It’s Stencilled on The Back of Y’Shorts.

 

Lt. Ellen Ripley :

How Do You Know My Name?

Mister Clemens :

It’s Stencilled on The Back of Y’Shorts.

A student raises his hand.

JOSH 

Yeah?

BOY 1 

Where do terrorists come from?

JOSH 

Where do they come from?

SAM 

Everywhere. Mostly they come from 

exactly where you'd expect: 

Places of abject poverty and despair. 

Horribly impoverished places 

are an incubator for the worst kind of crime.

CHARLIE 

Which is the same as it is right here.

Everyone turns to look at Charlie.

CHARLIE 

Same as it is here. I live in Southeast D.C. 

If you don't know the area, 

think Compton, or South Central L.A., 

Detroit, the South Bronx. 

Dilapidated Schools, Drugs, 

Guns, and what else?

BOY 1 

Gangs?

CHARLIE 

Gangs. 

Gangs give you a sense of Belonging, 

and usually, An Income. 

But mostly, they give you 

A Sense of Dignity. 

Men are Men, 

and 

Men'll seek Pride. 

Everybody here's got A Badge to wear. 

"I'm the Deputy Communications Director." 

"I made Presidential Classroom." 

"I know The Answer." 

"I'm going to Cornell." 

You think bangers are walking around 

with their heads down, saying, 

"Oh man, I didn't make anything out of my life. 

I'm in a gang." 

Naw, man! They're walking around saying,
"Man, I'm in A Gang. I'm with them."

A door to the mess is opened and several Secret Service agents walk into the room. The staff all stand as Bartlet and Abbey casually walk in, escorted by other agents. They stand next to each other at the front of the room.