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Out on the Yard,
the communal green space in the center of campus
where the students gathered, I saw everything I knew
of my Black self, multiplied into seemingly
endless variations. (INDISTINCT LAUGHTER
AND CHATTER) WATSON: There were the scions
of the Nigerian aristocrats giving dap
to the bald-headed Qs in their purple windbreakers
and tan Timbs. The California girls
turned Muslim, in their long skirts and hijabs. And there were
the Christian cultists, and the tabernacle fanatics, the mathematical geniuses. It was like listening
to a hundred different renditions
of "Redemption Song," each in a different color
and key, and overlaying all of this
the communal green space in the center of campus
where the students gathered, I saw everything I knew
of my Black self, multiplied into seemingly
endless variations. (INDISTINCT LAUGHTER
AND CHATTER) WATSON: There were the scions
of the Nigerian aristocrats giving dap
to the bald-headed Qs in their purple windbreakers
and tan Timbs. The California girls
turned Muslim, in their long skirts and hijabs. And there were
the Christian cultists, and the tabernacle fanatics, the mathematical geniuses. It was like listening
to a hundred different renditions
of "Redemption Song," each in a different color
and key, and overlaying all of this
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Out on the Yard,
the communal green space
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in the center of campus
where the students gathered,
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I saw everything I knew
of my Black self,
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multiplied into seemingly
endless variations.
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(INDISTINCT LAUGHTER
AND CHATTER)
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WATSON: There were the scions
of the Nigerian aristocrats
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giving dap
to the bald-headed Qs
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in their purple windbreakers
and tan Timbs.
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The California girls
turned Muslim,
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in their long skirts and hijabs.
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And there were
the Christian cultists,
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and the tabernacle fanatics,
00:00:28.292 --> 00:00:29.958
the mathematical geniuses.
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It was like listening
to a hundred
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different renditions
of "Redemption Song,"
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each in a different color
and key,
00:00:36.002 --> 00:00:38.209
and overlaying all of this...
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Movie Summary
The special will include powerful readings from Ta-Nehisi Coates' book, it will also incorporate documentary footage from the actors' home life, archival footage, and animation.
