Mississippi Masala Page #5

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- Cruelty has no color. - Principles, Pontiac.

Principles.

Jaybhai? Hey, Jaybhai,

who are you phoning?

- Hmm? - Kampala.

To tell the person who is

living in my house to get out!

- Had a good time? - Ma.

Where did you go?

Dancing.

l keep telling you

go out more.

Meet people.

You should've seen his

mother's face when you left.

Are you going out again?

Did he say anything?

Ma.

What happened with

Okelo and Papa?

How did that come into your head?

l mean, why doesn't Papa ever write to him

or talk about him?

- Is Harry Patel a good dancer? - Yeah.

Like him?

No.

lt doesn't happen in a day, you know.

Happened with Pa and you.

With this attitude

you'll never find anyone.

You say that Indian was ripe for

plucking and you ain't do nothing?

She did look pretty good, though.

T-Bone, what you think?

All a man got on his mind is

just getting in a woman's pants?

- That ain't all he's got on his

mind. - You got a leash on your mind.

She don't want you no more.

She got a geri-curl head,

wigwam boy from Jackson.

Sylvester Artiste ill,

record producer.

You need a geri-curl, boy.

- You gonna make me late again?

- Pa, she ain't going nowhere.

- Good morning, Tyrone.

- Pop, how you doing?

Oh, Lord

grant peace to every

living creature under the sun.

Hey, fellows.

l want you to try something special.

Relax. Sit down.

Your people are very

good at sports, no?

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Freddy Brown from downtown.

- Hector Macho Man Camacho. -

Macho ain't black. He's Mexican?

- He's Puerto Rican. - Puerto Rican.

Black, brown, yellow, Mexican,

Puerto Rican, all the same.

As long as you're not white,

it means you are colored.

- Isn't that so? - Yeah.

Yeah, l guess.

A girl had an accident with

your van yesterday. Correct?

But no damage was done to your

person or to your van. Correct?

- That's right. - Thank God.

The person whose car she was

driving is my very good friend.

- Also Indian. You get me? - No.

He is worried

because in this country,

people are suing all the time.

Yeah, l got you now.

Yeah, this is good tea.

l didn't mean to laugh.

You tell your friend he ain't

got nothing to worry about.

l told him. l told him not to worry.

You are a good man.

All us people of color

must stick together.

That's right.

Because you and your brothers,

you all done all right by us.

And me and my brothers, we

gonna do all right by y'all.

United we stand. Divided we fall.

That's right. Right on,

brother. Power to the people.

What a brother.

Power to the people.

Anil.

l spoke to him. It's all okay.

All right.

- Hello. - Is that Demetrius?

- Yes, ma'am. Who's this? - Mina.

Oh, Mina, hey. What's up?

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