"Fight!" "Fight!" "Fight!" "Before we begin..." "Settle down." "I got a question I want to ask you all." "How many people came here to change the world?" "How many people came here to learn how to make a lot of money?" "we got an outreach program here where we really tap into the community." "What's the point?" "the next incoming freshman class to Columbus University." "...unyielding pursuit of academic excellence one university stands out amongst the rest:" "Columbus University." "dog?" " Your mama got you some school gear." " Your mama let me use her credit card." "all right." " We'll see you." "what's wrong with you?" "What?" "This." "Why you always trying to showboat?" "How come you're not dressed?" "My stomach was giving me trouble." "You think because you're a superstar rookie you don't have to work?" "I got guys on this field who'll clean your clock in five seconds." "Who?" "Get off my field." "It's like that?" "That's how you made it." "Dig." "Dig." "huh?" " Hi." " Hi." " I'm Kristen." " Monet." "huh?" "but I guess you got here first." "I guess I did." "where are you from?" "huh?" " Is that near Compton?" " No." "are you?" " No." "It's near Disneyland." "You live near Disneyland?" " Must be nice." " It has its moments." "Yeah!" "Go!" "This is crazy." "let's go." "I am getting my own apartment next semester." "These dorms are f or children." "I hate them." "God." "yeah." "My room's like this big." "What about you?" "Want to get an apartment together?" " I can't afford it." " No sweat." "Get your parents to pay." " They can't." " Why not?" "My dad got laid off from McDonnell Douglas last year." "The IRS audited him." "My parents could barely afford to send me here." " But you are here." " I'm here and I'm happy." "I bet she got a scholarship." "here we are." "darling." "Drink!" "Drink!" "Drink!" "Chad." "what do we got here?" "New recruits f or our Little Sister rush?" "I don't know about that." "Chad." "okay?" "right?" "uh..." " Kristen." "Kristen." "I'm sorry." "They're freshmen." "How do we become Little Sisters?" "They probably make you drink beer out of condoms and wet your T-shirt." "Beer out of a condom..." "That's a new one." "Write that down." "we don't do that here." "But I'll tell you this." "There's nobody on this campus who parties like we do!" "Yo!" "governments ain't running things no more." "they controlling the whole thing." "huh?" "Y'all probably don't even have checking accounts." "huh?" "Buy stuff out your means and wonder why you still a slave." "I'm telling you." "when are you gonna clear everyone out?" "Classes start tomorrow." "dude." " "Dude." "I can't take this no more." "man?" "Security." "Security." "Look at this." "man." "Who?" "but tomorrow's the first day of class." "I got physics in the morning." "It's like friggin' Soul Train up there." "not to party." "Head home and hit those books." "Glad you had a good time." "Come again on the weekend." "Good night." "Okay." "huh?" "You don't hear that down the hall?" "right?" "no." "Because I dig rock 'n' roll." "Then roll your f at ass down the hall then." "That's that old bullshit." "Hey!" " Why are you walking alone?" " I don't know." "It's not safe to walk around campus by yourself at night." "I just left the Row 'cause my friends were drinking and acting crazy." "I just went my own way." "Some friends." "Yeah." "Look at all these pretty blue lights." "do you?" "No." "Decoration?" "it's the blue-light system." "there's a phone at the end of every block." "That way you can call security in case someone tries to grab you." "You're gonna have to be careful out here." "Come on." "I just got here." "Have you met anybody yet?" "I just met somebody." "My name's Taryn." " Junior." " Kristen." "Freshman." "Fresh-woman?" "I could tell." "my first class is at 8:00." " So..." " Where's your dorm?" "It's right here." "Holland Hall." "Real close." "wait." "Here." "Students f or a Non-Sexist Society." "We have meetings Wednesdays if you want to come by." "Okay." "Thanks." "man." "I'm sorry." "I didn't know you were here." " It's time for us to talk." " About what?" "About your side of the room." "What's wrong with it?" "man." "I'll try." "Let's take a trip around the world." "under the statue." "You see them people?" "That's Disneyland." "And there's Chinatown." "that's south of the border." "And this right here is the black hole because we're black folks." "huh?" "I heard about you." " What'd you hear about me?" " I heard you were a super-duper senior." "Been here six years and still haven't graduated." " She trying to play you out." " Why is that?" "fresh fish." "old trout?" "Yo." "Y'all some trained Negroes." "y'all go running." "Welcome to the real world." "Political Science 101." "I am your instructor." "My name is Professor Maurice Phipps." "Today I am going to give you your first lesson in politics." "Are you ready?" "I shall need one volunteer." "Anyone?" "No wonder this nation is falling behind the rest of the world." "No one in this class seems to have any initiative." "come forward." "sir." "would you be kind enough to read the names with the asterisks beside them?" "please stand." "Tanya Arroyo..." "Jennifer Bryant..." "Judith Dantzig..." "Mark Katz Malik Williams." What?" "Mr. Williams." "You have served your purpose." "dog?" "Those persons whose names were called and whom are standing the university instructed me that your financial bill hasn't been paid." "Leave and settle your debts." "You may not return until you have done so." "There are no handouts in the free world... none in my course." "Thank you and good day." "Shit." "I need this class f or my major." "You know?" "calm yourself and go to the financial aid office." "Go." "What about me?" "Don't you have some business to attend to?" "but I thought I just showed initiative." "brother?" "nor will I tolerate people who try to brown nose in my course." "Now go to the financial aid office or appeal to the athletic department." "I ain't no dumb athlete." "That remains to be seen." "Right." "I hope that all of you... take good notes." "I'm gonna need to borrow them." "we'll get to the business of real politics." "I don't understand this." "Never leave home without it." "Looks like we got a problem with your fee bill." "Like what?" "It says you got a partial athletic scholarship." "Better talk to your coach." "Partial?" "That's a mistake." "I'm a full-scholarship student." "I can't help that." "That's what it shows." "honey." "I can't help you." " Go get it cleared in that department." " Thank you." "Next." "you're just gonna have to get a job." "Here's your card." "pick it up!" "pick it up!" "give me some juice." "There you go." "looking sweet." " Twenty-three!" " You want a what?" "A full scholarship?" "you got some nerve." "I'll see what I can do." "I don't wanna hear you're lax in your studies or fucking up on the field." "You got that?" "Do I make myself clear?" "I understand." "kid." "Have you seen that ass?" "what kind of munchies y'all got?" "Where are the vittles at?" "The eats?" "man?" "Guess not." "huh?" "How would you feel if you had to study and I came in and blasted my music?" " That wouldn't happen." " Why not?" "that's why." "Excuse me." "I'm the master of Monopoly." "That's right." "G." "man." "I told you." "why you going to this school?" "because that's what they say you need to do to make it in the country." "your printer's out of paper." "then go buy some more." "What's "making it"?" "making that long dough." "Is that right?" "So you in it f or the money or the knowledge?" "Check out this situation." "You at a football game." "There's thousands of people there." "All of them white." "The American flag is right above your head." "They're about to play the national anthem." "All these people turn around and look you dead in your eye." "What do you do?" "I stand up." "I'd probably be so embarrassed..." "I'd stand up." "You know what I'm saying?" "huh?" "you don't get tuition." "That's the way the system goes." "run." "my God." "Look at her hair." "Nicole." "It's not that bad." " She looks like a tramp." " Hi." " Hi." "What'd you do to your hair?" " I just bleached it." " I love it." "Yes." "Watch me bring it up." "Watch me bring it." "Bam." "Of all times." "let's play again." " Three in a row." " You're a bastard." " Want to play?" " Huh?" " Want to play a game of pool?" " I don't know how to play." "Bye." "who's the genius who matches roommates up?" "They moved me in with a psycho dickhead." "It's like the Bates Hotel over at my place." "Wayne." " He's probably just quiet." " Okay." "Hey." "man." "Is that right?" "Cool." "Here she goes." "Nice job." "Hello!" "Good night." "Down the hatch." "I see." " I never usually swallow." " You're a dirty girl." "huh?" " Give her a shot." "Kristen!" "Kristen!" "Kristen!" "Kristen!" "Drink!" "Drink!" "Drink!" "huh?" "come on." " All right." "Where are we going?" " We're going to my house." "To the house." "you know?" "do you think we should've let Kristen go with Billy?" " Because she doesn't even drink." " Billy who?" "I love you!" "you've gotta get a rubber." "we should be using a condom." "Just a second." "come on." " One second." " No." "Get a condom." "Just wait a second." "Shut up!" "no!" "Stop it!" "Get a condom!" "No!" "Stop it!" "get off of me!" "Get off of me!" "man!" " No!" "Stop!" "Stop!" "No!" "You fucker!" "what the...?" "Wait!" "Wait a second!" "Goddamn it!" "Kristen." "Kristen." "Fuck!" "man." " Did you give it to her?" " What?" "right?" "Did she like it?" "What the fuck are you talking about?" "How the fuck do you know?" "man?" "right?" "You should be cool." " Motherfucker!" " What's up with you?" "bitch." "I finished my paper and I don't have anything to do." "what's the matter?" "Why are you crying?" "what have you been drinking?" "what's wrong?" "please?" " Who's this?" " Billy." "I just..." "I just need to talk to Kristen." " You want to speak to Kristen." " No." "No." "She's not here." "I don't think she'd wanna talk to you." "I know she's there." "I can hear her." " Can you put her on the phone?" " Didn't I just tell you she's not here?" "you black bitch!" " What did you say?" " You heard me." "Why are y'all so quiet?" "nigga?" "Just get away from him and come home with me." "What do you think they make you do to get into this f rat?" "You know?" "You don't?" "right?" "Like things." "Crazy stuff." "I'd do it." "Which one?" " Yo!" "Get the fuck up!" " Piece of crap." "Get his ass." "bro?" "What did I do?" "let me go!" "what's up with these guys?" " Call security now!" " What'd I do?" " I'll just put my boot in your mouth." "I heard you been disrespecting black women." "I haven't either... and you gonna get your ass kicked." "listen." "I'm sorry." "okay?" " Apologize to her!" "I'm so sorry." "I'm so sorry." "Fuck that!" "We need to just bust his shit!" "man." " Here's what I want you to say." "beautiful black woman... queen of the universe." "black mother..." " Get it right!" " I can't remember all that." "I'm sorry." "What's going on?" "These gang members dragged him out f or no reason." "white boy?" "Gang members?" "We go to school here too!" " Enough of this stuff." " I'll rip your ass off them stairs!" "come out with the I.D.'s." "You don't need to see nobody I.D. Don't show them." "Wait." "Everything's okay now." "It was just a misunderstanding." "right?" "right?" "Hope you gonna break up their party like you did ours." " Is everything cool here now?" " Very fucking cool!" "What's up?" "Pussy." "Punk-ass motherfucker." "I don't understand why they always have to start all this trouble." "Billy?" " Yeah." "Come on." "We need to get past just complaining about university security." "You know?" "I'm tired of hearing women cry f or someone else to save them." "Think what that means." "Why do you need someone else to save you?" "Think about saving yourself." " Hi." " Hi." "everybody." " Join us." " Okay." "Hi." "in light of a recent survey that showed one out of f our women has been raped... since the age of 14." "Do you have any ideas or thoughts you want to share?" "No." "you got some e-mail coming through." "Is that right?" "like the university." "Twenty-five cent a page." "Y'all could pay f or my laundry." "You got the autobiography of Frederick Douglass?" "Yeah." "Biographies are up there." " Damn." "You read all these?" " Most of them." "how you get turned on to Douglass?" "Need it f or a class." "For a class." "That's the only reason you're reading it?" "fool." "but you ain't." "So you got to go." "go ahead." "though." "dog." " Run along." "man?" "Reading in the dark is bad f or the eyes." " I got good eyes." " What book you reading?" " Iliad." " That's a good book." "Great battles." "it's all right." "we were gonna go get a drink." "You wanna come along?" "me and my buddies were gonna go get a drink." "You wanna come along?" "some queer or something?" "man." "don't ever touch me again." "boy." "I ain't no faggot." "I just wanted to know if you wanted to get a drink." "man." "It's a new city." " That's okay." "I understand." "have a drink with good people." "We'll have a good time." "man." "Pick up your stuff." "Come on." "what more do you need?" "what more do you need to have a good time?" "Right?" "here we go." " What's your name again?" " Remy." " What's your name?" " I'm Scott." "Remy?" " Idaho." "huh?" "Where in Idaho?" " Boise." "huh?" " I think that's Montana." " That's right." "It is Montana." "These are my brothers here." "hey." "this is Erik." "man?" " This is Knocko over here." " This is James here." " Hi." "Remy." "What's up?" "You should know that democratic theory did not begin with Rousseau's contract." "No." "lie in the subject of landownership." "The common people became aware that the upper classes owned the land upon which they lived and labored." "This incensed them inspired them to seek sovereignty of their own homelands." "the social order of the day did not permit landownership by the common man." "these people felt the need to leave their homelands to flee in an effort to escape political and social persecution." "the creation that is America." "the basic premise of democratic theory is that each and every citizen living within that society is entitled to what?" "We are entitled to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness." "What you people have to realize is that despite having these rights very few people exercise them." "It is that type of apathy that corrodes our country from within." "Your assignment f or the semester is as follows:" "To formulate your own political ideology." "background socioeconomic status... et cetera." "This course will be like anything in life." "It will be what you make of it." "I am not a babysitter." "do not waste my time." "Remember no one is going to treat you special just because you are black." "Right." "Or white." "Or Hispanic." "Or Indian." "Or Asian." "Or because you are a woman." "Or because you f ailed to get sufficient rest last night." "Or because you are..." "What are you?" " I don't know." " Right." "Don't sweat it." "Come on." "Watch it." " Watch out." " Watch it." "Watch it." " Damn." " Let's see your I.D." "let us see your I.D." "Forget these guys." "Thought so." "You know what that's all about?" "They hate me 'cause they ain't me." "Can you hand me another one of those mayonnaise?" " Do you want to report it?" " It's not gonna do anything." "They're just gonna make me feel like shit and make me look like I asked f or it." "I didn't ask f or this." "I just wanna go to school." "Come here." "and then I get a " C" f or... misspellings... et cetera." "right?" "Mr. Williams." " Sellout." " Mr. Williams." "So Mr. Williams thinks I am an Uncle Tom." "well." "What does that have to do with your ability to place a comma properly or put a period at the end of a sentence?" " Look..." " Would you care f or a peppermint?" "thank you." "You're using that reverse treatment 'cause I'm one of the only black f aces in your class." "I treat everyone in my course exactly the same and I will continue to give you a difficult time until you have proven that you deserve otherwise." " Those are the rules of the game." " It's a fucked-up game." "Please watch your language." "Rid yourself of this attitude that the world owes you something." "You must strip yourself of that mentality." "It breeds laziness." "It is laziness that has kept black people down in this country." "it's just..." "I don't need one of my own trying to treat me like I'm the enemy." "The enemy?" "Who is the enemy?" "One man with a white beard who sits behind his desk pushing buttons that control the f ate of the entire world?" "that is not reality." "That is The Wizard of Oz." "I mean anybody." "anybody who gets in the way of my progress." "I am not in your way." "I did not ask you to come to this university nor am I here to motivate you." "Your own presence should be motivation enough." "unlike you." "I don't have anything to prove." "Who do I have something to prove to?" "Yourself." "Mr. Williams." "the next race on the track will be the 4x100-meter relay." "the non-scoring B-team from John Paul College." "the scoring team from Columbus University." "the scoring team from John Paul College." "the non-scoring B-team from Columbus University." "On your marks!" "May we have quiet for the start." "Set!" "We have a fair start." "Adam Bailey out very well in lane four for Columbus University." "Getting ready now for the first exchange." "Stick!" "John Paul in five." "A tremendous effort by John Paul College moves them into the lead as we get ready for the second exchange." "neck and neck." "Getting ready for the anchor lea." "Stick!" "Stick!" "Tyrene Jay for John Paul and Robert "The Rocket" Simmons for Columbus." "39.58." "39.60." "39.60." " Correct." "The next race on the track will be the 1500 meters." "That event is scheduled in 10 minutes." "Visit the concession stand..." "Ain't no next time." "All I'm saying is this." "I got a lot riding on this." "I'm not about to let my stats get blown." "You the only weak link on this team." "You listening to me?" "is a runner." "Like a horse." "too ignorant to know it." "bitch?" " Hey!" "man!" " Fuck that shit!" "black men!" "bitch!" "Stupid bitch!" "I like that." "your lips." "man." "Don't that make you upset as a black woman?" "I don't want him." "I can dig that." "He's weak anyway." "right?" " I see you did your research." " Not enough." " God." " I could always know more." "you shy?" "didn't I?" "having a little attitude." "acting like you all that." "you do." "You be like:" " Running f or your life." " So you be looking at me?" " I don't look at you." " You just imitated my form." "right?" "but we're on the same team." " I been looking at you too." " God." " What dorm you staying in?" " Why you wanna know where I live?" " I wanted to get you home safe." " I'll be okay." " There's a lot of crazies here." " Goodness." "I'll guard your body." "Be your bodyguard." "How do you feel knowing this country doesn't belong to you any longer?" "what do you think of that?" "How do you feel knowing that when you graduate from college you might not get a job because of your skin color?" "Because of some quota." "People don't realize how far down the drain America has gone." "Remy?" "man." "It's different here than I thought it was gonna be." "Seems like everybody's sticking to their own taking up f or their own." "I don't know anybody down here." "man." "You know." "man." "And me." "We're brothers by blood." "Remy." "I think I'm gonna cry." "Knocko." "Show the man some respect." "Scott." "That's pure Aryan blood you're talking to." "you're right." "Remy." "Welcome home." "this is your family now." "And if there should be anything at all that you wanna talk about then I want you to come to me or to us." "If there's one thing I want you to leave thinking about tonight it's that we take care of our own." "man." "Scott." "Run-on." "Run-on." "Fragment." "Fragment." "Fragment." " Is this a period or a comma?" " That's a lot of red ink." " Do you want help?" " I'm here." "and right now it's not flowing." "that's a really good point but you gotta follow it up with a concise explanation." "What do you mean?" "you gotta follow a certain format." "You start with your thesis statement and you have to always use transitional phrases." "And don't use the same word every single time." "Change it up." "Professors hate that." "You should use a thesaurus." "And where's your outline?" "We got a lot of work to do." " Is something wrong?" " No." " Are you sure?" " Yeah." "I'm fine." "I am afraid it is unclear." "But..." "I don't understand." "you don't appear to take any kind of position in this paper." "you're supposed to be as objective as possible." "That is a rule of journalism." "It is often taught and very rarely practiced." "is a political science course." "If you wish to write about objectivity write about its use in modern politics in your view." "That'd make a good paper." "I'll write that down." "Christ Jesus." "What?" "please find your own thesis." "I am looking f or evidence of original thought." "You are not here to simply recycle dates and f acts from the past." "One's primary purpose at university level should be to learn how to think." "question:" "Did you write this paper?" "don't you?" "I worked my ass off on that paper." "I rewrote it three times." "I believe you." "Are you having problems here at Columbus?" "It's all right." "I got a problem with the way fools be tripping when they see a black f ace." "Someone spit in your f ace when you first came to campus?" "Was there a cross burned outside your dormitory?" "No." "I know what you're trying to get at." "that don't mean it's not happening." "It's less physical now." "It's more mental." "man." "I don't see these white folks worrying about nothing but going to class talking about skiing." "They don't have the same worries." "but economic." "These type of problems can be worked out." "are you not?" "huh?" "All right." "Let us say you are running a race... stronger more big-time than yourself." "What do you do then?" "Do you leave the track?" "no." " What do you do?" " Run f aster." " We're having a rally." " Out here?" "and we also have these meetings as well where a group of women get together and discuss all sorts of issues... wow." "all sorts of things." " I think it'd be great if you'd come." " Thank you." "can I have a flyer?" "It's f or Students f or a Non-Sexist Society." "right?" " Yeah." " It's a women's group." " That's kind of a contradiction." "You want a non-sexist society but you won't give me a flyer because I'm a man?" "That's not cool." "Why do you really want to come?" " Your hair looks better that way." " Thanks." " You're welcome." " God." "Warrior representation." "Yes." "No means no!" "No means no!" "No means no!" "I'm a freshman." "And..." "I was raped." "we didn't." "We'll have to think about what we're doing next week." " You look cute." " Do I?" "brother!" "Be sure and stay away from the white girls from now on." "I know you will." "What are you doing?" "Let's go get some fucking candy!" " That was awesome." " It was good." "There are things we could've done better but I was proud of you." " Thank you." " Yeah." " I feel so much better now." " Good." "I could just..." "Why don't I just stay with you tonight?" "We could stay up and talk or..." "What do you think?" "Are you sure you're ready f or that?" "Don't do it just because you're fascinated." "I want you to be sure." "Good night." "Good night." "So what's up with your friend?" " She's weird." " She's not weird." "She's just different." "huh?" "I'm tired of running and studying." "It's too hard to do both." "I feel like a slave." "They wouldn't give a fuck about me if I wasn't running f or this school." "I'm tired of feeling like a thoroughbred." "Why you always gotta take stuff so far?" "and you tripping." "and it's here." "So take it." "I don't see security stopping you on campus to see your I.D." "You're all hunky-dory with your scholarship." "They'll let that harmless black woman through easier than a man." "yeah." " Easier than me." " You know them girls I stay with?" "who you think they look at?" " And?" " I feel like fighting." " I feel like beating people up." " Why don't you?" "I fight with this:" "And I'm getting mine." "You gotta stop doing this all the time:" "And start doing this:" "Quit worrying about what people are thinking." "but it still ain't the same." "Listen." "You a woman." "I'm a black man." "You're safe." "educated or not." "You ain't educated yet." "Crazy!" "Hey." "Kristen." " Can we talk?" " Sure." "Here?" " Don't put too much lipstick on." " Why not?" "You don't want to look like a tramp." "You'll look desperate." "blot it some." "like that." "Kristen." "I was getting worried about you." "man?" " A buddy of mine in law enforcement." "Fucking gun-control department." "These guns all suck." "It don't matter as long as they do the job." " Do you want a beer?" " Yeah." "man." "man." " Glock 9 mm." " Shut up." "Pumped gas two years to buy this." "Laser sighting." "man!" "No way I can miss." " This is power." " Don't point that fucking shit at me!" "man." "I been shooting since I was 9." "Don't ever point a gun at me ever again." "You'll be sorry." "Who taught you how to shoot?" " My pa." " Your pa?" "My pa's a survivalist." "Used to kick my ass every day." "He's always talking about the world coming to an end." "Do you like to hike?" "I've never really tried it." "Yeah?" "You should go." "Around here there's beautiful hills." "I try and go everyday." "I was there this morning." "The light was beautiful." "Monet." "Hey." " How's it going?" " Cool." "You all right?" "I'm fine." "Monet." "How you doing?" "see you guys later." "Bye." "Girl!" "I like it that you understand me." "There are things that I don't have to say because you just know how I feel." "That was nice." "I think you're nice." "You're trembling." "Are you afraid?" "Yes." "Why?" "I won't hurt you." "I don't want you to do anything that you don't wanna do." "I know." "I want to." "Are you ready?" "Just a second." "my stress comes from everywhere." "Recognize." "Take a look around you." "Look at this." "Columbus disgusts me." "mass murderer." "and we got a holiday and a university named after his honor?" "We're supposed to walk around here learning their westernized thoughts... we're lower class." "Always." "Class is a state of mind." "you can run the fastest they still think we inferior." "man?" "You support the Black Panthers?" "man." "coon." "come on..." " What?" " Stop." "fool!" "but you can't hide!" "The sharp separating wall between master and slave fell." "he also lost the place in the paradise he had created for himself." "He became submerged in the race mixture." "He gradually lost... man?" "you've been real polite about staying out of my way." "But you ain't been honest." "it's what they think." "So in my mind you been walking around calling me a nigger in your head." "Am I right?" " I don't have nothing to say to you." " I think you do." "don't you You think I'm a nigger?" "Then be a man and call me one in my face." "You're just a punk-ass white boy with a fucked-up haircut." "Bitch." "Fuck!" "Fuck!" "Fuck you!" "You don't fucking scare me!" "This is fucked-up." "This is really fucked-up." "What's wrong with you?" "I don't give a shit what you do with your stuff... man!" "man?" "I don't know." "I'm gonna kick your ass." "What the fuck does that mean?" "man?" "Excuse me?" "Why don't I get my shit and move out?" " You moved in here." " What are you gonna do?" "why don't we just sit down?" "Why don't we just fucking stop this." "I want to talk about it." "I don't wanna talk to you." "I don't need to talk to you." "Don't you know I'm superior to you?" "Don't you know I came from the master race?" "crazy motherfucker!" "motherfucker?" "Go to sleep." "man?" " What's going on?" " I gotta get out of here." " Fuck you!" " What the fuck?" "You damn Jews and niggers stick together." "Christian man." "nigger?" "You ain't nothing without them." "You're nothing!" "You're a slave." "man." "I'll make you my fucking monkey." " Get on the floor." " Relax." "Get on the floor!" "You're not white." "You're Jewish." "You're nothing." "You're not me!" "What are you gonna do?" "Dirty nigger." "Got something to say now?" "I'm not fooling." "You got something to say now?" "big man?" "Malik!" "You're nothing!" "You're dead." "You're dead." "fucker." "monkey!" "He had a fucking gun!" "A fucking gun!" "I'm gonna call secur..." "He broke the phone." "We gotta call security." " I'm gonna get this fool!" " Where are you going?" " Stop." "Not so fast." " Get out of my way." "I'm trying to catch this dude who just pulled a gun on me!" " Let's see I.D." " You don't need no I.D.!" "Out of my way!" "No!" "That's the wrong guy!" "That's the wrong guy!" " Who are you?" " Get the fuck out of here!" "look what I found in the kid's room." "will you?" "See if you can find a name or a picture or an I.D. in his room." "You bet." "let's break it up." "Everything is fine now." "Break it up"?" "Look at those white folks standing over there." "You ain't telling them to go nowhere." "White boy pull a gun out in this man f ace and you ask us to break it up?" "Y'all got some nerves." "Fuck you!" "We ain't going nowhere." "we can stand right here together." "Now you go find the asshole that pulled a gun on this man's f ace." "Get those kids to move out so we can clear this area." "let's go." "Break it up." "Come on." "Show's over." "Back to your rooms." "Nothing to see here." "What do you think happened here?" " What's going on?" " I don't know." "It's Malik." "What happened?" " He doesn't feel like talking now." " Can I help?" "What's that all about?" "I don't know." "wait up." "man?" "Why'd you move all your stuff out?" "I'm staying with some homies now." "I thought you and David might want to live together." "David doesn't even know if he's going to school next semester." "He's all depressed." "His parents have him going to a shrink." "Wayne." "man." "outside of your dirty clothes and opposite taste in music." "But I'm just..." "I'm at the point where I feel safer and more comfortable with my own people." "I ain't come here to have no white boy pull a gun in my f ace." "I could have got that in the ghetto." "Seems like this system is setup towards maintaining white supremacy." "I didn't come here to learn that..." "Malik." "You treat me like I'm Remy." "I'm not like that." "I'm no white supremacist!" "Is that what you see?" "I'm different." "So are you." "You know?" "I'm not." "Neither are you." "That's the problem." "Peace." "What are you two doing sitting there?" "Plotting?" "we're plotting." "Plotting to steal." "To steal what?" "but whose information is it?" "the more upset you get." "my dear Mr. Williams." "Peppermint?" "Information is power." "one cannot seize power." "You need to think about becoming mentally competitive." "Being black does not free you from being a responsible individual." "But being a responsible individual don't free you from being black." "misguided soul." "You have yet to learn the rules of this game." " He will." " I don't want to." "I'm smart enough to know it's not my game to play." "I'm just a pawn like everybody else." "Mr. Williams." "Or become a very powerful player himself." "Don't you understand?" "This is all a game." "All of this." "a game." "You play it to win." "no one wants to hear excuses or empty rhetoric." "They want to know if you have a plan." "Right." "good afternoon." "All right." "Mr. White?" "I had his class once." "Maybe twice." "Let's roll." "do you have a plan?" "Nobody wants to hear that bullshit." "Somebody's got to do something about how tense it is." "We can't let the campus go crazy because of the actions of some psycho." "we"?" ""We" don't have to do anything." "Just because you and I get along doesn't mean everybody else has to." "Get that "We Are the World" stuff out of your head... not on this campus." "here's a flyer f or the Peace Fest." "Take a flyer." "Come to the Peace Fest." " Faggot." " Suck my ass." " Fuck." " Fuck you." " Fuck me?" "Why don't you shut up?" " Don't start that." "Why did you drop out of school?" "man." "All's it was was an excuse to get out of Idaho." "You know?" "What's the point?" "The gooks and towel heads get the engineering jobs." "Leave the white man in the cold." "Goddamn affirmative action shit." "Right?" "You really should not have dropped out of school." "You hear me?" "engineers." "you get it together and you do something f or your own people." "Your own country." "you hear?" "you big-eared faggot!" "you big-eared faggot!" "you know what?" "You are worse than a fucking nigger!" " What's up?" " Is Malik here?" "Yeah." "You didn't bring no homies?" "Got any sisters?" " What's up?" " You got crazy friends." "What happened?" "Skinhead fool who pulled a gun on me..." "I beat him." "I'm the man." "I'm God!" "Put something cold on it." " I don't need no ice." " Put the ice on it!" "I had his ass like this:" "Why you fighting like some thug?" "This is college." "I don't know about that no more." "let the shit cool." "nigger!" "We gonna pound their motherfucking ass... motherfucker!" "You're gonna drop out." " Did I say that?" " I see it in your eyes." "I said I'm gonna take me a break." "Look at me!" " Look what they did to my fucking f ace!" " What's wrong with you?" "man." "This is the first battle in the war." "man." "It's their gang against our gang." "Fucking Malik." "I'm gonna get him." "Fuck him!" "Fuck all those fucking niggers." "They're all gonna fucking die." "man." "they'll get it." "man!" "man?" "What's up with your girl?" "She out there looking kinda bugged." "I guess." "though." "Them fools." "They so lucky they called security." "I was fit to kill one of them white boys." "You know what I'm saying?" "shit!" "Fucking white boy." "See how he swole my shit up?" "Knuckles all fat and shit." "though." "Whipped his ass so bad his step mom's gonna feel me f or the next three birthdays." "Look what his homeboy did to your head." "What you talking about?" "This shit?" "He ain't fading nothing over here." "but they still won." " How you figure that?" "man." "They own this shit." "them shoes on your feet... you!" "dog." "One beat-down will never compare to 439 years of captivity." "Never." "freshman." "This is a war." "This is the opening stages of World War III." "shut the fuck up!" "I'm tired of hearing your bullshit." "I'm tired of you trying to rev everybody up." "college boy?" "And you don't even got your GED." " Two fucking dumb-asses together." " I'm gonna make war." "man." "A race war." " On who?" " On the fucking niggers." "On the fucking race traitors." "On the fucking everybody." "Why you testing me?" "you ever shot somebody before?" "you ever shoot a piece of meat?" "Seen what bullets do to flesh?" "them fucking little monkeys those gang bangers are training every fucking day and every night shooting each other." "They're ready f or war." "But are you?" "If it all went down today which one of you would have the balls to shoot a nigger?" " I would." " You would?" "Would you?" "I have." " I'd do it." " Yeah?" "That's right." "I'd do it." "then." " What's his problem?" " My fucking head's killing me." "and you talk to me that way?" "man." "It's white blood." "Scott?" "man." "Big shot." "he's gonna!" "I'll do it." "Remy!" "Right between the nigger's fucking eyes!" "Remy!" "Come here." "Hey!" "Hey!" "There are many ways to fight a battle." "Different fronts f or different people." "some use words..." " ...some use fists." " This is my front." " For real?" " That's right." "This is my front." " You're full of shit." " I'm f or real." "then." "What is high?" "What is higher?" "What is learn?" "What is learning?" "What is higher learning?" "what is it?" "What is higher learning?" "Promise me you won't drop out." "I ain't going nowhere without you." "Viking Two to Viking One." "man." "I'm gonna kill communication." "This looks suspicious." "All right?" "For Eurocentric indoctrination is learning in an environment that is mostly white." "that if the Dred Scott decision was retried in a contemporary American court the decision would remain the same... would still have no rights... would be bound to respect." "The result would be the same no matter what the law of the land states because it was not written by and for the benefit of African-Americans." "The credo "And liberty and justice for all" is a falsehood that has been widely ignored and needs to be addressed." "That was great." "Let's give a big round of applause f or Eve's Plum." "The purpose of this gathering is to bring together everyone so we can have f un despite our differences... cultural or sexual." "This is a celebration of the commonality of these differences." "There are people in this country who have profited from keeping us apart." "Do you feel better?" "I'll feel better tonight." "shoot!" "you gotta do it now!" "Remy!" "Do it for the Aryan Nation!" "Remy!" "White power!" "White power!" " I know what that was." "Come on." " It was probably a car." "Shit!" "Somebody's got a gun!" "stay calm." "Don't panic." "Come on!" "Why?" "!" "We have to get her to the hospital." "boy!" "Mr. Williams?" "please... what are you standing there f or?" "You must go now!" "Mr. Williams?" "Do you hear me?" "White motherfucker!" "You're dead!" "It's my world." "It's my country." "It's my world." "You're nothing but a monkey." "Look at me." "I'm a man." "I'm the man." "I'm a man!" "You're nothing!" " You're nothing!" "You can't beat me." " Fuck you." "I fucking hate you!" "You gonna die!" "She's dead!" "I'm gonna kill you!" "You're gonna die now!" " You all right?" " Get off me!" "kid?" "Take it easy." "Come on." "It's gonna be all right." "Settle down." "Everything's gonna be fine." "Take it easy." "Just relax." "What are you doing?" "No!" " Don't shoot." " Get away!" "we can't." " You wanna shoot me." "we don't." "Put the gun down." " Get away from me." " We're not coming any closer." " You're lying." " I'm not." "Nobody's hurt yet." " You're lying." " I'm not lying." "Look at my eyes." "Phoney." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "It's okay." "We know." "Put it down." " It's over." " No." "Don't do this." "Put it down." "I wanted to build things." "I wanted to be an engineer." " You still can." " Stop lying!" "put the gun down." "It's okay." "It hurts." "I know." "kid." "It's okay." " It's okay." " It's not." "It is." "one of our greatest center of higher learning." "But the lesson taught here today was one in how good things can go tragically wrong." "A multicultural peace fest organized by students in the interest of campus unity has ended with three people dead." "One of them was a gunman who took his own life after killing two other students." "we're understand is on his way to the campus right now as we speak." "University administration has had nothing whatsoever to say." "Wow." "You know what that is?" "Remy's fucking dead." "man." "That's white power." "you're right." "White power." "White fucking power!" " White power!" " Sieg heil." "What do you think I should do?" "What do I think?" "You're right." "That's my job." "Man... you know?" "Maybe if I hadn't..." "It's just..." "I don't know what to do." "Mr. Williams... you have persevered." "You have overcome many obstacles this semester." "you have my utmost respect and every confidence that you will make a wise decision concerning your future." "Got to think." "Got to get my head straight." "I'm gonna go now." "there is no progress." "Frederick Douglass." "Right." "I lost my girl here." "I feel like this is all my fault." "I helped put this whole thing together." "I'm responsible f or all of this." "God." "Hey." "you know?" "My name's Kristen." "Malik." "Nice to meet you." "I seen you around." "huh?" "It's funny we never spoke before." "Yeah." "It's funny." "Well I gotta get going." " Take care." " You too." "All right." "Give us a big smile now." "thoroughly spell-checked by rogard"