A Black, southern house servant with internalized racism, joins her mistress on a visit to another region, where she observes Black people acting with something she abhors: autonomy.

An insufferable white man offers advice to a well-read, unemployed Black man holding a sandwich-board sign on a street corner on race relations, physical appearance, and how to improve his handwriting and thereby advance himself in society.

The racism a Black, working-class couple faces at work during the Harlem Renaissance spills over into their relationship in violent ways.

As he reflects on a murder perpetrated by his father, a college professor considers the history of his family and how race and violence intersect.

A Black couple vacationing in France implodes after facing countless microaggressions, taking their discontent out on one another.

A Black mail clerk faces potential unemployment when the white woman he likes files a workplace sexual harassment complaint against him.

In an integrating society, an unprejudiced son and his racist mother encounter a Black family on a bus, forcing the mother to grapple with her racist sentiments.

A young white girl takes on responsibility for repaying Black people in America back for their suffering under slavery after hearing a gospel choir sing.

A white schoolteacher attempts to connect with the only Black students in her class, a pair of twins whom the rest of their town looks down upon.

In 2018, a pedestrian on the New York City’s Lower East Side witnesses a young Black couple in love, prompting a consideration about the storytelling, hope, and Nelson Mandela.