The Color of Friendship

I’m a Bantu not a Kaffir

I thought Piper's mom's name, Roscoe, was fabulous. I also remember it was set in the 70s or 80s, but other than the cars and the records you couldn't really tell. It looked like 2001.

I remember that iconic scene where the white South African girl didn't want a chocolate milkshake and the black chick was like "oh right because you prefer a VANILLA milkshake" or something to that effect....

It was based on a true story. The real life Mahree probably died fighting apartheid

“The movie ends with Mahree returning home, and upon greeting her Black housekeeper, Flora, Mahree shows her the inside of her jacket, which has the African National Congress flag sewn into it — proof of Mahree's solidarity with the Black liberation movement. In real life, Carrie helped form the first anti-apartheid student underground movement when she returned to South Africa, Dellums said, but was soon arrested for her organizing. She wrote letters asking for Rep. Dellums' help, but then communication from Carrie ceased. After attempts to reach her through official channels failed, Dellums and her family assume that Carrie was killed as a result of her activism. (According to Dellums, Carrie's father was a high-ranking judge in South Africa, rather than a police officer as shown in the movie.)”