:38:02
Why?
:38:07
I think the author
was trying to say...
:38:09
that black people...
:38:11
are like that movie...
:38:14
where the only way
you could see the guy...
:38:17
is if he was...
:38:18
wrapped in white bandages.
:38:24
So Ellison...
:38:28
was saying that...
:38:30
in order for white society
to see us...
:38:35
we must be wrapped in white?
:38:37
Yeah.
:38:40
I am.
:38:41
Very insightful, Mr. Robinson.
:38:44
You taught me something.
:38:48
Could I see you after class?
:38:49
You're through.
:38:53
You wanted to see me, sir?
:38:56
What I want to know is...
:38:58
do you have the gift
that I think you have...
:39:01
or am I just being charmed
by your line of bullshit?
:39:10
Could I get back to you on that?
:39:12
Yes, you can, in a week...
:39:16
with a twenty-page paper...
:39:18
in which you discuss
how Ellison, Wright, Baldwin...
:39:20
and the other authors
I assigned to you to read...
:39:22
handle the theme of growing up
as a black male in America...
:39:29
In a week? Wait a minute.
That's not fair.
:39:31
Life is not fair, Mr. Robinson.
:39:34
There are students
on this campus who are here...
:39:36
only because their parents
are rich alumni.
:39:38
That isn't fair.
:39:40
And those students
might look at you...
:39:41
and think that the only reason
you're here...
:39:43
is because you're black,
and you got a good jump shot...
:39:46
or you're black, so you can run
with a football...
:39:49
or you're just here
because you're black.
:39:51
That isn't fair.
:39:53
And it might not be fair
that you got to prove...
:39:55
that you're here because
you've earned it, but you do...
:39:58
and if you don't prove it to me,
Mr. Robinson...