5x06 The Parent 'Hood - Deserving Honors

June 27, 1999 - Zaria tries to console her friend Simone, a teenage single mother whose award and scholarship are rescinded. Meanwhile, Kelly's latest moneymaking scheme is to act as a manager for second-rate entertainers, including a ventriloquist and the world's oldest living gymnast.

[@dsanders799]

zaria is a beautiful black Queen

[@ECZephon]

always and forever

[@QuePaso-2024]

Afro Latina

[@shaybarcellyia6830]

@@QuePaso-2024 that would be black lmfao

[@georgedafourth]

Amen!

[@Fudge_Fantasy]

Queen who she rule?

[@warrenlondon2426]

Miss I miss the 90’s 😩😭 GOOD TIMES! 💯

[@chelle967]

How you're going to take a scholarship away from a single mother?! That's just out right cold!

[@ponomalema1391]

Pono

[@lipnationmedia]

That’s so unfortunate 😤 luckily times have changed to shine light on these situations instead of condemning such great ppl☺️

[@podsmpsg1]

If she can balance schoolwork, a job and raising a kid, she deserves an award.

[@fgr617r9]

💯💯 she needs it more than some others do because of that. Also the fact that she still managed a baby PLUS excelling academically. Smh this world

[@fgr617r9]

@@podsmpsg1 Exactly 💯

[@GSU2004]

I totally get the premise of this episode and glad Simone stated what she said at the end. I'm not a role model, I'm a survivor and this is aint what a high school girl wants or needs. Lately in the black community, we glorify single motherhood. Even as wild as TK was, he was not a father. He was admittedly sexually active but he had no babies. Townsend had a great show that was funny but had some great messages within the storylines

[@monemariarodriguez-guzman4667]

I love the way you worded this i agree so much

[@Solider7]

@Melissa Diamond 1. Black women, who are far too often portrayed as strong and independent, choose to have unprotected, and extremely often, non-marital sex with those black men. No one else makes that irresponsible choice for them 2. The welfare system has encouraged black women to have babies out of wedlock and raise them as single mothers, and without the father around, so they can get "free money" from the government. Because of this, the single mother rate in the black community is within the 70 percentile, and the nuclear family is mostly a foreign myth/concept in that community. 3. Black women make up the majority of women in America based on race, who get abortions. There is evidence that Planned Parenthood is rooted in racism which strongly implies that the organization is an institution of systematic genocide of blacks.

[@kiara198923]

This is a year old but true comment!

[@GSU2004]

@Melissa Diamond The irony is that 51 percent of black men are childless and never married. The CDC states that black men are the MOST engaged and active fathers in their children's lives and 60 percent of black women who have multiple children have them by multiple men. While black women lead in single motherhood, they are closely ahead of Hispanic women followed by white women and Asian women. Tell me how many black women are praised for NOT being a single mother. Why does black excellence have to be either a criminal male who is now on the right track or a single mother who has a degree with a baby? Let's not act like it doesn't exist.

[@sassycappie4926]

AMYT Damn, you sound like Faux News. 🙄🙄🙄

[@sharigill3130]

Over glorification of surviving and unfortunate situation being brought on by bad decisions is not always an example we want to set in our society, but punishing or pushing aside a person that has gone through that and has become exceptional and has surpassed mediocrity is not what we should encourage either. She worked hard, she fulfilled every requirement by her own merits, and didn’t fall back on just surviving but positively doing better and not letting it be an excuse, she should awarded.

[@awesomestar7597]

Zaria was being a good friend

[@TaqariPayne]

I agree

[@mikeshawearing]

My daughter name is Azahria and I have 2 God daughters named Zahria. We all loved this show!!❤❤❤

[@LIFEWITHTHEJONESES1]

Zaria was always fine as well!

[@mathisbailey794]

I always liked Zaria's character.

[@ECZephon]

I always wante dto tickle her fee fee

[@dashaunthompson6785]

Hey I just notice the baby in the beginning of show is Jojo from Baby Boy.

[@mandyb8817]

Lol yeah. That's funny.

[@sequoraanderson6477]

dashaun thompson

[@blacbutterfly3046]

Da’shaun Thompson I knew he looked familiar. Thanks

[@Lilvon92]

@Aiyaluna Yourke Facts

[@ChrisJProductionz]

Regan Gomes Preston was a dime😍😍😍

[@georgedafourth]

And still is TILL THIS DAY!

[@allanteetheridge4689]

Shit still is

[@Doknot-tb9ey]

She sure was a dime back then, and still is til this day.

[@CarenaJohnson5]

*is

[@ashantapinckney159]

Zara is a beautiful young woman as well

[@talltalllady]

Ashanta Pinckney funny thing is she still looks the same now at 38 🙂

[@jamalselesi182]

R.I.P. Tommy Tiny Zeus Lister Jr. (1958-2020)

[@WWAHP]

Pay for Zaria's tuition? Robert is a professor at NYU, and I'm guessing he has tenure too. That means his children can attend school there for FREE!

[@GSU2004]

She may not wanted to attend the school where her parents were teaching at. This is common on many students of teachers.

[@JayBelafonte]

She Disney want to attend the school were her parents work. Most teens want to get as far away from home as possible to experience that freedom

[@brudderstyles3479]

This show is fictional

[@JayBelafonte]

I remember this episode back when I was in high school. I used to think it was a little unrealistic because anyone that’s top of their class has a perfect GPA and high SAT scores , an also a minority is going to have multiple scholarship offers. The Irony is the valedictorian of my graduating class was pregnant and relieved a full ride from Yale.

[@thekookiebrown696]

Alexis Fields was on all these shows (Moesha, Sister sister) as the bestie! She could have had her own potentially

[@tincredible]

Yes, she always played the best friend or some other supporting role. Even before she was on those shows, she played the main character's best friend on Nickelodeon's "The Secret World of Alex Mack." She's always had tons of talent, beauty, and industry connections (he mom and sister are Chip and Kim Fields), so it's always mystified me that she hasn't gotten bigger opportunities.

[@johnathanhillman]

Also roc tv show . Keanan and kel

[@jwilliams7554]

Alexis Fields was THAT girl in the 90s

[@willielavender9576]

ZARRIA IS MY FAVIRITE.

[@patsommers7777]

Reagan Gomez smile disarmed me like no one's business 😍

[@fgr617r9]

I agree with Zaria 100% nothing will make me double cross my friends.

[@tishataray]

I wish I had a friend like that

[@pepperluvsbeyonce1661]

Zaria hair stayed done without any damages??🤔🤔

[@Sunflowers_220]

She has soft curly hair the actrice is half Puerto Rican and half African American. Look her up. Her hair probably wasn't even relaxed maybe just a blow dry. (she still could've had heat damage that we can't see in the straightened stage)

[@JayBelafonte]

No chemicals that’s why

[@riannadominguez396]

Same with Cece. Her little hair stayed laid without damage. I’m guessing they hired stylist who specialized in natural hair care

[@shaybarcellyia6830]

@@Sunflowers_220 anybody could've gotten heat damage regardless of race. Even with blow dry

[@Sunflowers_220]

@@shaybarcellyia6830 I literally stated she could've had heat damage! I always think its weird when people on KZbin read half your comment. And then state part of it back to you. I discussed her texture because, that hair type could easily look like that with just a blow out.

[@erickiam25]

One thing about the 90s they loved to get people in their late 20s or early 30s to play high schoolers 😄

[@crishnaholmes7730]

Still do

[@amehka5416]

Kim Field's lil sister Alexis Field....remember her from Sister Sister.

[@winniebae4alwayyz963]

*Especially Moesha, and Kenal and Kel!*

[@PhoenixRising87]

Both the Fields sisters are babes.

[@johnathanhillman]

Also roc tv show

[@amberdenisetv1232]

After watching a few episodes of this show i think its dope how alot of black celebrities that we know today got their start on this show or shows like this back then. Even the guess stars were dope.

[@lewisalpha911]

The 2nd reason why I love this show!

[@LIVEFRMNYC]

I been a huge fan of Robert Townsend's daydreams since Hollywood Shuffle.

[@toyotacorolla2395]

She is so pretty. She played on house party down to the last minute. I like that movie 🍿

[@beautifulwonderful4391]

Alexis Fields was a guess in almost all of the 90s black comedy shows. But how come she was never in a show as a main character? She is a good actress.

[@theirishone7747]

Deebo: "SHUT UUUUUUUPPPPPPPPP!" Lol! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😊😂😂😊😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Robert: "Awww man don't cut my 'fro!" I can't go on Soul Train!" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😊

[@Blessedbeyond289]

Up watching at five in the morning

[@rapptown5285]

Alexis fields and Reagan Preston Gomez Love them both

[@gabrepotter5140]

Robert is a professor at NYU with tenure meaning his kids can go to school for free, J is also a lawyer like....stop the bullshit 😂😂

[@dancerdude83]

Zaria is stunning inside and out

[@fgr617r9]

"excuse me, Mrs. Fields" *continues to dance. 😂

[@EDifyer881]

Kelly perine replaced Wendell? Not too bad bad definitely isn't by any stretch a Wendell Wilcox

[@alesiaw7048]

Yes! Thank You So Much! 🌹✊🏿🥰🥰🥰

[@ashantapinckney159]

Tk is so cute

[@lucysmith8326]

This was a remarkable episode!

[@readtheroom4244]

it's funny how the lady name was Ms fields...

[@GSU2004]

LOL, I caught that too. I was waiting for Simone to say something like even when I left Eastland, I still performed well, lol

[@ECZephon]

leave esau alone

[@BlackBusyBody]

I'm sorry but I would've taken that scholarship. Symone losing it is awful but school is expensive. I didn't have a kid, she did. Her parents were right. You do what's right for YOU

[@MSWes922]

Sell outs..... that's how they play us against each other

[@naviitaramro3474]

Well her father is a college professor and from what is seen she can go to his college for free. Since professor students can get in the school.

[@kenyawalls2255]

wes matthews that’s your friend

[@85chicaloca]

The parents came off as being hypocrites in this episode. They were all for their daughter standing up and doing the right thing as long as it didn’t cost her. The moment that their daughter told him that she would be the next recipient, and as soon as she said she was not going to take the scholarship, their entire tone and attitude change. Doing the right thing only when it is convenient and only when it doesn’t cost you anything it’s not really doing the right thing; it is just virtue signaling.

[@Mr.Jaquaveon2k]

wes matthews how

[@youknowwhatflav9916]

12:13 the mom was right 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@shansmith3675]

Dang this is the little boy who made a fort in Baby Boy and Snoop being a hater kicked it over Lmaoo 😂😂😂

[@jaknice2446]

As someone who grew up in the west and was sexually active as a teen, many of our parents did a very poor job of protecting us from immorality

[@andrewmckinney2231]

Rip deebo we miss you

[@ms.e195]

I remember this!!

[@tamdoll3823]

If I was Zaria I would have ran with that Scholarship lol she was crazy to do that

[@jwilliams7554]

Tony Lister also played the guy who bullied Robert in season 1

[@jacobrichardson1952]

I like Zaria

[@iboroudoh6505]

Standard's standard. That's what keeps things special these days.

[@lamontallen7470]

ZARIA IS STILL BAD TIL THIS DAY

[@knyacheddars9278]

It’s ironic that I’m watching this episode while being a teen mom and applying to college.

[@fgr617r9]

I bet you're doing great. No it's not an ideal situation, but I bet you're doing just fine with it and if no one told you today, I'm proud of you. 💯❤️

[@knyacheddars9278]

@@fgr617r9 Hi! Thank you so much for your comment. It really means a lot to me! It isn’t ideal but I’m working my hardest. If you were wondering , I am still in college and will be graduating next year with a healthy 3 year old.

[@vikerzyeeyee]

Why does Robert have a flashback every episode tho lol

[@ashantapinckney159]

And I love watching y'all TV show

[@Detroit-gx5nd]

6:23 Why is this dude making cupcakes?? 😂

[@fdoket]

Mr Peterson stay zoned out. That's the drugs from Harlem. 💀

[@kel-melprevail8127]

0:41 that baby iS ...Jody s son in Baby boy..he told Snoop...I hate you!!!

[@mariettahermosa]

Wonder what Zaria’s up to these days?

[@WWAHP]

Good question, I believe, she became a lawyer, practiced law for 10 years, and now is set to run for public office.

[@Mr.Jaquaveon2k]

Christian Edwards 🤨

[@jazzdaagreatestt3645]

Simone a real friend!

[@AngelLopez-wm9sw]

He say something for both of yall..!!!🤣🤣

[@amandagarcia6158]

Funny and happy family

[@kendraspencer3925]

Hey, is he the boy from baby boy?

[@kiara198923]

Yes!

[@montelhoughton105]

Kendra Spencer yo I just said that

[@shansmith3675]

Kendra Spencer Lmaoo I just said the same thing

[@cte120]

Yep

[@podsmpsg1]

That's discrimination..

[@monilaninetynine3811]

And it's hella stupid.

[@podsmpsg1]

@@monilaninetynine3811 absolutely.

[@AmariMarvelous]

Let's say the roles were reversed and it was a white teen mom instead of the black teen mom who was chosen for the scholarship, I would not be surprised if the school board would take the full scholarship back from that white teen mom. If anything they would spin the story around and make it seem she was a hard working mother and exceptional role model and use the same talking points for the black teen mother depicted on the show. Granted this was a TV show and this was the storyline they were going with but it just makes you think.

[@brandonplanchat1821]

It's crazy she regan Gomez is the voices for the Cleveland show

[@smellycat6386]

This show had Deebo and Big Worm 😆

[@MsDisneylandlover]

I love fields fam chip, kim, and Alexa

[@shellesbby]

That’s the kid from Baby Boy? Awww 🤎

[@LLnightshadow7508]

You tell'em Zaria

[@kenyawalls2255]

She did too much talking

[@biancabarbie13]

Love this show 💯

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Loved z hair

[@Killthethrill33]

Wheres wyndelll?

[@allisonstephens1837]

I was wondering too

[@lovelove-ue5jq]

They replaced him with Robert corny brother SMH

[@fgr617r9]

Simone is 👑❤️🔥💯

[@shariecebrewster5962]

I am there's and there's for old show

[@brown14suga]

That "association" had NO standards. They should have had a more thorough screening process before choosing a recipient if that were a true concern. Also, if Simone and Zharia were such good students, they should have more scholarship offers.

[@Dee-mg2rw]

Sometimes I didn’t like zaria lol

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Rip Susan

[@kingsasuke86]

Zaria always sounds out of breath 🤣

[@lovekesiashani]

2:40 😂

[@TaqariPayne]

I bet they wouldn't have taken the scholarship from the father

[@regfactor101]

debo!!!

[@9-5budgetinvestorthecheapt49]

This The Same Reason Why We Know ROSA PARKS.... The Original Girl Wasnt Seen As The "RIGHT FIT" BCUZ SHE WAS PREGNANT N NOT MARRIED 🤔🤔🤔🤣🤣🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

[@jamarcusburks-ur4or]

rip tiny Lester aka deebo

[@DestinysChild-vn5hm]

Simone having a kid has nothing to do with her education personal stuff has nothing to do with education or a career

[@tootietalks]

That lady need to meet Lauren Dolgen & Morgan Freeman

[@dm2129]

Kim fields sister Alexis fieldsthe dummy and that man played on the Jefferson and what's happening now he did the same routine on that show too

[@eugenegodley4065]

Zaria and that lazy eye bothers me

[@hulksmash3496]

somebody tell Jodie that T.K has his son might want to come get him #babyboy

[@ChrisJProductionz]

Lil man from baby boy....

[@tarawilson8003]

TK look like my brother Patrick

[@rockellsmith6444]

DEBO FROM FRIDAY

[@dontrustwhiteyevery1]

Isn't Simon Drea, the freak kelly?

[@sassycappie4926]

kilamanjaro Mountain No.

[@MatthewHill-m7g]

R u Paying 4 Zaria’s College Tuition stay out of this then.

[@poochiemane5326]

Simone is fine

[@capricejones9051]

Capricejones19💋

[@conniechoward]

Diovion

[@naturalbeautee6530]

I'm not down with this episode. Shaming and punishing her for her choice.

[@DestinysChild-vn5hm]

That was none of their business that she had a child

[@cocostreator5879]

Hi everyone no matter what has happened this year this 2020 I just want to leave this message when anyone ever sees this message that I wish you blessings and love an open doors of success and happiness I have to leave this message because I’m very ashamed of Jerry Peterson of what she said the character said she agrees with the Association they have been times in the show we have been disappointed before Robert said about TK and now with Jerry I had my son I’m 19 years old I am 28 years old today I make six figures I mystery days I graduated from school I have an amazing job I have my dream car I have my dream house everything I could’ve ever wish for in my life I am also now a mother of two I’m getting very personal because they need to be very careful and what they pull out there yes the show was from the 90s but I do not agree for a woman to not have compassion for another woman specially a young woman to take a scholarship form a single mother is disgraceful shameful if she is all that why didn’t do the touring with the dancing company and graduate law school when she met her husband in university she need to take a look at herself this young mother is graduating in this episode they are graduating you miss high and mighty in your married why didn’t you achieve all of this before you had children if that is your choice and that is your state of mind towards single mothers I won’t say I was offended but it’s offensive what was said If a single mother a young mother was Bella for their life I am mini I’ll great examples if I may say so myself dream big to everyone will have a background in the circumstances and ignore stupid retarded comment like what she just said in this episode

[@tashawilliams8093]

How come no one ever holds guys responsible for their choices but wants to down a young woman who's doing her best to make the best of their circumstances?

[@allanteetheridge4689]

RIp Deeboo

[@patsommers7777]

Zaria is baby making material 😍

[@patsommers7777]

Ye😅❤