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- So, tell me about yourself.
- Well, I actually moved out here from the Bay Area
to be a sociology professor.
- Well, I work the front desk at a fitness studio.
- Are you married?
- I was, but I'm not anymore, thank God.
- Do you have any children?
- Definitely not, what about you?
- Well, I have four children,
well they're grown, one of which is adopted.
- I am completely single, I'm unmarried
and never been married.
- Tell me what kind of men you're into.
- I prefer tall men, Caucasian men.
What do you prefer in a partner?
- Well, I used to only date musicians,
which I've come to find means broke and selfish.
- I like to go to the movies, hang out with my friends,
hang out with my boyfriend.
What are your hobbies?
- I do photography, paddle board, biking,
all kinds of things.
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- Akello, I think you are in your late 20s
or early 30s.
I don't think you have tattoos,
I'm going to say that you are African-American.
- Margaret, I believe that you are
in your mid-thirties, maybe?
I think Margaret might be Latina.
I think Margaret's probably wearing
a nice pair of pants and a blouse.
- You're about
26, you're wearing
maybe blue leggings and some fashionable boots,
brown hair, probably parted to the side,
long, maybe just past your shoulders.
I think she's Latina, perhaps Salvadorian.
- I think Luci is probably about 30, petite,
I imagine she's Caucasian, but no freckles,
with a pair of flats.
And I think she has tattoos.
Because she likes musicians (laughs).
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- Wow, hi! - Hey! (laughing)
- All right.
(both laughing)
Totally different from what I pictured.
- Yeah, you too.
- Okay.
- But I got the hair right.
- You did, I was--
- Yeah, you have boots.
- And then I'm noticing you have tattoos here.
- Yeah. (laughs)
What's your age?
- 23.
- And I just turned 46.
- 46, okay!
- But you have a very, you're very mature
in your self-expression.
(both laughing)
- Hi.
- Hello.
- You're beautiful.
- And so are you.
(Margaret laughs)
- I like the tattoos.
- Thank you.
- Not what I pictured. (laughs)
- Not quite what I pictured either.
- I got the petite part right. (laughs)
- I got the blouse right.
- Yeah. (laughs)
- So, Cienna, you thought I was a black man.
- I did, I did.
Something about your voice, where it was husky,
but yet really youthful.
- Okay.
- And just sounded fun, but I--
- Okay, so black men are husky, youthful and fun.
- Yeah!
(both laughing)
- Why did you think that I had tattoos?
- Because of the music.
Why didn't you think I was African-American?
- Well, you said you liked Caucasian guys,
so that was the first.
- Threw you off a bit?
- Yeah. - Yeah.
I personally don't like
how people make assumptions about people.
Especially on appearance.
- I get judged by my appearance a lot.
- I do too.
- I feel guilty 'cause sometimes
I'm prone to acting on that,
where I may look at a person and just think one way.
- You know, not making assumptions is almost like
people consider you naive or
adopting this color-blind ideology where, I don't see it,
'cause we do see it, it's just about
the significance and meaning that we put behind it.
- Yeah, I get a lot of people think I'm ignorant
or that I'm a party girl or that I do drugs,
and none of that's true.
- Because of my skin color,
people make derogatory assumptions.
- It's like a fast food interaction that we have.
- Mm-Hmm.
- It's like, I don't wanna take time to get to know you
as a person, I wanna take everything that I think I know
about you based upon what I see,
and that's how I'm gonna act on it.
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♫ Soul pancake
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