A Different World

A World Alike

Directed by Debbie Allen
TV-PG
S3 • E16    Feb 14, 1990    30m
8.0
Whitley meets Julian, an attractive exchange student from Georgetown who is part of Hillman's anti-apartheid group. Kim receives a scholarship that will solve her financial problems and allow her to gain work experience in a lab, rather than flipping burgers at the Pit. Unfortunately, Freddie discovers that the company funding the scholarship is a subsidiary of a corporation with investments in South Africa. Julian proposes a boycott; he angers Whitley by recommending that Hillman cut all financial ties with the corporation, as this would cost Kim her scholarship. Due to her father's health problems, Kim would have to work two jobs to stay in school. A young man from South Africa argues against the termination of scholarships, because he feels that the success of African American students serves as a beacon of hope to black South Africans mired in poverty and oppression. Kim decides to turn down the scholarship anyway. Whitley accepts a date with Julian.

Cast of A World Alike

  • Jasmine GuyWhitley Gilbert
  • Kadeem HardisonDwayne Wayne
  • Darryl M. BellRon Johnson
  • Cree SummerFreddie Brooks
  • Charnele BrownKim Reese
  • Lou MyersVernon Gaines
  • Dawnn LewisJaleesa Vinson-Taylor
  • Glynn TurmanColonel Brad Taylor
  • SinbadCoach Walter Oakes
  • Dominic HoffmanJulian Day
  • Ron MokwenaMbubunni
  • Abner MaririKobie
  • Lebohang MorakeSelf
  • Carlos SpiveySelf
  • Suli McCulloughClarence Peele (uncredited)
  • Debbie AllenDirector / Producer
  • Bill CosbyWriter
  • Susan Fales-HillWriter
  • Joanne Curley-KernerProducer
  • Adriana TrigianiProducer

 

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