Their parents weren’t worried about if they were happy or fulfilled, because they were just trying to keep their kids alive. Dre reflects on his own job - “if I wasn’t SVP, I’d just be the black guy at the office.” They reflect on how achieving these white-collar jobs was, in some way, their protection from the judgmental white world. Being a doctor makes you bulletproof - it doesn’t matter what people say about you, because they always have to put “doctor” at the front. Bow responds that societal prejudices are why she became a doctor in the first place. It’s not his fault, after all, that society looks down on blue-collar workers. After he leaves, Dre comes in from his conversation with Pops and asks if he’s crazy for not wanting his son to be a plumber. For her, this means working through Latin flashcards with him, but Jack can’t even remember where he left them.īow’s still trying to teach Jack Latin, but it’s going nowhere.
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Pops is worried that this logic is turning America into a nation of “YouTubing selfie takers who don’t know how to fix a damn toilet.” Bow declares that she’ll reach out to Jack. Every generation is supposed to be better than their parents, right? Well, not according to some statistics, which project millennials to be the first generation in a long time to have a lower standard of living than their parents. Dre says no, they just want their children to continue down the road they paved, and he thinks a blue-collar job would mean going backward. The conversation quickly turns serious, though, when Pops accuses Dre and Bow of looking down on blue-collar people.
But hey, Ruby did the same thing when she worked at the post office, as a subsequent flashback demonstrates. Pops says he never worked harder than when he was a plumber, which prompts an eye roll from Ruby and a flashback to a younger Pops faking a back injury on the job in order to get out of work. Pops is proud of his grandson, saying he has a real future. Back at home, Dre and Bow come upon Pops teaching Jack how to unclog a toilet, and other important plumbing skills.
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