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we might come out of here today

with some type of decent placement. So...

Might?

There ain't no might about it.

I say we go on up in here,

kick their white asses,

eat their little caviar and roll back

to the ghetto with a win. You dig?

Dre know what he's talking about.

No need to be so damn cocky,

this is your first meet.

We don't need to worry

about these white boys at all.

Cocky, man. We're just good.

You're that good? Okay.

Come here.

I'm not done talking to y'all. Listen up.

What we're gonna do,

we're gonna go inside the locker room,

-we're gonna put on the swim gear.

-Swim gear? Coach,

I got my shorts on under my pants.

-Me, too.

-No, you're not prepared.

Today, we're gonna wear the real thing.

Elston.

What you talking about?

One size fit all.

-No, hell no.

-I'm not wearing that.

That ain't funny. What you laughing at?

What do you mean, hell no?

This is a swim meet.

This isn't some backyard function.

This is proper swimming attire.

-This is your uniform.

-That's not my uniform.

Elston. Elston, come on now.

I can't even get my boys in those.

Trust me, you and your boys

will be just fine.

Look, I don't care what y'all say,

I don't got to wear no blue panties to go

in there and kick them white boys' asses.

Me, neither.

You're supposed to be a team.

A team wears the same thing.

I mean, if Willie wear them, then...

She wear them?

Oh, my goodness, man.

Please leave the preparation area.

Only registered swimmers of the teams

remain in the starting...

Man, what's all these people

looking at us like this for?

-Dyn-o-mite.

-I didn't know they swam.

Must be some kind of a protest march.

Come on, Reg. Just ignore them, man.

What the hell? Can you believe this?

They're not even dressed right.

-It's free dress today.

-Come on, no let down today.

We've got 56 consecutive home victories.

That's right, 56 straight.

It's impressive.

Some people can't even count that high.

No let down, boys, not today.

Let's go, Main Line.

Richard Binkowski,

around the sports world

-they know me as the Bink.

-We've met before.

-We have?

-Yes, we have.

-This is Mr. Johnson.

-Meet a lot of people.

Yeah, yeah, nice to see you.

-You have a girl on your team?

-Yes.

And you realize this is a boys' swim meet.

No girls allowed here.

Where does it say that?

We missed the sign

when we walked in here?

Better yet, you got a

rules and regulations book on you?

-Are you her lawyer?

-Yeah, you can say I'm her mouthpiece.

-You want to go to court?

-Yeah.

Bet you know your way

around the courtroom.

-I was born there.

-Yeah. Yeah.

-Well, enjoy your freedom while you can.

-Yeah.

Yeah, well, listen,

just so you understand the format today,

'cause it's complicated.

We start off with a 50 breast,

-and then we go to the...

-I know the format, Mr. Binkowski.

-You do know the format?

-Yes.

-You understand it?

-I understand it.

Okay, because I'm here to help you

if you need anything.

Any questions that you need answered,

you talk to the Bink, okay?

-Thank you so much.

-You bet.

-Pompous ass, huh?

-All right, men, come on.

That's what I'm saying.

This is what we deal with.

Come on.

Stay focused.

Welcome to the

Main Line Academy Swim Meet.

Home of the current regional champion,

the Main Line Barracudas.

-You got this.

-You got to be kidding me.

You got a problem with me

and my swim team, man?

You mean,

you guys aren't the Harlem Globetrotters?

-No.

-That's cute.

-That's real cute.

-Mr. Davis, focus.

Will the swimmers involved

in the 50-yard breaststroke

-please approach the starting blocks.

-Mr. Davis, get us off to a good start.

All right, go.

Put your hand out. Reach out.

Let's go!

Give it, Miss Thompson.

Come on. Make your turn, come on.

Come on.

Keep your focus, find the center.

Come on!

Cheer for him!

He hit his head...

Swimmers, take your mark.

Get your pants back on.

Keep going.

Blast off!

Hey, you stand there

with your thumb up your ass?

What kind of bullshit circus

are you running here?

I'll take care of it.

Coach, keep your boys in line.

I'm sorry.

I apologize.

Come on.

I'm tired of embarrassing myself,

let's get out of here.

Come on, you guys.

We can't, Coach, we...

We got one more.

And now, the last race of the day,

the 50-yard freestyle.

Well, just be glad they took off the cuffs

so you could swim, brother.

Swimmers, take your mark.

Hey! Come on!

Go, Mr. Williamson.

Make your turn.

He fouled!

Wait, wait, wait!

He just kicked him in the head.

-Coach, I didn't see anything.

-No, no. He just kicked him in the head.

-That's a disqualification.

-No, sir.

That's a foul! Did you see that?

-You guys saw it, didn't you?

-I didn't see a thing.

No, sir. Not a foul. Sorry.

Yeah, it figures you'd complain

about something.

Yes, yes!

Fifty-seven in a row. Come on!

Fifty-seven.

We made it, five, seven.

Once again...

This is the stuff you're teaching your kids?

White boy!

Listen to me.

-Hey, man, get your hands off me.

-Listen. Listen!

You want respect in this game,

then you're gonna have to earn it.

I know they taught you that

at Cheyney State.

Why don't you teach your kids something?

Yeah, he made a bonehead move

but you had 30 before that.

And it didn't affect the outcome.

You want respect, you give it.

You earn it.

Come on, Coach.

-All right. All right.

-We got a long drive. Long drive.

Okay.

-Get back, guys. Come on!

-Come on, get your stuff.

Get back, everybody.

Come on, let's go. Get your stuff.

I couldn't swim right?

No, 'cause I was blinded

by the reflection off his white behind.

I'm telling you, man,

bobbing up and down in the water.

I couldn't even... I couldn't even see.

Best stroke out there

was Willie's butterfly.

Yeah, we were all watching that.

Hey, I'm just glad to be out them boonies,

you know what I'm saying?

-Them white boys...

-Man, hey, you know.

Them white boys

ain't never seen nothing like that.

But you almost drowned, though,

you almost drowned. I told Puddin Head.

What you talking about? I was down, man.

I may have swam backwards,

but I ain't...

What's so funny, man?

I want to laugh.

-What's funny? Don't you wanna laugh, El?

-I can go for a chuckle or two.

-Come on, what's funny?

-You know, nothing's funny.

We just clowning.

-You know how it is.

-No, Mr. Taylor, I don't know how it is.

Maybe you should explain to me

'cause I don't know how it is

to get my ass whooped,

and then to get on the bus and ride home

and act like it didn't happen.

-Like it's your birthday.

-Yeah, how does that happen, exactly?

Come on, Coach. It was just swimming.

Swimming? That wasn't swimming.

-You know what I saw?

-What did you see?

I saw a bunch of Negroes

who thought because they were black

that they were better than the other people.

Did you see that?

I thought I was the only one

that felt that way, you know.

-No, but you know also what I saw?

-What did you see?

-Some white kids was there, too.

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