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My mom, she goes by the rule that if you're even one16th African-American you are a 100%,...

My mom, she goes by the rule that if you're even one
16th African-American you are a 100%, and then like, that's what I should put on
my transcript

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My mom, she goes by the rule
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that if you're even one 16th African-American
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you are a 100%, and then like,
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that's what I should put on my transcript.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:53
Uploaded
May 19, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
ITVS,Center for Asian American Media (CAAM),California Humanites,XTR,Corporation for Public Broadcasting

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Movie Summary

Seniors at one the best public high schools in the country face the pressure of applying to elite colleges.
It goes totally against that story - Try Harder! 00:08
It goes totally against that story
So I do feel uncomfortable putting it down - Try Harder! 00:16
So I do feel uncomfortable putting it down
I'm a admissions officer at MIT, - Try Harder! 00:07
I'm a admissions officer at MIT,
So it's always a good idea to be nice to me - Try Harder! 00:05
So it's always a good idea to be nice to me
[laughing] - Try Harder! 00:07
[laughing]
- But we saw your mom there and dad. - Try Harder! 00:05
- But we saw your mom there and dad.
Did you know they're going to go? - Try Harder! 00:04
Did you know they're going to go?
Like they go, they only tell me after they go. - Try Harder! 00:04
Like they go, they only tell me after they go.
- We do have multiple choices, that's all right too. - Try Harder! 00:05
- We do have multiple choices, that's all right too.
And my mom's kind of like the steering wheel. - Try Harder! 00:04
And my mom's kind of like the steering wheel.
[audience applauding] - Try Harder! 00:06
[audience applauding]
[students clapping] - Try Harder! 00:05
[students clapping]
[indistinct chattering] - Try Harder! 00:06
[indistinct chattering]
As I grow older, the box will expand, right? - Try Harder! 00:06
As I grow older, the box will expand, right?
Until finally there's like no more box anymore, right? - Try Harder! 00:05
Until finally there's like no more box anymore, right?
And I'll be able to do my own things, - Try Harder! 00:05
And I'll be able to do my own things,
But for now, I'm still in a little box - Try Harder! 00:07
But for now, I'm still in a little box
[upbeat music] - Try Harder! 00:10
[upbeat music]
Can you check them off and I'll work - Try Harder! 00:04
Can you check them off and I'll work
Are you sure we have enough time to finish by tonight? - Try Harder! 00:05
Are you sure we have enough time to finish by tonight?