0:00:10 > 0:00:12If I had to describe OW in one word?
0:00:13 > 0:00:15- A real diamond.- Mind-blowing.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18- Surprising.- Drama.
0:00:18 > 0:00:19Swag.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23- Over the top.- It's crazy.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Oh, my God.
0:00:25 > 0:00:26Problems.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29- Discombobulated.- This ain't no fairy-tale high school.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31This ain't no fairy-tale story.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Everything is real here.
0:00:40 > 0:00:41Class of 2016!
0:00:43 > 0:00:49At OW, you see black people 98% of the time.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51You share pain,
0:00:51 > 0:00:52you share tears.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54We are lifelong friends for ever.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Teachers, please close all doors.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04We are in an active hall sweep.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12I'm a senior and it's make or break time for me.
0:01:12 > 0:01:13I'm about to get ready to leave high school.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17Y'all going to jail. Because y'all in a stolen car.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19Come on, Ra-Ra!
0:01:22 > 0:01:25I have to live with it.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30I am so proud of you because I know that you have overcome
0:01:30 > 0:01:33obstacles to make it to this day.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56Six million people play high school football.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58The chances of getting into college is hard,
0:01:58 > 0:02:01but I think I am good enough for it.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05My birth mother passed away when I was in second grade.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08She wouldn't be disappointed.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11I know she would want me to keep trying for other schools.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14He is all about growing up.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16OK. And you know that baby and everything...
0:02:16 > 0:02:18What baby? He has a baby?
0:02:18 > 0:02:21- He is expecting one.- Getting one? - Yeah.- Wow.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35It's been an up-and-down season for the Bruins,
0:02:35 > 0:02:38but they are into the play-offs.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40There's no room for mistakes in play-offs.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42At all.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44Go out there, compete hard.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47- Is there a lot riding on this for you?- Yeah.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49A whole lot. Scholarships.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53If we don't win no games, we can't get no looks.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56And, you know, I know Rendull was worried and concerned about getting
0:02:56 > 0:03:00a scholarship. He has to be, because he hadn't gotten those calls yet.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07If I lose, then that's my last high school dream.
0:03:08 > 0:03:13Like, I haven't heard too much from my recruitment process, so it's like...
0:03:20 > 0:03:24We are deep into the third quarter of this must-win game for the Bruins.
0:03:24 > 0:03:29For captain Rendull Middleton, this could be his last chance to impress college scouts.
0:03:33 > 0:03:34He drives to the middle of the lane.
0:03:34 > 0:03:39He puts it up the left hand. And counted. It's good.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43But now, the Eagles are staging a comeback.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49What is happening to this Bruins side?
0:03:49 > 0:03:52Come on! No, listen to me.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56We're going to win the game, all right? Shoot it, shoot it.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59What are you doing?
0:04:04 > 0:04:05Listen, listen!
0:04:05 > 0:04:09We wasted three possessions already trying to do that long passing shit.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13Myself, Brett, come on, we need this.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17Let's go. Let's go. Move it, Rendull, move it!
0:04:17 > 0:04:21The fourth and final quarter of play and this game is slipping away from OW.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35KLAXON AND CHEERING
0:04:42 > 0:04:46Guys, let me tell you. When it's all said and done, it's the end of the season.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50I want you to make sure that you take some of the things that we
0:04:50 > 0:04:54taught y'all this season just about life.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57OK? Even though you're young and it seems like you're going to be young
0:04:57 > 0:04:59for ever, basketball is just a small part of your life.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03All right, but I'm going to tell you like this right here, I love you guys.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05We are lifelong friends for ever.
0:05:05 > 0:05:10For ever! You share pain, you share tears,
0:05:10 > 0:05:13I want y'all to use this to motivate yourselves.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17This season is over with now, but one thing's for sure,
0:05:17 > 0:05:19this is a Bruin family.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Let us pray. Our Father, which art in heaven.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30Give us this day our daily bread. Forgive us our trespasses
0:05:30 > 0:05:34as we forgive those who trespass...
0:05:46 > 0:05:51See, we had it right there in our hands.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55What's my next journey in life?
0:06:00 > 0:06:02What's next?
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Here we go.
0:06:20 > 0:06:25Big old school here. It is going to be a wild ride.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Wow, look at that line!
0:06:30 > 0:06:35- Sorry. This is Mykenzie. This is Aubrai.- Hey, nice to meet you.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Little nervous. It's my first day.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41- Hey!- Hey, sweetie.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45Before you leave lunch, you go to section two and get your bus pass.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48Yes, ma'am. It's a lot bigger than my other school.
0:06:48 > 0:06:49- It is?- Yes.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51- Way bigger?- It's way bigger.
0:06:51 > 0:06:56OW to me is kind of, you know, divided.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00Every person you see is, you know, black, black, black, black.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03We just had a black president. He's still going on.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10I'll give you a few quarters because I have a few spares.
0:07:10 > 0:07:11It's like jail!
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Can I get a hot sausage?
0:07:19 > 0:07:21- It's a dollar?- Yeah.
0:07:23 > 0:07:24Thank you.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30It's school food.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41- Staring is not good. - Stare right back at her.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43Stare right back.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46It makes me feel like there's something wrong with me.
0:07:46 > 0:07:47- Yeah.- You know?
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Really uncomfortable feeling.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55I am one of the only white people here at the school.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58It isn't about somebody's skin colour that makes them who they are,
0:07:58 > 0:08:01it's about how they act and carry themselves and their morals
0:08:01 > 0:08:02and values.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09I'm really, really sensitive to you coming in because this is a school
0:08:09 > 0:08:11that's 99% African-American.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15And I wanted to make sure that you felt safe...
0:08:15 > 0:08:21- Mm.- That you embrace the idea that nobody was going to bother you.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23We just love you.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26I moved around my whole life, Dr Peters.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30You know, like, I do have that adaptive personality.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34I had a plan to, like, make it more...
0:08:34 > 0:08:36blend it up a little bit.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Because most parents, like, send their kids
0:08:38 > 0:08:42to different schools just so they don't have to, you know,
0:08:42 > 0:08:45be in a school that's mostly black, which is messed up.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48The more diversity you have in a school,
0:08:48 > 0:08:52the better it is for everybody involved.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56- Right, exactly.- And I think, when you have that mixture,
0:08:56 > 0:08:59there is more positive to take out of it than negatives.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01You know you can always come to me
0:09:01 > 0:09:04and talk to me about any thing that's bothering you.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07- And I'll help in any way I can.- Yeah.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15You're listening to the People Station,
0:09:15 > 0:09:18and I am in studio with Bruins football coach Tommy Brown.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24Coach, what's next for some of the top players on your team?
0:09:24 > 0:09:27Kordel came on our programme and developed to receive.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30He always had a lot of confidence. Works hard in the weight room.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32He's got bigger.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35He's about 194, 6'3" now.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38He has the potential to be a star at the next level.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41Coach, what is your role when it comes to recruiting?
0:09:41 > 0:09:42I tell some people...
0:09:42 > 0:09:45I actually become like a used car salesman.
0:09:45 > 0:09:50A lot of cases, I call up colleges, I send film and basically, you know,
0:09:50 > 0:09:51I try to sell my players.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53You know, we don't talk about football.
0:09:53 > 0:09:58We talk about character, we talk about being disciplined in the classroom.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01We talk about that day when we can sign your name on the dotted line.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06College is the next step.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08I wanna play for South Carolina
0:10:08 > 0:10:11I dream of being a Gamecock, winning national championships.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17This is the University of South Carolina, USC.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19This was my favourite team growing up.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27The people that got money, they go to these camps and stuff and they
0:10:27 > 0:10:29get exposure.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32The recruiters can see them first.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35Bro, if you ain't got the money to go to them camps...
0:10:37 > 0:10:41..I mean, your exposure is slim to none.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45This is always the toughest part.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48Recruiting becomes kind of difficult right here.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52I just want to go and just get out of Orangeburg.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Right now, I want to get out of Orangeburg.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12- Have you talked to Rendull? - I've talked to Rendull.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16Has he talked to you about how he's feeling about the
0:11:16 > 0:11:18birth of the baby and all this kind of stuff?
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Erm... I get the picture he's trying to...
0:11:20 > 0:11:23trying to make it seem like he's got control over everything, which,
0:11:23 > 0:11:26you know, he doesn't really understand what he has facing him.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29I don't think Rendull has a plan.
0:11:29 > 0:11:34Basically, the scholarships thing is basically like what he's banking on.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Right. This is... Our best shot of getting him in school.
0:11:37 > 0:11:42Well, you know, I sent his highlight tape to about 20 coaches.
0:11:42 > 0:11:48Claflin, we thought we had some things going with them, but, you know,
0:11:48 > 0:11:50they are a little slow right now, talking slow.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54Rendull has a tendency to be so cool and that's good,
0:11:54 > 0:11:57in a way, that he has that kind of resolve.
0:11:57 > 0:11:58But at the same token,
0:11:58 > 0:12:01we have to all remember that he's still a kid himself,
0:12:01 > 0:12:03who is about to have a kid.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07The options that Rendull has right now are not solidified.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12I worry about the chances of Rendull getting a college scholarship.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28Like, when I came for you, you weren't here.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31Recruiting is the part that everybody don't know about.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33Hey, Miss Johnson.
0:12:33 > 0:12:37Guess what? I've got a Carolina person here. Miss Johnson, huh?
0:12:37 > 0:12:42- Yeah.- Hi.- How you doing?- I see it. See, I got you! See, I'm new.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44'They're looking for players all over the country,
0:12:44 > 0:12:48'so I have to let schools know that we have these kids.'
0:12:48 > 0:12:51I am just coming over here, imagining meeting folks, you know what I mean?
0:12:51 > 0:12:53They say the coach ain't been in here, man,
0:12:53 > 0:12:55so I'm trying make that better, man.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59Man, I get people calling me all the time.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01- All right, Miss Johnson, I'll see you.- All right. Take care.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08I know you asked me about Kordel Johnson?
0:13:08 > 0:13:09Well, I'll tell you.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13He's demonstrated what it takes to play on the next level.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39I mean, I was excited.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42As soon as I turned around, I saw the Gamecock on his shirt.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45I was just dazed through a second.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48We talked a little bit. Shared a chat and stuff.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50He talked about getting me up there.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Today, he just came and saw me.
0:13:52 > 0:13:53It's not an offer.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57So we don't know if I'm playing in Carolina or we don't know...
0:13:57 > 0:13:59We don't know what they're thinking.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03They actually might talk to five, six, ten kids a day.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06And you're selling the same dream to every kid.
0:14:11 > 0:14:12BELL RINGS
0:14:20 > 0:14:21Bye!
0:14:25 > 0:14:28This is my favourite food of all time.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Right here, macaroni and cheese.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34This is Velveeta cheese shells, where it's got the real cheese.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36Instead of the powder kind.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38I don't like the powder kind.
0:14:38 > 0:14:39Delicious!
0:14:41 > 0:14:44So, tell me, how are you feeling about the new school?
0:14:44 > 0:14:47You know like how I've switched from school to school to school for the
0:14:47 > 0:14:52past few years because of Dad and you living in separate cities?
0:14:52 > 0:14:53Like, I just used to want to make friends.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56Instead of being there for my schooling, I'd want to, you know,
0:14:56 > 0:15:00fit in and stuff. Now it's like, I know what I need to be there for, I know what I want,
0:15:00 > 0:15:03- it's easier for me to concentrate. - So you've been able to focus?- Yeah.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06We waited so long to put you in OW
0:15:06 > 0:15:08for fear that somehow you'd be treated differently
0:15:08 > 0:15:10than some of the other students.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13- I definitely am.- You feel like you are?- Yes.- Really, how so?
0:15:13 > 0:15:15Just sly remarks.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18- You know...- Students can be a little rough.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20Yeah, I get called names.
0:15:20 > 0:15:25Yeah. But you did that before, I mean, in private school as well.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27I've been called... I've been called Snow Bunny.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29I've been called White Girl.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33I've been called Pasty, you know, all kind of names.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38The school system here has become extremely segregated,
0:15:38 > 0:15:43to the point where OW of the thousands of students that are there,
0:15:43 > 0:15:49you could probably count on your hands and toes the numbers of Caucasian students.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52So she and I decided together that, you know what?
0:15:52 > 0:15:56- We're only two little people in a little small place...- But we could start a chain reaction.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58But we can make a difference.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00You know what? We want to be part of the solution,
0:16:00 > 0:16:01not part of the problem.
0:16:04 > 0:16:08So, as you know, I'm planning your 16th birthday party.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12I know you want to invite several people from your new school.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15So, tell me, Mykenzie, what do you want at your party?
0:16:24 > 0:16:25Good morning.
0:16:25 > 0:16:26Good morning.
0:16:26 > 0:16:31Ooh, look at him! Excuse me! What's up, man? Feeling good?
0:16:31 > 0:16:32What's going on, man?
0:16:35 > 0:16:38At this point, the major schools,
0:16:38 > 0:16:43if they haven't already contacted you by now, the chances are,
0:16:43 > 0:16:47you won't get any communication with them.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50All right, first and foremost,
0:16:50 > 0:16:53how's everything coming along with the baby?
0:16:53 > 0:16:55- Good.- Now, what's she having again?
0:16:55 > 0:16:58- Girl or boy? - Little girl.- Little girl?
0:16:58 > 0:17:00OK. Erm...
0:17:00 > 0:17:05You know, whatever you're capable of doing to make things easier for her,
0:17:05 > 0:17:07make sure you do that.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11You know, that's the growing up part that you've got to do with this
0:17:11 > 0:17:13situation right here.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16I'm just talking to make sure
0:17:16 > 0:17:18that certain things...
0:17:18 > 0:17:23We are doing certain things just as far as, you know, moving on.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27I want to make sure that you're keeping yourself in shape.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30We never know who you're going to have to work out for.
0:17:32 > 0:17:33All right.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03INTERVIEWER: What's it like being a footballer?
0:18:03 > 0:18:07Girls, you know. That's the main thing, the girls.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09If you go for the athlete type,
0:18:09 > 0:18:13then you have girls that come after the athletes and stuff like that
0:18:13 > 0:18:15and you have that to worry about.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18I would not go out with a boy from this school.
0:18:18 > 0:18:24It's like you can't find a nice boy that has a nice brain.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26I like to shop, I like clothes.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29I like clothes, the dresses.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32I like females.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34You want to hear a cheesy pick-up line?
0:18:34 > 0:18:39"There's something wrong with your left eye because you've been looking right all day."
0:18:42 > 0:18:44- Hey, Aubrai! Aubrai.- Yes, Kordel?
0:18:44 > 0:18:49How many times are you can call my name? I'm saying yes.
0:18:49 > 0:18:50I'm thinking about Aubrai.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53Oh, my gosh!
0:18:53 > 0:18:57She's so amazing. You know they think you're amazing.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59There is going to be a date.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Ohh! Here come the excuses!
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Here come the excuses.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06- You're about to leave, you're about to go.- What does that mean?- Goodbye.
0:19:06 > 0:19:11- What does that mean?- It means you might leave!- I'm also about to be a superstar or some shit.
0:19:11 > 0:19:12LAUGHTER
0:19:14 > 0:19:16I'm also about to be a superstar!
0:19:16 > 0:19:18- Let's go ice skating.- No, because then I'll fall!
0:19:18 > 0:19:20- That's fine. That's the fun part about it.- That's not fun.
0:19:20 > 0:19:27- That's the fun part about it. - No, no, no. On a first date, you don't go ice skating.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30You go ice-skating when you're dating.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32Like... After, like, three or four...
0:19:32 > 0:19:36- Where do you go on a first date? The movies?- A restaurant or something.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38I ain't paying for my own food.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40- OK.- I'm just saying!
0:19:40 > 0:19:42I've been on a date where I had to pay for my own food.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44- Who?- None of your business.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46So we'll make this official?
0:19:46 > 0:19:50- OK. A done deal.- One.- A done deal. - One date.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52- A done deal.- All right.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54A done deal. It's going to be good.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56It's going to be good.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11Oh, yeah, I know him. Hey, what's up?
0:20:11 > 0:20:13- You coming to my party? - You know that.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16- What's up, all right? You bringing friends?- Yeah.- OK.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21All right. So, everybody listen up, including you, Ashley.
0:20:21 > 0:20:26Tomorrow at my party, were going to have a bonfire with s'mores...
0:20:26 > 0:20:30- You already know.- Yeah, I'm...
0:20:30 > 0:20:33And hot dogs and burgers... And burgers!
0:20:33 > 0:20:38- Oh, I eat burgers. Don't put no onions on them both.- We're going to have a dance contest for the girls.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40- Fine with all that.- You win an Michael Kors purse.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43- We're going to have a DJ.- Who the DJ?- Some lady.- That my DJ.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46ALL CHANT: Go DJ, that's my DJ.
0:20:49 > 0:20:54I've invited probably, like, 40, 30, maybe 50.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58So it's going to be a lot. It's going to be fun.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01And my boyfriend's going to be there.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14South Carolina State has a good football team.
0:21:14 > 0:21:19It's just the fact that it's in Orangeburg and I grew up here my whole life.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21Hey, man, where are you?
0:21:21 > 0:21:24I'm at home.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27Oh, because I've got a gentleman wanting to see you.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34OK. So that means if he chase you come to school,
0:21:34 > 0:21:38then that means you should have had your body here. Right?
0:21:41 > 0:21:44Hey, man. You all right? How's it going?
0:21:44 > 0:21:47Go in here. Sit down and talk.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50So, what's going on, man? Coach at South Carolina State.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52- Yes, sir.- I came and watched you play a couple of times this year.
0:21:52 > 0:21:53Yeah.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55So what's going on with you?
0:21:55 > 0:21:56Not much.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59How are classes going? Going pretty good?
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Like, I was telling coach,
0:22:01 > 0:22:04we might need to see if we can get something done to get you over there
0:22:04 > 0:22:06if that's something you want to do.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09All right, because I see you go up and get that football.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12I don't see many people go up and get like that. Huh?
0:22:12 > 0:22:13Yes, sir.
0:22:13 > 0:22:14So when the ball in the air is yours...
0:22:14 > 0:22:17- It's mine.- That's what I'm talking about.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21What have you got going on as far as colleges and things right now?
0:22:21 > 0:22:23- Nobody really.- Nobody really?
0:22:23 > 0:22:27OK. I can't promise you any money, right now.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29- But your grades and stuff are pretty good.- Thank you, sir.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32Right, so we can work out a way where we can get something taken care of
0:22:32 > 0:22:38where you don't have to pay so much in and we might see if we can do something else for you to.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41You're too big of a talent is not to come and talk to now.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44I mean, it's an opportunity.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48That's all I'm saying, it's an opportunity.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50South Carolina State is an HBCU.
0:22:50 > 0:22:55HBCU stands for Historically Black College or University.
0:22:56 > 0:23:01They created school so that black people could go to college and get
0:23:01 > 0:23:04an education because they weren't allowed to go to the white schools.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08And PWI stands for Predominantly White Institution.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10The world is not black.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12The world is not what you see.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14Black people are a minority.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16The majority are white people.
0:23:16 > 0:23:24So I wanted to go to school so I can interact with them and, you know,
0:23:24 > 0:23:28become cool with them. I don't want to just be around, you know,
0:23:28 > 0:23:30black people the whole time.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47Cut!
0:23:50 > 0:23:51Cut!
0:23:53 > 0:23:56It turned out that I did not get into Georgia Tech.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01The main reason why I wanted to go to Georgia Tech
0:24:01 > 0:24:06was because I wanted to go to one of the top engineering schools in the country.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10And I thought that would be a great setting for me.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12I thought it would set a great path
0:24:12 > 0:24:13for my future.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19It is OK to be disappointed.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21You can even...
0:24:21 > 0:24:26mourn, so to say, for a little bit, but you sit and linger in it, like,
0:24:26 > 0:24:30for weeks and weeks and just cry just because you didn't get into a
0:24:30 > 0:24:33certain college, you've got to keep moving.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42I thought, you know,
0:24:42 > 0:24:50South Carolina Gamecocks were going to come and offer me, but they didn't.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59I'm mad at how other people get offers.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18I dream of being a Gamecock.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20But those are dreams.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22You have to look realistically now.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24You have to be real to yourself.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29I know he's hurt and I wish I could say something to him more
0:25:29 > 0:25:31and let him know that, you know,
0:25:31 > 0:25:34things are going to work out in spite of this disappointment.
0:25:36 > 0:25:41And then there is Jesus calling us to join him
0:25:41 > 0:25:43in the beloved community
0:25:43 > 0:25:46that Martin Luther King Jr envisioned.
0:25:46 > 0:25:52I think people with broken families can still achieve their goals.
0:25:52 > 0:25:57If you apply yourself and believe in yourself and find people who believe
0:25:57 > 0:26:02in you as well, then you can almost do anything.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05A lot of our kids here at Jones Chapel are very talented.
0:26:05 > 0:26:06Amen?
0:26:06 > 0:26:08Let's give our young people a hand.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11APPLAUSE
0:26:13 > 0:26:16# You provide the fire
0:26:17 > 0:26:19# I will
0:26:19 > 0:26:23# I will provide the sacrifice
0:26:24 > 0:26:28# And if you provide the spirit
0:26:28 > 0:26:32# Yeah... #
0:26:32 > 0:26:33Amen.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35APPLAUSE
0:26:35 > 0:26:37Good morning again, everybody.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39ALL: Good morning.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42I was just saying to my wife when Jalena started singing,
0:26:42 > 0:26:45is there anything that girl can't do?
0:26:46 > 0:26:49I know she's embarrassed now!
0:26:49 > 0:26:50But oftentimes,
0:26:50 > 0:26:55we hear people talk about a standard of excellence and everybody wants it
0:26:55 > 0:26:59but very few people are showing other people what it looks like.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06I have applied to a lot of colleges and I only have two responses.
0:27:06 > 0:27:10One was a rejection from Georgia Tech
0:27:10 > 0:27:13and this Friday, I'm supposed to receive a reply
0:27:13 > 0:27:16from the University of Florida.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32Do you think it's just like... What do scouts...
0:27:32 > 0:27:35I know they look at you, but do they look really into you?
0:27:35 > 0:27:37Like your personality and stuff?
0:27:37 > 0:27:40- Yeah.- No.- See, that's one thing I don't get.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42They couldn't care less about that.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45You know where I really, like, want to go?
0:27:45 > 0:27:47I want to go to an HBCU.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50My top three choices are HBCUs.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53PWIs aren't for me.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55Let me ask you a question, though.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58How many universities are HBCUs, on average?
0:27:58 > 0:28:00Probably, like, 30 or 45.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04Either way, they are less now than PWIs.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06Yeah, they're less than PWIs.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08So are you less? What are you?
0:28:10 > 0:28:11A minority.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15I don't care about minority.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17You got a problem with, like, PWIs?
0:28:17 > 0:28:20No. I want to go to one.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23You're, like, half black, half white.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25- No, I'm not.- You all black?
0:28:25 > 0:28:29- Yes.- Dang, doll, you is, like, super light-skinned.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31You might not be a minority.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33You might be a majority.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36I am a minority! You've seen my mom and you've seen my dad.
0:28:36 > 0:28:37Somebody in your family is white.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39Nobody in my family is white.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45'When was the last time you saw...'
0:28:45 > 0:28:50- Donald Trump.- He really didn't know what people go through.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52'And they came over the wire...'
0:28:52 > 0:28:55I think this whole thing is just... for show.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58Like, it doesn't even seem like a campaign. It just seems like
0:28:58 > 0:29:02reality TV. And then if he really gets President,
0:29:02 > 0:29:04we're going to be in trouble.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07But then Barack Obama, what did he do?
0:29:07 > 0:29:09Killed Osama Bin Laden.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11He lowered gas prices.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13Lowered gas... Yes.
0:29:13 > 0:29:16Everything that he promised he was going to do, he did it.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18You know what the best thing about Obama is?
0:29:18 > 0:29:19- What?- Michelle.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21Oh!
0:29:23 > 0:29:25You just don't have a good explanation.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28- Want to know why? - Why?- Behind every great man is what?
0:29:28 > 0:29:30- A great woman.- Thank you.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32What do you have to say about that, is that sexist?
0:29:35 > 0:29:36I mean...
0:29:36 > 0:29:41It's like she has to have a man with her to be great.
0:29:41 > 0:29:45She just can't be great alone, you get what I'm saying?
0:29:45 > 0:29:49Like, for example, Hillary Clinton, they still dragging on Bill Clinton.
0:29:51 > 0:29:56In a way, they're speaking for minorities, but in a different way,
0:29:56 > 0:29:58they're not speaking for minorities.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00I think they care about minorities.
0:30:02 > 0:30:04I just want them to care a little bit more.
0:30:06 > 0:30:10I just wish it was more, like, opportunities for blacks.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12'We're all in this together...'
0:30:12 > 0:30:16You can't choose where you were born, the city you were born in.
0:30:16 > 0:30:18- No.- You can't choose you parents,
0:30:18 > 0:30:21you can't choose if you're in poverty.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24It's how much do you want to make it out of Orangburg.
0:30:24 > 0:30:28They get to the point where they're not at college or anything.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30These kids at our school are struggling now.
0:30:30 > 0:30:32You know, the no daddy,
0:30:32 > 0:30:34single momma.
0:30:34 > 0:30:39When you say it like that, I guess I'm a part of the story.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44It's hard.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48He is focused on getting out of Orangeburg,
0:30:48 > 0:30:51which most people want to do.
0:30:51 > 0:30:55I don't know if he was trying to make a decision, or what.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58I think he should just stay here.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06I still want to go to school, I still want to go to college.
0:31:15 > 0:31:19Do you think all of those kids in that school got scholarships?
0:31:19 > 0:31:22No. But I know people who are doing it, though, right now as we speak.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25People like Isaiah, Fred...
0:31:25 > 0:31:27Shanday.
0:31:27 > 0:31:31And they are full scholarship players who I play with.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34OK, you're looking at reality.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36The reality is, OK,
0:31:36 > 0:31:38man, I ain't got no scholarships,
0:31:38 > 0:31:41but what you do is when you get to school,
0:31:41 > 0:31:43you're going to have to do it like men do.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46I can't get a part-time job and play basketball.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49- You don't know that yet.- It's not going to happen, Daddy.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52- But I'm just saying... - Have you ever seen it happen?
0:31:52 > 0:31:55- I haven't been there yet. - That's what I'm telling you.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58A lot of college players get a lot of stuff there
0:31:58 > 0:31:59that you don't know about.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02Will you stop talking about the scholarship?
0:32:02 > 0:32:03I'm not saying it to be rude or nothing,
0:32:03 > 0:32:06but you can't put yourself in my shoes
0:32:06 > 0:32:08when you're not in my situation.
0:32:08 > 0:32:12With a baby, a little girl, who's going to need milk,
0:32:12 > 0:32:15diapers, food, clothes.
0:32:15 > 0:32:19What can you possibly tell me about money with a child?
0:32:19 > 0:32:21I've got five boys!
0:32:21 > 0:32:25You want to be able to provide for your daughter, man,
0:32:25 > 0:32:27that's the whole purpose of you going to school,
0:32:27 > 0:32:30so you're going to be able to provide for her.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33You think I just want to walk around campus, ain't got no money,
0:32:33 > 0:32:36- just playing basketball. - You're going to have to have money.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39- Right, Dad.- But money don't make you a man.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41Dad, I'm not saying money make you a man,
0:32:41 > 0:32:45- but you acting like you just don't need money.- Yeah, you need it,
0:32:45 > 0:32:48but you've got to have everything to go with the money.
0:32:48 > 0:32:53It's like you're saying, I am a man, but you're broke.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55If you're broke, you are a joke. Simple.
0:32:55 > 0:33:00No, if you're broke and you're not doing nothing, you're a joke.
0:33:00 > 0:33:04But if you're broke and doing something with yourself
0:33:04 > 0:33:08and trying to get somewhere, that's a winner right there.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14You cannot fold under pressure at all.
0:33:15 > 0:33:19If you let all that stuff stress you out, you would go crazy.
0:33:19 > 0:33:21There's a lot on my plate.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27And I'm trying to contemplate my next move.
0:33:44 > 0:33:48The formal letter from the University of Florida came today.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55"Dear Jalena, congratulations on your admission
0:33:55 > 0:33:59"to the University of Florida for the fall 2016 term.
0:33:59 > 0:34:04"It is a pleasure to welcome you to UF and its distinctive community of
0:34:04 > 0:34:06"learners, leaders and thinkers.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08"During our review of your application,
0:34:08 > 0:34:10"the committee was impressed with
0:34:10 > 0:34:13"your outstanding academic and personal achievements."
0:34:14 > 0:34:16Ooh, fancy!
0:34:16 > 0:34:18I want to go out of state!
0:34:18 > 0:34:20I want to go!
0:34:21 > 0:34:22I'm excited.
0:34:24 > 0:34:26Hopefully I can go here.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29I'm kind of proud of myself,
0:34:29 > 0:34:34but getting into college and being able to pay for that college while
0:34:34 > 0:34:36you're there are two different things.
0:34:38 > 0:34:45The tuition, on average, in America is around 30,000 to 40,000
0:34:45 > 0:34:47for a year. And that's just tuition,
0:34:47 > 0:34:52that's not including the room and board and fees and books.
0:34:52 > 0:34:57It's a scholarship application to see if we can get more money.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00They're asking for background stuff, so what have you done
0:35:00 > 0:35:03which shows that you will do well at their school?
0:35:03 > 0:35:06Because they don't want to give anybody money that will drop out.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08Which makes sense.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10I mean, it's not a matter of bragging,
0:35:10 > 0:35:13it's just that they don't know what you're doing and if you don't put it
0:35:13 > 0:35:17out there, they won't know that you are worth the scholarship.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19- OK.- So put it all out there.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22I'll tell you if you're overdoing it. I'll just scratch it out.
0:35:33 > 0:35:37Signing day is when high school players
0:35:37 > 0:35:39choose what college they are going to.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41They sign their names.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44South Carolina State is in Orangeburg.
0:35:44 > 0:35:48Nicole just told me they want me on the team,
0:35:48 > 0:35:51but they don't have no money.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54Right now, you've got a legitimate chance
0:35:54 > 0:35:57of forming a relationship with this coach,
0:35:57 > 0:36:00saying, "I'm going to commit to South Carolina State."
0:36:00 > 0:36:05I guess now we're down to a point of making a phone call to say,
0:36:05 > 0:36:09"We're ready to move forward," but then I just heard you say again,
0:36:09 > 0:36:12"I think something else is going to come through."
0:36:12 > 0:36:14But they might offer me a full scholarship.
0:36:14 > 0:36:17- We'll see what happens.- If they give me a full scholarship,
0:36:17 > 0:36:20- I'll sign on signing day. - But they're not doing that.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22All right, so I'm going to give them a call.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26Hey, Coach Pugh, how are you today?
0:36:26 > 0:36:28'What can I do for you?'
0:36:28 > 0:36:31I don't know, I guess I'm touching base with you to see what direction
0:36:31 > 0:36:33we're going to take on my student.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36INDISTINCT SPEECH
0:36:38 > 0:36:40OK. Thank you for your time.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42Appreciate it. All right.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45Bye-bye. They are going to put a package together as a walk-on,
0:36:45 > 0:36:48because he's run out of his money for scholarships.
0:36:48 > 0:36:52It's the same kind of situation Coach Brown had.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55And he had a stellar career.
0:36:55 > 0:36:56Congratulations.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01What are you anxious about?
0:37:01 > 0:37:03Everything.
0:37:04 > 0:37:10I think we're at the point right now where you have to make a decision.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15# Clap your hands, everybody
0:37:15 > 0:37:17# If you've got what it takes
0:37:17 > 0:37:20# Cos I'm Kurtis Blow and y'all need to know
0:37:20 > 0:37:22# That these are the breaks
0:37:26 > 0:37:28# Brakes on the bus Brakes on the car
0:37:28 > 0:37:31# Breaks to make you a superstar
0:37:31 > 0:37:33# Breaks to win and breaks to lose
0:37:33 > 0:37:35# But these here breaks will rock your shoes
0:37:35 > 0:37:37# And these are the breaks
0:37:37 > 0:37:40# Break it up, break it up Break it up! #
0:37:44 > 0:37:46Sweet 16!
0:37:49 > 0:37:51Who's this one from?
0:37:51 > 0:37:53I love you.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58Oh, wow!
0:37:58 > 0:38:00Look at that!
0:38:02 > 0:38:06- Look at that!- I figured you'd like that better than the candy!
0:38:06 > 0:38:08I'm bawling right now.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13SMOOCHY MUSIC PLAYS
0:38:19 > 0:38:21I like my dogs burnt.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23THEY LAUGH
0:38:27 > 0:38:30- What's up?- I can't find my phone, and it's off.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33I bet someone picked it up, thinking it was theirs.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36Really think it's a mistake, Heather. Don't stress too much.
0:38:36 > 0:38:40I'm going to ask everyone to please help me find this telephone.
0:38:40 > 0:38:44If I see it, I'll give it to you. Ask everybody if they have it.
0:38:50 > 0:38:51Hello!
0:38:51 > 0:38:54Whoever took the phone,
0:38:54 > 0:38:57you're not a very good person,
0:38:57 > 0:39:00and I promise you, I promise you...
0:39:00 > 0:39:02- Oh, my God.- ..the provider is going to turn it off
0:39:02 > 0:39:04and you'll get in trouble for it.
0:39:04 > 0:39:08So if you have the phone, come up here and give it back to her now.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14Well, McKinsey, it's gone. I mean, one of your friends stole it.
0:39:14 > 0:39:18I don't know who did it or why. I don't understand.
0:39:18 > 0:39:20She could've checked their pockets or phoned the cops,
0:39:20 > 0:39:22we didn't do that.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26I got a chicken bone.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29THEY SHRIEK AND LAUGH
0:39:29 > 0:39:31Oh, no. Oh, no!
0:39:46 > 0:39:48Do you know who it was?
0:39:48 > 0:39:50Who was the one who did it?
0:39:52 > 0:39:54I don't understand what happened.
0:39:54 > 0:39:58- Who got high?- Somebody got caught smoking marijuana in the house.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01Apparently. And McKinsey's uncle caught them.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04And there was just, like, a lot of conflict.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08He stepped up to me out of nowhere and tapped me on the shoulder.
0:40:08 > 0:40:12He was, like, "If you have any marijuana around my niece,
0:40:12 > 0:40:13"I kill you."
0:40:13 > 0:40:15What did he say to you?
0:40:15 > 0:40:18Tell me what he said. You told him about smoking in the house
0:40:18 > 0:40:21and that if you caught him again, you'd kill him, or whatever?
0:40:21 > 0:40:24- That's right.- And what did he say? - Nothing. He walked out the door.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26I told him now.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28That's a brother law.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31If you don't quit smoking weed that weed around her, I'd kill him.
0:40:31 > 0:40:34And I'm telling you right now, I've got shit on my side.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37- That is ridiculous!- Come on! - It's a party.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40THEY ALL SHOUT AT ONCE
0:40:40 > 0:40:43ARGUMENT CONTINUES
0:40:55 > 0:40:59It's sad her birthday party has to come to this.
0:41:01 > 0:41:02Sad, is what it is.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04Very sad.
0:41:12 > 0:41:17- TANNOY:- Today is National Signing Day for Orangeburg-Wilkinson student athletes.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20Live signings right here on this day.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23You're going to have difficulties,
0:41:23 > 0:41:26you're going to have a bunch of things that come at you.
0:41:26 > 0:41:28You can't make no excuses.
0:41:28 > 0:41:32People that make excuses become woulda-coulda-shoulda people.
0:41:32 > 0:41:35I really don't want to become that.
0:41:40 > 0:41:45The day you sign your name, you start the next chapter of your life.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47These young men
0:41:47 > 0:41:50have been blessed to have opportunity
0:41:50 > 0:41:52to play on the next level.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54It shows what we are about,
0:41:54 > 0:41:57it shows the kind of students we put out into this community
0:41:57 > 0:42:00and into this world. We're thankful for the families,
0:42:00 > 0:42:02we're thankful for the athletes
0:42:02 > 0:42:04and we're thankful to get to celebrate with them,
0:42:04 > 0:42:08because today, they start the next chapter in their lives.
0:42:09 > 0:42:13We've got James Valdez going to North Carolina State.
0:42:13 > 0:42:15CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:42:18 > 0:42:21We've got Theren Uptigrow and Cornelius Walker.
0:42:26 > 0:42:30Nothing is guaranteed. So when a school comes in saying,
0:42:30 > 0:42:34"We like you, we want to offer you, that's big."
0:42:34 > 0:42:37I wanted to play football.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40That's my goal. I love the game so much.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45Kordel Johnson...
0:42:49 > 0:42:51..is going to my home school,
0:42:51 > 0:42:53so they're going to be Bulldogs.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56Hey, that's great.
0:42:56 > 0:43:00South Carolina State, they gave me a shot,
0:43:00 > 0:43:02they want me to come in and start,
0:43:02 > 0:43:05and if I do good, they'll give me a full scholarship
0:43:05 > 0:43:07in my second year.
0:43:12 > 0:43:15- Are you proud of him? - I'm always proud of him. Always.
0:43:15 > 0:43:18Every college had the same opportunity to come and sign me,
0:43:18 > 0:43:21but they didn't, so I want to make State,
0:43:21 > 0:43:25and I feel like I made the right choice.
0:43:25 > 0:43:27And I'm going to do what I'm supposed to do
0:43:27 > 0:43:29and just, you know,
0:43:29 > 0:43:32do what I've been born to do.
0:43:33 > 0:43:36Hey, we got it done.
0:43:40 > 0:43:42What a fiasco!
0:43:42 > 0:43:46You know, the sad part is, none of them get to come to school tomorrow.
0:43:46 > 0:43:48Or the next day. Or the next day.
0:43:48 > 0:43:53Gosh! Once you pull the trigger, the bullet is out of the gun.
0:43:53 > 0:43:58I'm scared. I don't want to be a failure.
0:43:58 > 0:44:02You're all going to jail. You was all in a stolen car.