ERIC Right!

TODD You’re not even real … not a full-fledged brother with all those … you know … extra muscles bred into your legs and all that shit. You ain’t even got that!

ERIC That is too true …

TODD You better believe it. Nigga.

They both laugh at this and sit back down. ERIC continues to dribble the ball while he sits.

… mixed-race motherfucker …

ERIC That’s me! (Laughs.) That is who I am …

TODD Yep. With all them … you know … fine white features …

ERIC That’s true. Look at my nose. It’s very handsome.

TODD You’re like Denzel or some shit …

ERIC No, please … better than that … way better than that!

TODD What, you talking …?

ERIC I’m talking me some Poitier-looking features over here …

TODD Ha! That is kinda true …

ERIC Chiseled and some shit …

TODD You and Barack …

ERIC Fuck no! I’m way more pretty than Barack! Way more …

TODD Yeah … from behind, maybe …

ERIC Asshole.

TODD Seriously, though … that’s a pretty good-looking black man …

ERIC He’s not black.

TODD Who’s not?

ERIC The president. Obama.

TODD What?

ERIC He’s mixed. Like me. That’s not black …

TODD looks at ERIC and shakes his head, laughing at this.

TODD Dude, shut the fuck up …

ERIC He’s not! I mean, we’ve decided that he is … appropriated him in that way, but come on …

TODD You’re crazy … Obama is black …! We’ve got a black president.

ERIC We’ve got a mixed president. Just as white as he is black …

TODD That’s a fucking …

ERIC It’s the truth.

TODD Whatever.

ERIC You know it is …

TODD No!

ERIC Todd, come on …

TODD I mean … yes, he’s mixed. That’s true, but he has grown up accepting his blackness …

ERIC That’s fine …

TODD He’s embraced it … married a black woman … spent his time around his black family … community … (Beat.) Unlike someone I know …

ERIC Fuck you. (Beat.) Anyway, doesn’t make him black.

TODD Yeah, but … all of his …

ERIC I’m just saying.

TODD Yeah. I hear ya … but …

They stop at this point; better just to let this go for now and so they do.

Another dribble of the ball. Another sip of Gatorade.

ERIC Anyway … if I look like an Obama, it’s not Barack … it’s Michelle.

TODD Ha!

ERIC It’s true! I’m as pretty as she is.

TODD Fuck you are! That woman is fine …

ERIC Those arms …

TODD Fuck … me … those arms are special.

ERIC I give you that …

TODD Ummmmm! Fuck those fucking arms …

ERIC Oh yeah. That woman looks good in a fucking sleeveless top …

TODD Agreed. (Beat.) Perfect arms.

They think about this for a moment, both nodding their heads. After a moment, TODD checks his watch.

ERIC You gotta go?