A Dry White Season
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:07:06
I don't care what other parents are saying.
Now, listen to me.

:07:12
I tell you, no demonstrations.
Tomorrow you go to school.

:07:16
But there'll be nobody at school, Baba.
:07:18
Then you and Robert will be the only ones.
:07:21
What do I say to Mr. Ben?
:07:22
"Thank you for the school fees,
but my son doesn't want to learn"?

:07:26
Let Mr. Ben keep his white money
for his Boer education.

:07:29
We want to learn in English.
We don't want to learn Afrikaans.

:07:39
You don't understand, Baba.
:07:41
They don't want us to be really educated.
:07:44
If we learn in Afrikaans,
we have no future, Baba.

:07:49
They want us to be
messenger boys, mine boys...

:07:51
And garden boys like me.
:07:54
Yes, Baba.
:07:56
Everybody knows that you're a wise man.
:07:59
Everybody comes to ask your advice.
And they respect you.

:08:03
You should be a lawyer, Baba.
:08:05
But what are you?
:08:15
This is a peaceful demonstration.
:08:18
We know the police will come.
:08:21
But be calm. Be cool.
:08:24
Remember, this is a protest march.
:08:27
We are not here to fight the police.
:08:30
Let's go.
:08:31
Bantu education!

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