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Color Me
Color Me challenges viewers to reexamine how they think about race. We follow motivational speaker Anthony McLean as he runs a groundbreaking mentorship program for black teens...Release
2012
Minutes
76
Grade Level
S-C
Format
DVD
Anthony McLean is showing six teens what it means to black. The catch—he's not sure what it means himself. McLean is a motivational speaker and is sick of stereotypes that surround the black community. He's tired of documentaries that profile "at-risk" youth. He's sick of persisting rhetoric on the "black struggle." He wants things to change. So, for five months, Anthony is taking these youth on a journey to discover what it really means to be black.
The backdrop to this group's introspection is Fletcher's Meadow High School, which has a 70% black student population. The teens asks themselves tough questions. Why do middle-class suburban black teens dress, talk and walk like they live in the 'hood?' Why is getting a good education seen as 'selling out?' And, after black communities' struggle for education, equality and freedom, why are more black youth dropping out and behind bars? Anthony is left with serious questions of his own, such as: Why do I behave differently with my black friends than with my white family? Why am I trying to conceal my 'whiteness'?
Today, Anthony is a husband and father of two children. He's confident, charming and talented. Audiences love him and kids admire him. By most accounts, Anthony McLean is successful and sure of himself. But inside, he knows differently. As he walks through life, the voices of his childhood haunt him. Born to a white mother and black father in the sleepy town of Sharon, Ontario, Anthony and his brother were the only two people of color for miles around. Now 30, he's finally ready to take a hard look at his own identity.
The backdrop to this group's introspection is Fletcher's Meadow High School, which has a 70% black student population. The teens asks themselves tough questions. Why do middle-class suburban black teens dress, talk and walk like they live in the 'hood?' Why is getting a good education seen as 'selling out?' And, after black communities' struggle for education, equality and freedom, why are more black youth dropping out and behind bars? Anthony is left with serious questions of his own, such as: Why do I behave differently with my black friends than with my white family? Why am I trying to conceal my 'whiteness'?
Today, Anthony is a husband and father of two children. He's confident, charming and talented. Audiences love him and kids admire him. By most accounts, Anthony McLean is successful and sure of himself. But inside, he knows differently. As he walks through life, the voices of his childhood haunt him. Born to a white mother and black father in the sleepy town of Sharon, Ontario, Anthony and his brother were the only two people of color for miles around. Now 30, he's finally ready to take a hard look at his own identity.
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