Mini-Play: The Right Words

3-Act Play in 12 Lines

Jill: “What do you think of Black Lives Matter?”

Jack: “I’m for it, pal.”

Jill: “Why is it, do you think, that we’ve never discussed race?”

Jack: “I guess, because you’re black and I’m white.”

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Jill: “Shouldn’t that be all the more reason to do it?”

Jack: “Yes, but I’m always a little nervous with … people of color, that I might not always use the ... right words, and you’re the last person I’d ever want to unintentionally offend.”

Jill furrows her brow. “The … right words? What does that mean, Jack?”

“Ya see,” Jack says. “Your frown tells me I’ve already put my foot in it.”

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Jill laughs. “I often frown when I’m focusing. You’re doing fine.”

Jack: “ … I am?

Jill: “You had me at 'I’m for it, pal,' pal.”

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