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This lighter skinned handis supposed to represent my Caucasian side, andthis darker skin...

This lighter skinned hand
is supposed to represent my Caucasian side, and
this darker skin hand is supposed to represent
my African-American side

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This lighter skinned hand is supposed to represent
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my Caucasian side, and this darker skin hand
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is supposed to represent my African-American side.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:43
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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Movie Summary

Seniors at one the best public high schools in the country face the pressure of applying to elite colleges.
My mom, she goes by the rule - Try Harder! 00:10
My mom, she goes by the rule
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