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The dojo scene for me was pretty contrived.  I'm not sure how realistic it would be to see so many black fathers present.  I think they wrote the scene b/c they know Milo could do the push ups.  Not sure what the point of the "extra" push ups were.  Why was white mom the only mom there?
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Wasn't it recommended by the black mom? It doesn't surprise me that a black mom, recommending an activity to help a black boy connect with role models that look like him, would recommend a martial arts studio that's majority (or completely) black. The extra push ups were to show he would not stop. He would support Randall until he collapsed. He would support him totally and completely forever. I had the impression it was their first session, which is why white mom was there.[/quote]

It wasn't clear to me that it was Randal's first day.  So if all the dads sitting on the mat were there to do push ups with their sons on their backs presumably it was more than just Randall's first day, so wouldn't there be other moms there?[/quote]

The other dads were doing push-ups to show that they, too, would support Randall(and Jack).  It was about community.[/quote]

Right. Maybe each time a kid joined the dojo, they invited the other dad's to come for that session to participate in the ceremony?[/quote]
Yes. each time a new kid joins, all of the fathers are present to do push ups with the new kid on their back. It's to show their support for the kid and dad.[/quote]

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