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The girl across the table she asked me, "Wait, Rachel,what ethnicity are you?" And I said,...

The girl across the table she asked me, "Wait, Rachel,
what ethnicity are you?" And I said, I'm black and white

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The girl across the table
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she asked me, "Wait, Rachel, what ethnicity are you?"
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And I said, I'm black and white.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:06
Uploaded
May 10, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
ITVS,Center for Asian American Media (CAAM),California Humanites,XTR,Corporation for Public Broadcasting

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Seniors at one the best public high schools in the country face the pressure of applying to elite colleges.
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And she said, "Well, what ethnicity is your mom?"
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- I think one of my scores came back on the PSAT
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- All right, so,
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There's a lot, you know,
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[students laughing]
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[both chuckling]
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- Take the textbook,
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- If we looked at the blue particles as being