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Present: While dining at a restaurant with Rene, Mary Elizabeth (M.E.) mistakenly assumes a black woman walking by is a waitress. The incident ignites a heated debate between Rene and M.E. about modern day racism and leads M.E. to examine the topic in a freelance article for the magazine she was recently fired from. As part of her investigation, M.E. interviews her Uncle Jimmy, who is in the Ku Klux Klan, and learns that racism still exists in its harshest forms. After the article is published, M.E. finds a cross burning in her front yard. Meanwhile, Rene searches for a new office assistant and is upset that Bill, who is away at a seminar, has not called her. ''''Past: Rene's father, James, prosecutes a legal case against the city for preventing black men from taking the exam to become police officers. Rene pleads with her father to drop the case after M.E.'s Uncle Jimmy threatens that something bad will happen to their family if he does not.moreless
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Annie Potts
Mary Elizabeth "M.E." O'Brien Sims
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Lorraine Toussaint
Rene Jackson
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Mae Middleton
Young Mary Elizabeth (Episodes 1-66)
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ADD QUOTES- Catherine: (reading over M.E.'s article) You left out all the horrible things I did. M.E.: I decided to write instead about a woman who took a black child to an all-white hospital and demanded help. You must've been so scared. Catherine: Rene was hurt. You asked me if I remember those days, of course I do, and I'm ashamed of myself. Edit
- M.E.: Do you remember the night Mrs. Jackson came over, she wanted to thank you for taking Rene to the hospital, and you wouldn't even let her in the house? Catherine: Oh that never happened. M.E.: Yes it did, I was there! Catherine: I'm sure it was just late. M.E.: Do you remember you wouldn't let Rene in the house? We had to play out in the backyard. Catherine: And how many people do you think would've allowed that? M.E.: She was over all the time you know, we played Twister, watched TV, she was there a lot. Edit
- M.E.: This whole thing goes back to slavery and what we went through as kids, do you ever think about those days? Colliar: As little as possible. M.E.: Well I think about them, I called Uncle Jimmy today. Colliar: What? What'd you have to go and do that for? M.E.: He's the worst racist I know, he wasn't home. Edit
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