(hip hop music)
- Hey man, I just like want you to know
that like, even if you weren't here right now,
and I was singing along to this song,
I wouldn't say the N word.
- You know they don't even say the N word
in this song though, right?
- That's good, that's good,
'cause I wouldn't do that either.
- My thing is, why did you say that?
- Because I'm an ally.
- Right.
- [Announcer] Every white friend ever.
- I'm excited to try pho, I've never had it before.
- Jessica, is this what you grew up eating?
- I'm Chinese, I'm not Vietnamese.
- Nice.
Anyway, how do we eat this?
- Hmm, you know what?
It's actually super complicated.
(friends gasp)
First, you put your fingers and you dip it in the soup.
- [Blonde Friend] Okay.
- And then you smear it all around your mouth.
- [Friends] Cool, wow.
- And then you eat it face first.
Yeah, it's really offensive to use utensils in my culture.
- [Friends] Oh, wow.
- Oh my God, it's like an in Japan.
- [Announcer] I'm not racist.
- Oh, I forgot to tell you,
I finally asked that girl Stacy out.
- Hold on, which one is Stacy again?
- You know, she's the one that's,
she's got like the blonde hair, she's really tall.
- Oh, the one I met at the Irish pub?
- No, no, no, not her.
She's the one that sunburns easily.
You know what I'm saying?
She does a lot of pilates, probably shops on Goop.
- You know you can say white around me, right?
- Oh, I can?
Oh, thank God.
See, I never know what I'm allowed to say.
Cause you know, you're...
- Black.
- That one.
- Say it with your chest.
- I don't want to say that.
- Say black!
Say it loud!
- All right, black.
- Say it loud!
- Black!
- That's what I'm talking, black, black, black!
- [Both] Black, black, black!
- [Announcer] I love all my black friend.
(Danielle laughing)
- Danielle, where are you from again?
- Oh, I'm from Texas.
- Okay, before that?
- Oklahoma.
- Okay, but your parents are from?
- Ohio.
- Okay, but like before Ohio,
where are they like from?
- They were in utero.
- Cool.
- And utero, is that like a city in the Philippines, or?
- No.
- [Announcer] Best friends.
- And that's why I want you to know
that I completely understand your struggle.
Not that you need me to understand it.
It's your struggle.
And it's my fault.
Not my fault the specifically, but the collective me.
And even in ways that I don't think about,
and you don't think about.
Not that you don't think, that's not what I'm saying.
That's not what I'm saying.
I'm just saying, I completely understand
that you have your own voice,
and you don't need me to explain or articulate anything.
Oh my God, I shouldn't have said articulate.
Oh my God.
Maybe it's best if I just listen.
Is that what's best?
Is it best that I just listen?
Not that need me to prompt you to speak.
I know why the caged bird sings.
Love that book.
Love Maya Angelou, but not because she's black.
No, no, no.
Her writing transcends race.
But it's obviously important to remember
the experiences that shaped her.
The same experiences that you experienced,
but, not the same.
I voted for Obama.
- Anyway, you want cream in your coffee, or not?
- Oh, no thanks.
I like my coffee...
- Black?
- Black, is that?
Black.
- Black.
- Yeah, that's okay that I say that?
- [Announcer] Seriously, I'm not racist.
- Okay, so it's just a little bit frustrating
when people wear traditional Chinese dresses
and not actually buying them
from traditional Chinese dressmakers.
I mean, I want people to enjoy and appreciate my culture,
but profiting off of it,
and not knowing anything about it, is just wrong.
- So is it cultural appropriation, or not?
- Well, everyone has a different opinion.
So there's just no right answer.
- (friends sigh)
- Come on.
- It's tough.
- All right, tough to answer.
- [Announcer] I'm an ally.
- The Kardashians just steal their style from black women.
I mean, they're total culture vultures, you know?
- Yes, yes, I do know.
(quirky music)
- I mean, boxer braids?
They're cornrows!
- Ah, they're cornrows!
- Call them what they are, they're cornrows!
- Tell it what it is!
- God, it's like.
- Augh!
- [Announcer] I'm doing the white person smile.
(friends chattering)
- Guys, you might want to sit down for this one.
I just learned that our entire US history
is told from a perspective of rich, powerful white men,
effectively silencing the injustices and voices
of all the black, indigenous,
and people of color in our country.
I am so mad (sighs).
- [All] Welcome.
- You guys, you knew about this?
- Well, let me tell you.
- It started with a ship, okay?
The ocean was better than,
this is getting real deep.
(friends laughing)
- Well, just say bla.
- Bla.
- (laughs) Just like that.
- Don't wear a Native American head dress to Coachella
when you have no idea about any Native American tribes.
- That's only if it's made by H & M.
- No.