grown-ish

Where are my headphones?

I have to have them here somewhere.

Where are my earbuds?!

I just put them here!

One thing I wasn't prepared for in college is having a roommate.

Earbuds don't have feet! Earbuds don't wander off!

I mean, yeah, I have siblings,

and I even lived with a girlfriend once,

but this is different.

What are you looking at?!

And that's because Zaara Ali has always been a fighter.

She fought for her life in the hospital.

She fought to be respected.

She fought her way through the boys

for her spot on the field.

She fought for her identity.

Nice butch boots, lez!

Thanks!

And ever since we've become roommates...

I said, what are you looking at?!

... she's been fighting with me.

Nothing.

Are those my earbuds, klepto?

Uh, they're definitely not.

My grandma got these for me as a gift for Easter.

Oh, Grandma got you earbuds?

My grandma got married off to a man she didn't love

after her village flooded.

My grandma blew up a boat once.

That's neither here nor there.

Okay.

If I find out these are mine,

I'm gonna cut your ear off in your sleep.

Van Gogh style.

Yo!

Hey. You guys like me, right?

Hey, boo, I got this one.

Hey, you is kind,

you is smart, you is important.

I am serious.

If there is one thing that I have going for me,

aside from natural curls and 6 feet of height,

it is that I am somebody that everybody likes.

Everybody except for Zaara.

I mean, it sounds like a hater to me.

And you gotta know, haters is gonna hate.

Say, "Later, hater."

And, you know, let that hater be your motivator.

You know what I'm sayin'?

Bro, do you get all of your advice from Lil Wayne lyrics?

- Yeah. - Hey, I think it might be

just, like, a straight-dude, lesbian thing.

What do you mean?

You know how, like, super-straight dudes

and lesbians don't mix?

It's like potato salad and raisins.

Like, you're not gonna eat that.

But... But we're friends, Slick.

Nah.

Every time I turn around, you just there, bam.

I gave you half my fries.

Well, then she has got the wrong idea about me.

I am for equal rights. I have voted for gay causes.

Bro, do you even have any gay friends?

My aunt's gay.

You're just not down, bro. He's just not down.

Damn. Am I not down?

I've always thought there's no question that I'm an ally.

If there's one thing I'm good at,

it's appreciating a woman.

Did that sound sexual?

I did not mean for that to be sexual.

Okay. You guys have given me something to think about.

Thank you.

Hi. Yes. Can I get a Americano?

Heavy cream, seven Splendas, a drop of caramel,

a dash of cinnamon, just mix it all in there.

Don't judge me. I like it sweet. Thank you.

So, dude, what are you doing here? Do you have the day off or what?

I thought you had work.

I'm killing it so much at work right now...

This is a big mistake.

You can get your final check at the end of the week.

Ohh.

I'm ahead on all my accounts, so...

Ohh. Boss moves only, huh?

- Only way I move. - That's what I like to hear.

So you got this then, right, boss?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I got us.

Thank you. I got it next time.

I just... I got that.

I just paid rent, and the university

only hands out checks biweekly,

so gotta keep the lights on, even if that means

not having my razor plugged in at the same time.

Yeah, I was gonna say, your shit looks kind of patchy.

- That's not a nice thing to say to someone. - Sorry.

- You know? - My bad.

What are you gonna do?

Yo, did you see this? Look at this.

Global Studies Department. "We've Got Them All."

We're not Pokémon.

Why are diverse voices only important

in the Global Studies Department?

Why doesn't the Chemistry Department look like that?

Or Economics?

Yeah, no, the economy's ... the economy crazy, bro.

But, anyway, things are really fuego for me

right now professionally.

That's some Spanish I picked up

for one of our Brazilian clients.

I thought they speak Portuguese over there.

Yeah, that... that's the point of the whole campaign.

It's to make Spanish the new national language of Brazil.

It's a whole thing. It's gonna be fire.

I'mma take this. This is my frat brother Ray.

Yeah. I gotta hook him up with one of our clients.

Keep everything real. Keep the synergy going.

- Mm-hmm. - You know?

- Do your thing, man. - Ray! Yeah, buddy. So, we're, uh...

We're good for the interview tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., yeah?

Great.

Amongst Dr. Du Bois' strongest arguments

for viewing this time period as a success

is the establishment of public education in the South

for the very first time, yes?

And one of the most overlooked aspects in Du Bois' critique

of the historical framing of Reconstruction

was how the Negro thought they'd be overlooked

when trying to sneak into my class late.

That is the third time this month.

Guys, come on. This is a seminar, okay?

You can't get lost in the crowd.

I can literally see every single one of you,

from Josiah, who still pops his collar

for reasons we don't understand,

to Jonathan in the back, who sleeps with his eyes open.

He thinks he's fooling us. He's fooling no one.

And to Michelle with the adult braces.

- Yes, ma'am. - My name's Danielle.

That's what I said, Michelle. Thank you so much.

Now, listen, I don't tolerate lateness...

not in my students nor their assignments, okay?

My assignment's not late. I just sent it to you.

What do you...

Okay. Let's see.

Oh, hello, there.

You're just in time for my report on W.E.B. Du Bois'

quintessential work, "Black Reconstruction."

Prior to its publishing in 1935, it was widely felt

that Reconstruction had been a total fail.

This view was espoused in 1878 by James Pike

in "The Prostrate State."

Gross.

That's offensive.

But it was propagated by an overall

scholarly acceptance of white supremacy

during a time of widespread Southern disenfranchisement

for most African-Americans and a gang of Caucasians.

Rent is too damn high!

So good.

In 1929, prominent Black activist

and all-around bad bitch Anna Julia Cooper asked...

Hey, roomie!

Welcome home to your safe space.

What the hell is this?

Well, I realized today that I have never taken the time

to acknowledge you for the strong,

Indian-American, gay goddess that you are.

So I decided that, tonight, we are gonna make it

Room 212's first annual Ally Appreciation Night.

What's that smell?

Oh.

It's a vindaloo fondue.

I took all the curry spices and mixed them

with a curated blend of cheeses.

Why would you fill a 200-square-foot room

with Indian food and cheese?

Bro, don't worry!

We will crack a window during the after-dinner movie.

I've got the 2016 GLAAD Award-winning film "Carol"

ready for us to watch.

Bro, I don't want to watch a lesbian love story with you, ever.

And I'm not eating any of your cheesy Indian hate crime.

Okay. I have tried.

I have really made an effort to connect with you

and to make our dorm a comfortable living space,

but you just don't with me, heavy!

You're right. I don't with you.

But everybody does!

Why are you so against being my friend?

I don't want your lesbian love fest or your anal organizing.

I don't want a BFF, and if I did, it wouldn't be

- some silly-looking straight dude like you. - Sill...

I just want a roommate that leaves me alone!

Fine! Okay!

You want me to leave you alone.

Then I will just leave you all the way alone.

- We're done! - Good!

Great!