The Least Among You Page #4

Why did you come to me?

I thought you could help

get the faculty on my side.

Where did you hear that?

You risked your life in Africa

all those years. There had to be a reason.

-A "why" to all that.

-I don't remember the why.

What happened there?

If you think I'm gonna curve your grade

because of some noble societal goals,

-you're wrong.

-I'm not begging favors.

Then study. I don't tutor.

There are over 19 million black people

in this country and one at this seminary.

-I mean, shouldn't there be 50?

-There are other seminaries.

-If you're so miserable here, transfer.

-I can't.

Look, I'm not jumping through hoops

for some kid who's trying to find his way.

Odds are you're just gonna

wash out of here first semester, anyway.

Now, it's my teatime.

Yeah, Ma, the food's fine.

Hey, of all the seminaries,

why'd you pick this place?

You needn't go haIfway across the country

when you couId Iearn cIose by

and visit me on the weekend.

Did you know I was

the only black student here?

Whatever it is, Richard,

God's got his hand on it.

-Yeah, you been taking that medicine?

-Yeah.

-You know you can't lie.

-And neither can you.

You can't afford that medicine and I'm here.

-I gotta go. I Iove you.

-I love you, too.

What do you want?

-Thank you, ma'am, for inviting me.

-Miss, ma'am.

He must not be from Los AngeIes, huh?

OriginaIIy Savannah, Georgia.

But I grew up here.

Have a seat.

I'll get the juice.

You get that shiner out there?

-Yeah, but I gave some back.

-I know you did.

-So those are all rejects?

-Yeah.

Lucky for me.

Kierkegaard, St. Augustine.

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

-Yeah.

-Heavy stuff.

-I've read it a couple of times.

You can take it if you want.

Thank you, B.

You're welcome.

Oh, me God, don't be beating

the glass to death, man.

He think everything he pick up

is some kind of a tool.

Woman, I gotta get the good stuff

off the bottom, don't I?

Cheers.

So now tell me, Richard,

how are things going on up there?

-I thought this was going to be easy.

-Yeah, what about the other boys?

I'm a get the melon.

They're making theirs.

-How are they treating you?

-Like I wasn't supposed to leave the ghetto.

And they're watching everything

real closely, just anxious for me to fail.

Maybe they are.

You're welcome here anytime, day or night.

You leave those people up there.

Now, Richard,

I have fought the enemy for 60 years.

I mean, anybody that walked in my path,

it was either him or me.

-This is different. It's psychological.

-It's all psychological.

Here you go.

I think that those people

that you think are the enemy,

but sometimes,

they could be your deliverance.

-I didn't tell you something.

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