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A Different World: Mammy Dearest Part 3

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Uploaded by on Oct 18, 2008

First Aired: 12/5/1991

Dwayne seeks a friendship with Whitley, but she doesn't feel like hearing him out. She throws herself into organizing her dorm's official dedication ceremony. Kim and others object when she includes images of "mammies" (black nursemaids in the past, particularly during times of slavery) with the art exhibit. Whitley, Freddie and Mr. Gaines insist that it is important to remember these women's role in history. Kim wants no part of the display and announces that she will not participate in the ceremony. She tearfully confides in Mr. Gaines about a traumatic incident from her childhood. Whitley recommends that Lena learn more about her heritage by reading slave journals and other information at the Gilbert Library. Lena's research uncovers the fact that Whitley's family owned slaves. Whitley is shocked and overcome with guilt. Mr. Gaines advises her to let it go, as she cannot change the past. Kim, Freddie, Lena and Gina organize a performance art piece about the evolution of the African American woman.

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  • I loved what Ron said to Kim at the end. That was very touching.

  • this was a fantastic performance piece!!!

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  • my favorite part is the transformation

  • Supposed

  • whitley was probably spouse to be creole. It was common place for some of the gens de coleur ( free people of color) to recieve slaves along with the rest of their (usually white) fathers fortune after they died

  • best ever

  • @3rdbass618 you know she had them big pretty teeth (in my ms patti voice)

  • @chaniedolldiva21 I'm not speaking with negative energy, im speaking the truth. Africa is a great continent and it is EXTREMELY DIVERSE. No one is saying that you cant be who you want to be, but that is like a white person saying they are african-- there is no logic. One day you can be a Nubian Princess, then Queen Jinga of Angola!(sarcasm). Stop smearing africa together because we are much more diverse than you think.

  • @aharper12 Eastern slaves were never sent west into the Americas. You can read any book on slavery in the Sudanic States and they were enslaved by black people by black people. You can also tell by the physical appearance of African Americans, that they are most likeky from the west.

  • @purebloodfreedom1

    You can't base the lineage of Black Americans on logistical geography. If you have read the narratives of Equiano, the letters of Wheatley and other slaves that you will know that slaves were brought from as far as East and Central Africa before they were boarded on ships on the Western Coast of Africa. Not to mention, the Europeans settled in South, East and the Arabs were apart of the slave trade too. So, it is quite possible that we are from the entire continent.

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