There is a scene where Keire looks on as friends laugh at a racist video. What do you suppose he is thinking at that moment? Have you had an experience like that? What was it like? What do you wish the people in the room had done?

Keire, who has earned enough to buy a car, recounts being pulled over and having the officer pull a gun on him for obeying the order to get his license and registration (which was in the glove box). Aware of recent encounters between black men and police, he realizes that he could have died. How does that awareness shape who he is becoming?

Keire says, “my dad told me about being black. He said like, being black is cool because you get to prove people wrong, like, every day… [so they feel bad] for profiling you.” What do you think Keire learned about racism from his father’s coping strategy? What do you think Keire’s friends learned?

What bonds might Bing and Keire share because they are both people of color? What do they have in common that their white friends don’t share? As Asian and Black, how do you think they experience race or racism differently? What accounts for the differences?

When one of the white guys in the room commiserates and compares Keire’s experiences with his own, Evan challenges him with an argument about white privilege (though he doesn’t use that term). Consider the end of the exchange:

Guy: “There’s a certain class of white that’s not -- that’s easy to be white in America, but then like if you’re like trailer trash white, then it’s not easy to live in America.”

Evan: “I feel like it is easy, like you still could go and cut your hair and go and get a job because they don't look at you like [Keire].”

What’s your take on this conversation? What are your thoughts about white privilege? Do the people around you understand or acknowledge white privilege? How does white privilege manifest in the lives of your friends and family? Do you think the privileges and disadvantages that are being argued about in this conversation are mutually exclusive? What emotions do you think each of the people in this room feel during this conversation?