The Real World · SEASON 9
A Friendship Is Tested
Episode 9 · 2000-08-01

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Episode overview
Four of Jamie's best friends come to New Orleans for a visit. Melissa and David try to explain to Julie the differences in racial terminology. Julie gets emotional as she explains to Melissa how she feels cheated as a result of her sheltered upbringing. During a boating trip with Julie, Jamie, and Jamie's friends, Melissa gets upset when the tour guide uses a racial term to describe a bird. Julie and Melissa argue over the issue of ignorance towards minorities. Melissa explains to Jamie why it hurt her when he didn't understand how upset she was by the boating incident.
21 minutes
Season 9 episodes
1. Moving Into the Big Easy2000-06-13
2. Triangles2000-06-13
3. Secrets and Thighs2000-06-20
4. Frat Matt And Work2000-06-27
5. Let The Games Begin2000-07-04
6. Trepidation and Isolation2000-07-11
7. Cupid Strikes The Belfort2000-07-18
8. The Show Must Go On2000-07-25
9. A Friendship Is Tested2000-08-01
10. Spotlighted and Unrequited2000-08-08
11. Depressed and Impressed2000-08-15
12. Mardi Gras Madness2000-08-22
13. Apartheid and Abseiling and Safaris, Oh My!2000-08-29
14. South Africa, Part 22000-09-05
15. All Talk And No Walk2000-09-12
16. Men, Music, and Malice2000-09-19
17. Stormin' Mormons2000-10-03
18. Love Is War2000-10-10
19. Soulsearch.com2000-10-17
20. David Strips Down2000-10-24
21. Taming Of The Woo Woo2000-10-31
22. The Never Ending Story2000-11-07
23. Leavin' Louisiana2000-11-07
24. The Real World Unmasked: Reunion Special2000-11-16
100. The Real World New Orleans / Road Rules Casting Special2000-06-08
101. The Real World Reunion 20002000-05-24
102. The Real World Reunion2000-05-10