Any Day Now1998

Mary Elizabeth 'M.E.' O'Brien Sims:
We walk through every day pretty much invisible, you know? I mean we never have to think about being white, when was the last time you thought about being white? [Colliar doesn't answer] There, you see? And this stuff goes deep and it's all mixed up in the past with slavery and what we went through as kids. Do you ever think about those days?

Colliar Sims:
As little as possible.

Mary Elizabeth 'M.E.' O'Brien Sims:
Well I think about them. I called Uncle Jimmy today/

Colliar Sims:
WHAT?

Mary Elizabeth 'M.E.' O'Brien Sims:
He's the worst racist I've ever known! He wasn't at home.

Colliar Sims:
Don't you be calling him back, Mary Elizabeth! You cut him out of your life years ago with good reason!

Mary Elizabeth 'M.E.' O'Brien Sims:
Daddy saw him last year, he was in the hospital, something with his heart.

Colliar Sims:
The man has no heart.

Mary Elizabeth 'M.E.' O'Brien Sims:
He wasn't born with all that hate, Colliar. Where does that start? Where'd it start with my parents? With me?

Colliar Sims:
So Rene's right, you're a racist?

Mary Elizabeth 'M.E.' O'Brien Sims:
I don't know. I know my family's racist, or used to be. I know I can be pretty stupid.

Colliar Sims:
Calling your Uncle Jimmy was stupid. You're crazy if you open that door back up again.