Our Kind of People
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Lauren: Dad, I know that you probably think that this is some girl fight that's gone too far. I like girls. Like, I love Tayler.
Raymond: And I love you. Always.
You know what here, how about you go run another DNA test, so you can see. It's just going to prove what you're trying to run from that Daddy's little princess is going to have to share the throne. Go on, take it! You're going to love having me for a sister.
Angela
No one can ever buy or sell Angela Vaughn.
Angela
Teddy: Leah, we will not talk about this with anyone. Mommy's broken. That is a weakness. Weakness is powelessness. Say it with me.
Young Leah: Weakness is powerlessness.
The thing about us pretty boys is that we may look weak, but we carry a strong cane.
Raymond
They always say that women marry men who remind them of their fathers. You and I? So different. I never would've agreed to the bailout. I never would've gave my company to another man. And I certainly would never ask for something that belongs to me.
Teddy
Teddy: Power is the reason why. Without power, you can be forced to do anything. My father thought I was too caught up in making sure my power looked like any white man's, but he couldn't tell me why it was wrong to want that power, why it was wrong to sometimes dabble in the gray to ensure that power.
Leah: Gray like when you cheated on my mother?
Somebody asked what my first memory of hair was. I was sitting between my momma's legs, getting my summer braids, looking cute, screaming bloody murder because I was so tender-headed, and one day she put the comb down. She told me a story that back in Africa hair patterns were as good as fingerprints.Braids could tell you a person's tribe, marital status, and social positions. Our crowns were our identity. When the slave ships came, one of the first things they did was shave our hair so we couldn't tell kin from kin, so when we landed here a new hair culture needed to be born. We grew our hair back, we took back what was stolen. We used our hair to communicate. We found power in hair. That's what my momma taught me, that no one could take your identity or make you forget who you really are.
Angela
Jack: You know I consider you my brother, right? We grew up together, in and out of each other's homes, we played ball together, we would always change classes so we were in the same one. You want to blow all that up, or did you forget?
Raymond: Oh no, I remember. I remember you never having to take life seriously. I remember me busting my ass while your father let you use the corporate credit care like your personal bank. And every time you messed up, which was a lot, you never had to suffer any consequences.
Jack: Maybe I'm just a lucky guy.
Raymond: You were a privileged white kid raised in America. Meanwhile, I had to do everything damn near perfect to survive. Yes we were raised together, but no, we're not the same.
Leah: I've seen pictures of the two of you. You look at her like--
Lauren: I love her? Because I do. You told me you'd love me no matter what. Here I am.
Leah: Of course, I love you, but I can't support this.
Raymond: This is all about your father. That man needs to have control of any and everybody that's in his orbit, starting with you.
Leah: Give me some time. I will run Franklin.
Raymond: You think Teddy is going to give you control of Franklin because you're his queen? Baby, you're not his queen, you're his princess. You are living in a fairy tale if you think he's going to let you run Franklin. Wake up!
Leah: Don't be cruel.
Raymond: And don't be gullible! I just wish you would stand with me for a change.
Tyrique: You know when I lost my pops, I used to do this thing to forgive him for dying on me.
Angela: What?
Tyrique: He talked to me every time I floated. You need to learn to float.
