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Hair Care Products

‘Hair Care Products’

Season 6, Episode 5 -  Aired January 14, 2021

After Cloud 9 change their policy of locking up Black hair care products, the employees discuss the issue of systemic racism at work. Meanwhile, Mateo and Cheyenne are insulted when cautious Sandra doesn't want to attend their movie night during the pandemic.

Quote from Jonah

Garrett: So we have two ideas to send to corporate and a list of snacks that the Black people in this room don't like.
Ken: Every room, Garrett.
Garrett: Okay, does anybody have anything actually useful?
Jonah: Uh, I... I think it might be helpful if... Oh, sorry. Nia, did you- Did you want to say something?
Nia: No.
Jonah: Are you sure? Because I don't want to make this about me if you've got something.
Nia: I don't want to make it about you either, but I don't have anything.
Jonah: Okay, uh... Okay, so look. I think it's great that we're trying to fight these racist policies, but I also think that we should be pitching actively anti-racist policies as well.
Janet: Yeah, like asking corporate to sell more products from Black-owned businesses.
Jonah: I was just gonna say that!
Mateo: Cool, let's all give credit to Jonah for Janet's idea.
Jonah: No, no. That's...
Garrett: That's going on the list, Janet.

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Quote from Garrett

Dina: I think a lot of us wanna help, but we just have blind spots when it comes to this stuff. I mean, when I was growing up, we were told the goal was to not see race.
Garrett: Okay, see, I don't know who started telling white people that. I'm assuming it was other white people, but you shouldn't ignore race. You should be aware of how being Black affects our daily lives.
Earl: Wait, you're Black? I thought you were Dominican.
Garrett: What? No.
Earl: You're not even a little Dominican? Like Puerto Rican?
Nia: That's... not how it works. But Garrett's right. We're dealing with micro aggressions all the time.

Quote from Janet

Janet: Yeah, like certain employees always asking to touch my hair. I'm not naming names, but if I were, they'd be Isaac.
Isaac: I'm sorry. Your hair looks fun. [all groan] Okay, fine. Janet, your hair doesn't look fun. Is that better? It looks like a bad time. [all murmuring]

Quote from Jonah

Nia: Okay, so once again, Black women are the ones everybody expects to drive social change.
Jonah: [snaps finger] Mm-hmm. So true. Mm-hmm.
Garrett: Okay, fine. I will do the rest of the list.
Nia: Cool.
Garrett: Did you have to snap?
Jonah: In the moment, it felt wrong not to snap.

Quote from Janet

Janet: And how can we pull out all sorts of decorations for Saint Patrick's Day, and we don't do anything for Juneteenth?
Garrett: Yeah.
Janet: Leprechauns were never slaves.
Ken: Mm-hmm, except to their own greed.

Quote from Glenn

Glenn: [on video call] Hey, Garrett! You weren't picking up your phone, so Jonah helped Demetrius and me track you down.
Demetrius: I'm Demetrius. I'd shake your hand, but there's a virus going around.
Garrett: Yeah, I heard about that. What's going on?
Glenn: Well, you never got back to me with your apology ideas, so I decided to buy pizzas for all the Black employees.
Garrett: Did you know that this was what this was about?
Jonah: In my heart, I feel like I might have.
Garrett: [sighs] So... as reparations for the hair care products, you got us pizza?
Glenn: Mm-hmm.
Janet: Hey, pizza's better than nothing.
Ken: Mm-hmm.
Garrett: What?
Glenn: And Garrett, you're pizza deputy, so make sure that every Black employee gets some pizza. And if there are any borderline calls, well, you get final say.
Garrett: Uh, Glenn, I can't do this.
Glenn: Look, you're having pizza. I insist. So start rounding up the Black people. Oh, I mean... uh, just send them a text!

Quote from Garrett

Ken: [filming] What's good, y'all? It's your boy, Kenan Bravo. I'm just over here having a little work pizza. Make that free work pizza! And here's the guy we have to thank. The MLK of the PZA.
Garrett: No, no, not thanks to me. I don't want any part of this. Don't want any pizza.
Ken: Okayzzles, more pizza for me, then. Hashtag "boom." Hashtag "pizza for life." Hashtag "in crust, we trust."
Garrett: Forced pizza party. Going on the list.
Nia: I don't know, even with the word "forced," pizza party only ever sounds awesome.
Garrett: I know.

Quote from Dina

Earl: I hear the pizza's from Polini's.
Isaac: Oh, man, that place is legit. That where my parents took me to tell me about their divorce.
Jonah: Oh, hey, guys. Sorry. The pizza's actually just for our employees of color. The break room is kind of a safe space for historically marginalized...
Dina: No whites allowed! Beat it!
Isaac: So unfair.
Jonah: I wonder if that was the best way to say that.
Dina: I think I nailed it.

Quote from Garrett

Cody: I love how pizza is, like, the bread. And then, the sauce. And then, like, the cheese puts it all together. Yeah, mmm.
Garrett: Is this your first time having pizza?
Cody: Shh, there's girls here.

Quote from Dina

Dina: Look, don't bother with the list, okay? I'll take care of it.
Garrett: I already did it.
Dina: Oh, well, I'll send this to the DM as soon as possible. Then, hopefully she'll send it on to the regional manager for him to review. And then, he'll send it to the diversity liaison. And then, she's gonna have to send it on to her VP. All told, we should get an answer in, you know... three to five weeks.
Garrett: Weeks?
Dina: Look, I know it sucks. I built a canoe in less time. But it's a step in the right direction.
Garrett: I guess.

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