Jerry Craft

Right, there you go.

Right, there you go.

There's a lot of it. I was the light-skinned African-American kid born in Harlem, grew up in Washington Heights. The house where Jordan Banks lives is a brownstone that is literally the house where I was born and spent the first 25 years of my life. My mom and dad did not want me to go to art school.

There's a lot of it. I was the light-skinned African-American kid born in Harlem, grew up in Washington Heights. The house where Jordan Banks lives is a brownstone that is literally the house where I was born and spent the first 25 years of my life. My mom and dad did not want me to go to art school.

I wanted to go to art school. So they sent me to a school in Riverdale. And here they send Jordan Banks to a school called Riverdale Academy Day School, or RAD for short.

I wanted to go to art school. So they sent me to a school in Riverdale. And here they send Jordan Banks to a school called Riverdale Academy Day School, or RAD for short.

The whole Vineyard Vines thing, that was like the unofficial uniform. So I changed it in New Kid to Grapevine Groves. It's like, wow, you kids sure wear a lot of pink here. It's like, no, it's not pink. It's salmon.

The whole Vineyard Vines thing, that was like the unofficial uniform. So I changed it in New Kid to Grapevine Groves. It's like, wow, you kids sure wear a lot of pink here. It's like, no, it's not pink. It's salmon.

being called the wrong name, you know, hey, DeAndre, I'm not DeAndre, I'm Drew.

being called the wrong name, you know, hey, DeAndre, I'm not DeAndre, I'm Drew.

Uh-huh. Right. That's the other one.

Uh-huh. Right. That's the other one.

Yeah, it literally is like based on what I actually see. There's nothing that I haven't lived myself.

Yeah, it literally is like based on what I actually see. There's nothing that I haven't lived myself.

And she reads and she's like, Jordan, you know, why are you so angry? It's like, I'm not angry, you know?

And she reads and she's like, Jordan, you know, why are you so angry? It's like, I'm not angry, you know?

Right, because he will complain about being called the wrong name or, you know, just different things like that or people touching his friend's hair. So she's like, Jordan, you're special. You know, like, you're here. And he's like, yeah, but Ms. Rowe, like, would you take a job at a school in my neighborhood so you can be special? And she like kind of gets on him.

Right, because he will complain about being called the wrong name or, you know, just different things like that or people touching his friend's hair. So she's like, Jordan, you're special. You know, like, you're here. And he's like, yeah, but Ms. Rowe, like, would you take a job at a school in my neighborhood so you can be special? And she like kind of gets on him.

He's like, so let me get this right. It's okay for this stuff to happen to me. It's just not okay for me to talk about it. And that sums up this whole thing that's going on now.

He's like, so let me get this right. It's okay for this stuff to happen to me. It's just not okay for me to talk about it. And that sums up this whole thing that's going on now.