"She placed her hand on his throbbing member."
Oh...
Oh, hello.
I'm Dulcé. And I'm here
to take you on a journey.
But first, what do these things have in common?
Goat yoga. Sky diving.
Owners matching outfits with their pets.
That's right-- it's stuff white people love to do.
And Black people don't do white people stuff, right?
Wrong. I've traveled far and wide,
and I've discovered there are pockets of Black people
who like to partake in such Caucasian activities.
So sit down. Relax.
And get some damn popcorn, 'cause this shit is crazy.
(laughs) Here it is.
Another installment of We Don't Do That.
This is good.
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In this segment, we're looking at mountaineers.
No, not them.
There we go. Meet team Full Circle,
a group of mountaineers
that plan to be the first Black expedition
to summit Mount Everest, and they hope
to inspire and recruit me into their world.
Uh, oh. No.
See, y'all see these nails?
Yeah, you got me. Missed.
Girl, no. Expensive.
Once I finally got them off that damn wall,
I asked the only question on my mind.
Why?
-Why. -Why?
You know, realistically, I think the why is because
we've all been climbing for a number of years now.
And all of our paths just kind of come together
at this one point to say, "Hey, let's go to Everest,"
because that's the-the path that everybody's on.
There's only a handful of Black people who have
even been on the mountain,
and because we're going to climb Everest
and it has the name, there's no way that
you can't talk about the lack of diversity.
There is a lack of representation
of Black people doing these things.
SLOAN: And for good reason. Mount Everest
is Earth's highest mountain above sea level,
meaning it's deadly as hell.
In fact, out of the over 10,000 successful summits
that have been recorded on Everest,
fewer than ten of those climbers have been Black.
So what are some comments you all get
when people find out you all are mountaineers?
Uh, "Oh, Black people don't do that.
"Black people don't do snow. We don't ski.
We don't do camping."
Just like, "Oh, LOL, we don't do that."
And that can become
a very real, self-imposed limitation.
It's until you see someone that looks like you that does it,
it's... "we don't do those things."
They don't believe that you're mountaineers.
If I go to a store
to buy a piece of mountaineering equipment,
sometimes people will explain to me what it is.
And I'm sure you get things explained to you a lot
-because you are Black... -It's hilar...
...and because you are a woman.
They don't realize that...
I'm a vendor of a lot of, uh, climbing equipment.
SLOAN: Yet, despite all that, they're still climbing.
Even knowing shit like this could happen.
(grunting)
(screaming)
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(yells)
(shouting)
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It's an inhospitable place.
People are not meant to live there.
Okay, I'm just glad you know
that just nature was like, "Hey, get down."
There is less air as well.
After a certain point over, you know, twenty...
23,000, 24,000 feet,
yes, you need oxygen.
So you have to bring your own air to outside?
But that's where all the air lives.
-Yes, ma'am. -What else?
Avalanches.
Okay, so just to get this straight, so, avalanche,
uh, frostbite of various areas,
running out of air,
so, fainting, dying,
-freezing to death... -Brain-brain swelling.
-Brain swelling?! -(chuckling)
How do you know your brain is swollen?
You could go blind. Like, you can't see.
Why y'all doing this again?!
This seems like it doesn't--
Explain to me
what's on the top of this mountain.
-Best view in the world. -Views.
The joy of, like, just digging deep and pushing yourself,
that's what so much of this is a-- is about,
is that journey and is the process.
It is going through that process,
being transformed by it,
and, hopefully,
a hell of a lot more Black and brown folks.
With all of your appendages.
-Still attached. Yes, correct. Yeah. -Still attached.
Have you considered glamping?
People don't even know the things that they can do
until they're exposed to it.
Come do what we do.
But, um...
That's why you're here, to join us and get together,
to learn about what we're doing,
and to climb a big mountain. Yeah.
I don't think I have to go outside.
My producer just said, yes, I have to go outside.
-Um... -(voice-over): Okay, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool.
So, this team that's training for Everest
wants me to join them on a fun little Colorado hike
on a mountain,
outside, with snow on top.
And very little air.
All right. Think we've gone far enough.
I'm gonna take a... take a quick break.
We've only been walking ten minutes.
-You say you're all right? -Yeah, man. I just need
to get into some of my... essentials.
You know, I'll be honest, I've never seen a sequined backpack
-before out here in the back country. -Mm.
I got some essential oils, uh, just in case.
You know, you don't want to get a funky...
You might, you know, meet a nice man.
A few things that she was missing.
-Water. -Food.
You know, the mountain's high, so I need to be high.
Layers.
-That would help. -Yeah.
How much... how much further we going?
Not long at all, actually. Just right up there.
(dramatic music plays)
-It's been so nice meeting y'all. -(laughing)
I'm-I'm going to have to go back.
Listen, I am so proud to know
that there are Black people out here
that are willing to make history
and take on this kind of challenge.
But the only thing I'm trying to climb is Idris Elba.
Turns out, we can do this. Well, not me,
but other people like this amazing team.
And I'm going to be celebrating them and cheering them on
from inside, on my couch and with all of my appendages.
Oh, where's my Sherpa to help me down?
I'm too high! Too high!
(laughter)