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Clips from Atlanta - B.A.N. (S01E01)

"(upbeat hip-hop instrumental music)"
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"*"
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"MAN: The Dodge Charger..."
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"the official car of making a statement"
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"without saying anything at all."
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"(mellow jazz)"
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"*"
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"(upbeat theme music playing)"
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"*"
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"Good evening, and welcome to "Montague.""
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"I'm your host, Franklin Montague."
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"And today we're gonna take a look"
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"at the growing outlook of accepted sexuality"
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"and its effects on black youth and culture."
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"With us today, we have"
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"the Head of the Center of Trans-American Issues,"
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"Dr. Debra Holt,"
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"and recording artist Paper Boi."
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"Good evening to you both."
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"-Good evening, Montague. -'Sup?"
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"Uh, let's start at the beginning."
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"Paper Boi, last Tuesday you engaged in a Twitter rant"
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"that had some pretty inflammatory statements."
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"But the one statement that seems to have made"
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"-the biggest impact... -(sighs)"
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"Was this one and I quote, "Y'all the...""
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"N-words "who said I was weird for not wanting to""
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"F-word "Caitlyn Jenner.""
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"Would you want to, uh, explain that statement?"
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"No."
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"Well, could you explain that statement?"
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"(blows) I..."
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"meant what I said."
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"You don't think your tweets are transphobic?"
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"I just don't have to have sex"
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"with Caitlyn Jenner 'cause y'all say so."
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"Mm. So you don't think"
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"-Caitlyn Jenner's important? -(tsks)"
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"Look, I get what y'all saying, right?"
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"But she's not super important to me,"
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"like, not my life."
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"So how long have you disliked transpeople?"
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"Man, look, I just found out they exist,"
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"-to be honest. -I--No, no--"
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""I make her switch sides, Caitlyn Jenner in reverse"?"
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"Is that not a-- a lyric of yours?"
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"Man, I was just rapping, man."
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"Look, I've said worse things."
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"You ever heard my song, "Illuminati Sex"?"
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"-Haven't heard it yet. -Well, there we go then."
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"Debra, you've written"
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"about this current phenomenon in your book,"
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"Transition: Gender in a New Generation."
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"What do you think about all this?"
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"I look at these statements as"
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"natural consequences of a culture"
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"-of exclusion and power. -Mm."
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"You know, there's-- there's a large swath of..."
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"-(scoffs) -Gender and sexuality roles"
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"that are just being exposed to a large portion of the public."
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"(chuckling)"
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"DEBRA: Uh, it's harder for certain sections"
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"to deal with this transition"
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"uh, because of conflict of interest,"
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"and, frankly, identity issues."
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"In this case, the rap community."
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"Now, I truly believe it's, uh,"
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"has more to do with issues of masculinity"
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"in the black community than actual"
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"homophobia or--or transphobia."
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"-Please explain. -Yes, please, please."
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"Tell me-- tell me about myself."
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"Go on."
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"Well, Mis--Mister, uh, Pa-- Mr. Paper Boi--"
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"Mister, yeah."
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"What would you consider yourself?"
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"A rapper?"
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"A straight rapper?"
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"Hell yeah."
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"Well, I did some research on your lyrics,"
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"and they're actually very pro sexual-spectrum."
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"-Oh? -Pro-what?"
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""If I eff with you, you my N-word,"
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"you my N-word for life.""
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"Yo, you know that ain't what I meant."
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"Yeah, oh, I understand, but, you know,"
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"there's a layer of fluidity..."
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"No, no, no. There's no extra layer."
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"DEBRA: That you yourself don't even realize."
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"I don't think about what I'm rapping half the time."
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"Look, I'm just trying to get paid,"
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"you feel me? Look, (bleep),"
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"why you think I'm on this show?"
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"You're not getting paid for this."
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"Hey-- Hey, Earn--man?"
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"Black men aren't ready to accept the implications"
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"of a trans-accepting culture."
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"No--look, I'm allowed to say that it's weird."
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""It"?"
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"No, look, I'm not calling him a "it.""
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"-Naw, I'm just saying that-- -"Him"?"
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"Look--look, can I say something? Damn!"
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"FRANKLIN: All right. -Well, it depends."
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"-I was trying to say-- -We got to take a break."
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"When we're back, we're gonna take a look"
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"into a young boy's struggle for equality."
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"(theme music playing)"
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"(sighs)"
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"(theme music)"
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"(sportscaster on phone)"
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"(front entrance dings)"
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"(Muzak plays in background)"
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"*"
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"(sportscasters continue)"
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"(beep)"
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"$1.49?"
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"But the price on the can, though."
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"The price is on the can, though."
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"(crowd cheers on phone)"
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"(sportscasters continue)"
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