A Different World
Ms. Understanding
Season 4 Episode 17
February 28, 1991 25m
Shazza Zulu, a student in his sixth year of undergraduate work, publishes a book discussing the sexist behavior of men at Hillman. The women take his words to heart; they get really worked up and decide to boycott all men. The men respond with a boycott of their own. Everyone gets upset with Dwayne and Whitley for refusing to take part, and Whitley's friends try to convince her that Dwayne is fooling around with the female students he tutors. After a food fight breaks out at the campus movie theater, Dean Hughes calls a summit to get the two sides to work out their differences. The students turn against Shazza, who insists that he is trying to promote harmony. He singles out Kim as someone who has turned against her race by dating a white man. She tells him off and storms out. Ron, who had earlier expressed a similar sentiment, apologizes to Kim and admits that he was jealous.
Directed By
Debbie AllenWritten By
Yvette Lee Bowser, Judi Ann MasonWatch on these services
Cast of A Different World
Jasmine GuyWhitley Marion Gilbert
Kadeem HardisonDwayne Cleophus Wayne
Darryl M. BellRonald Marlon Johnson
Lou MyersVernon Gaines
Cree SummerWinifred 'Freddie' Brooks
Charnele BrownKimberly Reese
Glynn TurmanColonel Bradford Taylor
Dawnn LewisJaleesa Vinson-Taylor
SinbadCoach Walter Oakes
Jada Pinkett SmithLena James
Mary AliceLeticia "Lettie" Bostic
Ajai SandersGina Deveaux
Cory TylerTerrence Taylor
Karen Malina WhiteCharmaine Tyesha Brown
Lisa BonetDenise Huxtable
Marisa TomeiMaggie Lauten
Loretta DevineStevie Rallen
Patrick MaloneTerrell Walker
Bumper RobinsonDorian Heywood
Michael RalphSpencer Boyer
Gary DourdanShazza Zulu
Andrew LoweryMatthew
Marie-Alise RecasnerMillie
Jenifer LewisDean Dorothy Dandridge Davenport
Alisa Gyse DickensKinu Owens
Patti LaBelleAdele Wayne
Joe MortonByron Douglas III
Diahann CarrollMarion Gilbert
Roger Guenveur SmithProf. Howard Randolph
Bebe DrakeVelma Gaines
Roscoe Lee BrowneDr. Barnabus Foster
Ron O'NealMercer Gilbert
Rosalind CashDean Hughes
Edafe BlackmonTutor
Toy NewkirkBianca
Kim WayansAllison
Kimble JemisonNerdy Student
Robert GuillaumeDean Winston
Harold SylvesterWoodson Wayne
Jonell GreenDashawn Curtis
Roxanne BeckfordCourtney
Tisha CampbellJosie Webb
Galyn GörgMonica Gilbert
Gilbert GottfriedSergeant
Vanessa Bell CallowayDanielle Vinson
Barbara MontgomeryImogene Douglas
Orlando JonesTroy Douglas
Michael WarrenReverend Soams
Art EvansMr. Johnson
Kiki ShepardVanna Black
Josephine PremiceDesiree Porter
Debbie AllenDr. Langhorne
Tom WrightJohn Holtworth
Nestor CarbonellMalik Velasquez
Marques HoustonEli Black
Young RomeCrayton Adams
Chante CarmelIesha
T.K. CarterDarnell Gaines
Gerrit GrahamHenry Krum
Larry LinvilleSen. Hutchinson
John Marshall JonesOtis Curtis
Halle BerryJaclyn
Damon WayansMarvin Haven
Monica CalhounYolanda
Brad JohnsonMr. Wess
Blair UnderwoodZelmer Collier
Alaina Reed HallClaims Officer #5
Victor LoveLionel Walker
Michael EnsignAuctioneer
Shaun BakerChamp
Dean CainEddie
Dean HowellMichael
Allen PayneLance Rodman
Tupac ShakurPiccolo
Alison TaylorGirl
Lee WeaverRay Nay
Eartha RobinsonLoretta
Stanley BrockSanta Claus
Josef PowellShane Wayne
Dominic HoffmanJulian Day
Paul BenedictMr. Ludlow
Howard DellPhil
Ja'net DuBoisBrenda Hanes
Frantz TurnerMarcus Anderson
Candy Ann BrownProfessor Burton
CJ JonesCJ
PillowSelf
T.J. EvansAlex Webb
George C. SimmsErnie Miles
Bradley MottLou
Marius MazmanianAndre
Cleavant DerricksLarry
Aaron SevilleLittle Brother Humpty
Wynonna SmithLorna
K. Todd FreemanNovian Winters
LaVerne AndersonPriscilla
Whoopi GoldbergDr. Jordan
Roxie RokerDean Barksdale
Michael MilhoanFireman
Beverly ToddJulia Reeves
Julius CarryLarry Beaujolais
Debbi MorganLisa Westin
Jake CarpenterRick
Trina McGee-DavisGennifer
Ron CanadaGrover James
Leonard LightfootTed Selman
Nigel GibbsOfficer
Lisa Marie RussellTricia
Cyndi James GossettAmber Waves
Rondell SheridanLooter
Kenneth MarsRidley
Jeanine JacksonMelissa Brulay
Clinton JacksonSteve Rocklin
Montel WilliamsSelf
Carol Ann SusiDesk Sergeant
Jermaine DupriDeejay
Anita MorrisJoni Brooks
Tamara ClatterbuckGrace
Marcia WallaceWaitress
Marla GibbsPrincipal Shaw
Lena HorneSelf
Billy Dee WilliamsLangston Paige
Ahmad StonerOlufemi Dakar
Leslie UggamsDr. Eileen Redding
Juan PopeGuy #1
Reginald BallardGuy #2
Keenen Ivory WayansProfessor Lawrence
Bee-Be SmithGloria
Rhona Bennett[En Vogue]
Terry Ellis[En Vogue]
Cindy Herron[En Vogue]