:11:01
I don't give a fuck! It'll never affect me!
:11:04
You don't wanna be
what people expect of your race.
:11:08
People say you're white,
you have to be this way.
:11:11
You can't walk around and talk...
:11:16
...Ebonics, you know...
:11:18
...and they're saying....
:11:21
Sometimes you just don't wanna be
what your race is supposed to be.
:11:26
I'm like a little kid.
Little kids go through phases.
:11:29
I like it now. I'll stand up for it
and say, "l'm into hip-hop."
:11:34
But when it comes down to it,
I'll be over it soon.
:11:36
But right now while I'm in school
and I've got comfort...
:11:39
...and I'm okay and my friends are into it...
:11:41
...l can go hang out with them
and I can be a part of that.
:11:45
I can do whatever I want.
I'm a kid, in America.
:11:48
First of all, not everybody in here is white.
:11:51
I'm from the hood, and I don't live there
anymore. I don't wanna go back.
:11:55
I go there to visit some friends
and they're trying to get out.
:11:58
They wanna go on to a college education.
:12:01
They stay in school and get their grades
so they can get out.
:12:04
And I have friends that do wanna rap.
:12:06
And they rap about stuff so they
can get out of the hood.
:12:09
We're trying to move up
and y'all trying to go down.
:12:12
I wanna leave you with a quote
on the subject of identity.
:12:15
It's from Shakespeare's Othello.
Iago, who has no identity, says:
:12:19
"l am not what I am."
:12:35
Excuse me, my name is Sam Doneger
and this is my husband Terry Doneger.
:12:39
I am a freelance documentary filmmaker.
:12:41
I'm doing a project on a phenomenon
that I've followed in America...
:12:45
...of white high school kids
who imitate black hip-hop life.
:12:48
I would love to include you
in my documentary.
:12:51
This is very important to me.
I have a vision.
:12:53
I want it to be very real, raw and honest.
:12:56
-You think we fit this description?
-I think you do.