Whitley Marion Gilbert Wayne: [the Rodney King verdict is aired on a television in a department store. Four white cops are acquitted of beating a unarmed Black man. Several worried people are glued to the set. There is a feeling of outrage among the small throng] How could they acquit them? I mean, it was on tape. Hard evidence.Ianta: Evidence?Whitley Marion Gilbert Wayne: Solid!Ianta: Girl, please. They can beat us, kill us, do whatever they wanna do - and get off - just like they always have.Ianta: [scoffs]Whitley Marion Gilbert Wayne: We still have the Constitution to protect us.Ianta: When that piece of paper was written, African people in this country were slaves - ALL of us. We sisters were considered nothing but bed warmers!Whitley Marion Gilbert Wayne: But we have our rights now. I mean, they-they're not gonna deny me. I'm an African American.Ianta: Here, Ms. Lambchop. Stop worrying about integrating and being accepted, and start thinking about building - for yourself, for our people - so that we can provide a *future* for our children.[thunderous applause is heard on soundtrack]
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