Boiling Pot Page #2

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You three too. Leave. Now get

out.

Are you serious?

Leave!

Yeah, I'm fine.

Jesus.

What's up? Fifteen pages

on the elasticity of macro-economics.

We were supposed to meet in the

grad library.

Dude. I am so sorry, you wanna

come in?

Miss Torrance?

Thank you for waiting.

Dean Marison will see you now.

Thank you so much for meeting with me Dean.

I know that you're extremely

busy.

Not at all.

This is why I'm here.

Yes sir. Um, I guess the problem

now is that students are feeling

offended by the events that

are happening on campus,

especially the noose hanging

Valerie. Make sure you get all

this.

Listen miss Torrance, the

situation is bad.

It's bad for the students. It's

bad for the university.

It's bad for everyone.

I want you to know that the

administration...

and myself deeply

condemn these actions.

To teach people and help them

grow out of their ignorance.

That's the role we play as

educators.

Okay what the hell does this mean?

"Obama's presidency would be the

camel's nose. "

What are you reading?

It's my homepage. It's the news

page.

An old Arabian proverb

states if...

the camels nose enters the

tent...

his body will soon follow.

I feel like I should be

offended by something here.

What's her name?

Buggle. Yo, watch it, she's

slippery.

You know the French eat frogs

like this.

Yeah?

Yeah. Boiled frog legs.

Miss Buggle would be a real

delicacy over there.

Sounds gross. And painful.

Some French cooks found that if

you put a frog in water,

It'll just sit there and enjoy

the drink.

But if you start slowly turning

up the heat,

the frog will fall asleep.

Turn up the heat a little more,

it'll fall into a deeper sleep.

Eventually the water's boiling,

and Miss Buggle is dead.

That's how you go from a

live frog to a meal.

That's what they mean by the

camel's nose.

They're wondering how this guy

whose ancestors came over...

to this country chained up on a

boat...

ends up running for president.

You gonna take that?

No, that's fine.

It's 8:
30. Let's get started on

this paper.

Dean. Off the record,

are we just going to let these guys go?

Off the record, Rose, let who go?

We don't know who did this.

Of course, we know who did this.

You and I both know exactly who

did this.

Are you suggesting the Kappa

House is responsible?

So you do know.

What I know, Rose,

is that college students love

spreading rumors.

These are not rumors dean Marison.

The Kappa House has a history of

racism...

that everyone seems to

acknowledge except...

As a results of recent tensions,

we have instated mandatory

diversity training for all

campus organizations.

And that is gonna do what

exactly?

Valerie, would you please?

The administration cannot

charge a group of students...

with a hate crime without

substantial evidence.

Dean. This is a threat to every

black student on this campus.

I can understand that,

Miss Torrance.

We're going to explore every

possible means by which we can

find out what happened. We'll

set up a safe space...

With all due respect dean.

There is a noose hanging from a

tree in your safe space.

We don't need to explore what

happened.

You and I know exactly what

happened and who made it happen.

We can't know anyone's intention

Rose.

It's not fair to misjudge

people...

just as you wouldn't like

to be misjudged.

I would think someone like

yourself would understand that.

Dean. Do you want me to keep

typing?

No. Thank you for your time.

Miss Torrance. I want to assure

you there is no need to worry.

This is an isolated incident.

Hey what'd he say?

Rose, come on what'd he say?

You okay?

Rose!

One minute Trey.

Take a break. Take a break

Time! Alright, we're gonna...

work our inside

counter-punch drill.

If I throw my left hook too

wide,

you shoot it straight

right down the middle.

Got it.

Okay. Nice, nice.

Yeah money!

Okay, alright. Now, when you

feed that right hand,

you better be ready to defend

yourself, alright?

Alright.

Keep your hands up!

I let you have that man.

So how come your girl don't come

see you fight no more?

Because I don't wanna embarrass

you like this every time.

I know you got this ego thing

going man.

In the ring, I want you

to be confident, not cocky.

Cocky will get you killed.

Alright?

You need to watch some Rocky or

something,

and learn how to coach!

Rocky?

Man you leave the coaching to

me. I got this.

You be ready to practice this

weekend and bring your A-game.

It's the only game I got man!

Man what'd I just say?

I can't believe you talked me into this.

It is cold and wet out here.

Yo, don't even worry about it.

Let's go.

It's beautiful though.

Yeah, it is.

Hell no dude you ain't touching this.

First we're trespassing now, you

have a weapon.

What are you doing?

Yo, Relax. It's not a weapon.

It's a baseball bat.

What are you going to do

with a bat and a football anyway?

You poor ignorant souls.

Batter up!

Swing batter, batter, batter!

My goodness!

That one's outta here folks! Get

money, get paid baby.

It's okay, you can smile.

When all the doors are closed,

when you feel like you're

carrying the world on your back,

it's easy to forget that you're

just a kid.

You know I almost drowned as a little kid?

HAZEML Drowned?

So I almost never met you

Yeah. I almost died.

Wow. Well did your life flash

before your eyes like they say?

Actually, when something goes

wrong,

your brain usually deals with it

by...

trying to find a similar

situation.

So, when you touch something

hot, what do you do?

Pull my hand away.

Because your brain knows if you

don't pull your hand away,

This happens in your brain all

the time...

without you realizing it.

You making all this up?

No, I'm not. That's the case

when you're dying.

Your brain knows that something

is very, very wrong.

But your brain has never died

before.

So it frantically searches

through all your memories

until it can find a similar

situation...

and hopefully save you.

But it can't.

So before you die,

your life actually does flash

before your eyes.

I think we should see other

people.

Ha-ha. They don't teach you that

in med school, do they?

I wonder what I'd see flashing

before my eyes.

But I'd rather look at life with

a more positive outlook.

Yeah? How's that?

Well. we can build our future

home, for example.

Okay.

You wanted palm trees out front,

right?

Look! I found us a pet.

The hell is that?

It's a starfish.

Yeah I can see that.

No seriously. Valerie, I'm not

kidding, I'm serious.

I'm not scared, it's got these

suction...

Valerie I'm not playing anymore.

Quit playing.

Alright fine. You wanna handle

this like men?

You wanna take this outside?

We are outside.

Well then we're efficient people

aren't we?

Yes, we are effecient people!

I'm too fast for you, actually.

I'm so pretty, I'm so pretty.

Float like a butterfly, sting

like a bee.

I'm the pretty one in this

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