Bill Quote #70
Quote from Bill in Black Teacher
Bill: Look, I'm just saying, I like the way you're shaking things up. These boys need to see that.
Adult Dean: [sighs] I asked my dad to talk him down, not radicalize him.
Cory: I got to say, those drums you brought to school were pretty cool, Mr. Brady.
Bill: Sounds like a great teaching tool. I may have to try it out myself someday.
Lillian: And I'm sure it will be very well-received, since you work at a Black university surrounded by Black people. You have a freedom at work that many of us at this table don't.
Bill: Now, that is true. I think the Good Lord saw fit to give me that job because he knew I didn't have the temperament to work in a more conservative office. Amen. [laughter]
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‘Black Teacher’ Quotes
Quote from Adult Dean
[Mr. Brady is addressing the class while wearing a dashiki:]
Adult Dean: What in the Marcus Garvey...?
Mr. Brady: For the past few weeks, you've been studying The Odyssey, which is similar to the oral tradition of storytelling in many African cultures, like the Yoruba people of West Africa.
Adult Dean: He's going full Africa on Day 2?
Mr. Brady: Like the ancient Greeks, Africans passed down important history generation to generation through storytellers known as griots. These griots used different instruments, like these drums, to perform for and educate the village.
Adult Dean: Drums too? Oh, know your audience, man. This is a fiddle crowd.
[Mr. Brady starts drumming]
Brad: I'm a griot, too!
Adult Dean: I always wanted a Black teacher, but did he have to be so Black?
Quote from Kim
Mr. Brady: Well, I have to admit, I don't have a reputation for being the most subtle person.
Bill: You shouldn't have to be subtle when you're doing the right thing.
Kim: Hmm. That's right. Like Malcolm X.
Bill: Hey, if you're gonna start quoting that nonsense, you can take your leather glove and go to your room.
Kim: Okay. How about, "The time is always right to do what is right"? Is Dr. King more appropriate dinner conversation?
Quote from Adult Dean
Principal Cartwright: I'd like to introduce your new teacher. Please join me in welcoming Mr. Brady.
Adult Dean: He's Black?! I wanted to start singing the Negro National Anthem, but I didn't know the lyrics.
Girl: [to Dean] Do you know him?