 436 00:14:58,620 --> 00:15:00,000 Try this one. 437 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,670 It's everywhere I go. 438 00:15:02,670 --> 00:15:04,540 Oh, look at you. 439 00:15:04,540 --> 00:15:06,580 You are gorgeous for a darkskin girl. 440 00:15:06,580 --> 00:15:07,830 [ Chuckles ] 441 00:15:07,830 --> 00:15:09,120 It's everyone I talk to. 442 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:11,080 [ Sighs ] Sweetheart. 443 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:13,620 You see, now you feel bad for me! 444 00:15:13,620 --> 00:15:15,000 [ Stuttering ] 445 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:16,620 This is why I didn't want to talk about it. 446 00:15:16,620 --> 00:15:18,920 [ Sighs ] 447 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:21,040 I just don't want to be different! 448 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:25,460 I'll -- I'll go talk to her. Okay. 449 00:15:25,460 --> 00:15:26,960 Hey, Rainbow, Rainbow. 450 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:28,380 Let me talk to her. 451 00:15:28,380 --> 00:15:29,620 Excuse me? 452 00:15:29,620 --> 00:15:31,040 I can connect with her on this. 453 00:15:32,250 --> 00:15:34,460 Oh, and I can't? 454 00:15:34,460 --> 00:15:36,210 Why? Because I'm lightskinned, 455 00:15:36,210 --> 00:15:37,790 you don't think I can understand my daughter? 456 00:15:37,790 --> 00:15:39,620 What is wrong with you? 457 00:15:39,620 --> 00:15:41,500 Now, you know that's not what I meant. O-- 458 00:15:41,500 --> 00:15:44,000 But if it struck a nerve... 459 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:45,330 Ladies, let's not do this. 460 00:15:45,330 --> 00:15:46,710 Let's not do what?! ...all morning! 461 00:15:46,710 --> 00:15:48,580 Ruby, every -- You're wrong for that, Rainbow! 462 00:15:48,580 --> 00:15:51,170 I'm wrong for that?! Yes, you're wrong for that, Rainbow! 463 00:15:51,170 --> 00:15:53,250 Oh, my God. Over here telling me 464 00:15:53,250 --> 00:15:55,170 I can't go talk to my grandbaby. 465 00:15:55,170 --> 00:15:57,170 You told me. No, no, no, as if color 466 00:15:57,170 --> 00:15:59,500 had anything to do with what I was talking about! 467 00:15:59,500 --> 00:16:00,960 I don't need to know what you were talking about 468 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:02,380 because you're always saying the same thing! 469 00:16:02,380 --> 00:16:03,170 You've been saying it all morning! 470 00:16:03,170 --> 00:16:04,080 That's what I'm talking about! 471 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:06,420 You say to me you're better than me! 472 00:16:06,420 --> 00:16:08,920 That you're Blacker than me! Ooh, and I have no struggle! 473 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:11,080 Seriously?! 474 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:12,960 My struggle is you, Ruby. 475 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:14,080 You're a monster. 476 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:15,920 I am not a monster! 477 00:16:18,460 --> 00:16:21,580 I've been called that all my life, 478 00:16:21,580 --> 00:16:24,790 and I'm not about to sit here and let you do it. 479 00:16:26,830 --> 00:16:28,920 Oh... 480 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:30,710 What just happened? 481 00:16:35,170 --> 00:16:36,330 Dre: I guess you can see why 482 00:16:36,330 --> 00:16:38,500 we don't talk about colorism. 483 00:16:38,500 --> 00:16:41,500 Because after generations of pain and hurt feelings, 484 00:16:41,500 --> 00:16:44,790 talking about it never goes well. 485 00:16:44,790 --> 00:16:47,580 Guys. 486 00:16:47,580 --> 00:16:49,290 I don't know what happened back there. 487 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:53,040 I'm sorry you had to see that. 488 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:54,750 That's not so bad. 489 00:16:54,750 --> 00:16:56,420 No one got shot. 490 00:16:56,420 --> 00:16:58,710 Okay. [ Sighs ] 491 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:03,830 Ruby: Kids, I need you to come look at this. 492 00:17:03,830 --> 00:17:05,920 Come on, baby. 493 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:08,920 Come on. 494 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:10,540 Okay. 495 00:17:10,540 --> 00:17:11,830 Here we go. 496 00:17:13,750 --> 00:17:16,460 Grandma, is that you? 497 00:17:16,460 --> 00:17:18,710 It sure is. 498 00:17:18,710 --> 00:17:19,920 [ Chuckles ] 499 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:22,330 I used to feel different, too. 500 00:17:22,330 --> 00:17:25,580 You see, I was the darkest one in my family 501 00:17:25,580 --> 00:17:29,080 because my people were Creoles from Baton Rouge. 502 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:30,830 They were all light enough 503 00:17:30,830 --> 00:17:33,500 to pass the Brown Paper Bag Test. 504 00:17:33,500 --> 00:17:36,750 Well... 505 00:17:36,750 --> 00:17:39,250 until my mother met my father. 506 00:17:41,710 --> 00:17:45,210 They were evil to my father. 507 00:17:45,210 --> 00:17:48,250 And they were even more evil to me. 508 00:17:49,250 --> 00:17:51,830 I wasn't allowed in the front yard 509 00:17:51,830 --> 00:17:54,750 with my cousins. 510 00:17:54,750 --> 00:17:58,120 I had to play by myself in the back 511 00:17:58,120 --> 00:18:01,120 so my dark skin and my nappy hair 512 00:18:01,120 --> 00:18:03,540 couldn't embarrass my lightskin family. 513 00:18:06,540 --> 00:18:09,120 I can still hear their little nursery rhymes. 514 00:18:09,120 --> 00:18:12,000 "If you're light, you're all right. 515 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:14,670 If you're brown, stick around. 516 00:18:14,670 --> 00:18:18,080 If you're Black, get back. 517 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:20,460 Get back. 518 00:18:20,460 --> 00:18:21,960 Get back." 519 00:18:25,540 --> 00:18:29,000 I was mad at them, not you. 520 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:31,080 And today I realized 521 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:34,710 I have been hurting you the same way they hurt me. 522 00:18:36,420 --> 00:18:41,710 I'm so...so sorry, Rainbow. 523 00:18:41,710 --> 00:18:45,540 You're an incredible Black mother. 524 00:18:45,540 --> 00:18:46,880 [ Quietly ] Yeah. 525 00:18:49,170 --> 00:18:52,620 And I swear on everything that I love... 526 00:18:52,620 --> 00:18:55,080 [ Quietly ] Come here. 527 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:56,750 [ Normal voice ] ...I'm never gonna talk about 528 00:18:56,750 --> 00:18:58,210 your complexion again. 529 00:18:58,210 --> 00:18:59,540 Thank you, Ruby. 530 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:04,790 I'm so, so sorry that happened to you. 531 00:19:04,790 --> 00:19:07,920 Oh, I am, too. 532 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:09,080 Thank you. 533 00:19:11,500 --> 00:19:13,290 Um, hey. 534 00:19:13,290 --> 00:19:16,830 Son, about before, man, I -- 535 00:19:16,830 --> 00:19:19,210 Y-- I-It's cool. 536 00:19:19,210 --> 00:19:21,670 I was so wrapped up in my own thing 537 00:19:21,670 --> 00:19:25,080 that I forgot how hard it is for you out there. 538 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:27,000 It's still not an excuse. 539 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:32,670 You being you is not being soft, and I'm sorry. 540 00:19:35,420 --> 00:19:39,750 Willie Lynch may not be real, but he was real today. 541 00:19:39,750 --> 00:19:41,080 Oh, yeah. 542 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:44,120 And we will not allow that in our house anymore. 543 00:19:44,120 --> 00:19:46,080 Sounds good to me. 544 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:48,170 So what's the hold-up? 545 00:19:48,170 --> 00:19:51,210 Are we gonna talk to Ms. Biggs or what? 546 00:19:51,210 --> 00:19:52,540 Are you sure? 547 00:19:52,540 --> 00:19:53,880 Yeah. 548 00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:55,500 This morning was rough. 549 00:19:55,500 --> 00:19:57,460 Yeah. 550 00:19:57,460 --> 00:19:59,210 Yeah. 551 00:19:59,210 --> 00:20:01,040 They need to do better. 552 00:20:02,380 --> 00:20:04,120 Let's go. 553 00:20:04,120 --> 00:20:05,790 Okay, so now y'all want to go? 554 00:20:05,790 --> 00:20:08,420 'Cause we could have done this over the drive 555 00:20:08,420 --> 00:20:09,750 or during a three-day weekend 556 00:20:09,750 --> 00:20:11,080 or during an episode of "Shark Tank." 557 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:12,420 We are not late. 558 00:20:12,420 --> 00:20:13,710 There was an assembly this morning. 559 00:20:13,710 --> 00:20:16,000 What? Yeah. Mason texted me. 560 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:17,380 I didn't tell you because I felt like 561 00:20:17,380 --> 00:20:18,710 you didn't have my back today. 562 00:20:18,710 --> 00:20:21,000 So w-we still can make it? Yeah. 563 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:22,210 You heard the boy. The school is on CP time. 564 00:20:22,210 --> 00:20:23,580 Come on. Let's make some moves. 565 00:20:23,580 --> 00:20:24,830 -Let's go. -Okay, got -- 566 00:20:24,830 --> 00:20:28,380 Colorism is our secret shame, 567 00:20:28,380 --> 00:20:30,830 and the pain it causes keeps growing 568 00:20:30,830 --> 00:20:33,670 because we rarely talk about it. 569 00:20:33,670 --> 00:20:36,580 But as I looked at my multi-colored Black family, 570 00:20:36,580 --> 00:20:39,620 I realized that because we talked about it, 571 00:20:39,620 --> 00:20:42,710 our wounds could finally start to heal 572 00:20:42,710 --> 00:20:47,500 as we learned to love ourselves out in the open. 573 00:20:47,500 --> 00:20:49,960 Because nothing gets better in the shadows. 574 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:52,080 ♪ Ahh, ahh, ahh ♪ 575 00:20:55,620 --> 00:21:01,040 ♪♪ 576 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:03,620 [ Pants ] 577 00:21:03,620 --> 00:21:13,620 ♪♪ 578 00:21:13,670 --> 00:21:16,500 ♪♪ 579 00:21:16,500 --> 00:21:17,670 Sorry, Jack. 580 00:21:17,670 --> 00:21:18,920 It's over. 581 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:22,170 Nooooooooooo!