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All things being equal,
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the black child is better off
with black parents.
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All things being equal.
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Well, what if all things
are not equal?
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Miss Jones, I am sick and tired
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of the attitude that says
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that taking poor
black children out
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of their environment
and placing them
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in an affluent household
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is better for the child.
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What kind of values
does that suggest?
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- How much time do you got?
- Not much.
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How about lunch?
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No.
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Look, no strings
or nothing.
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Would you leave me alone?
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I can't give them nothing
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to use against me in there,
or I'll lose my boy.
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I don't want to do nothing
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to hurt your chances.
1:13:41
Why didn't you
answer my letters?
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'Cause I didn't open them.
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I cannot talk to you.
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I want you to know something.
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I filed for a divorce...
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and I'm coming back
when I get it.
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Okay, I just wanted to say that.
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You said it.
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Mrs. Lewin,
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does Isaiah play with dolls?
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Sometimes.
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Any of them black?
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Yes.
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And some of them are green,
and some of them are purple,
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and some of them are orange.
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It doesn't seem
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to matter to him.
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He plays with all of them.
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As you know, Mrs. Lewin,
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people don't have green
or purple or orange faces.
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When you and Isaiah read
together,
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do any of the books you read
have African-American characters
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or pertain to African-American
history or culture?
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We read Isaiah all sorts
of books in our home.
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Oh, I'm sure you do,
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but is there a black face
in any of them?
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For instance,
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have you read
The Planet of Junior Brown,
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or The People Could Fly,
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or Many Thousand Gone
by Virginia Hamilton?
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Not yet.
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Well, how about The Red
Dancing Shoes by Denise Patrick
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or Faith Ringgold's Aunt
Harriet's Underground Railroad
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in the Sky?