#this was the smartest kid in every classroom he walked into - in a racially segregated school district

[benicebefunny]

As someone born in Illinois, Beard being from Peoria just makes sense.

#ted lasso #ted lasso spoilers #this is a man who drinks spiked tea because he misses the taste of pesticides #this is a guy who loves david mamet while applauding himself for not saying the n-word around children #this is somebody who thinks his car radio presets make him an intellectual #this was the smartest kid in every classroom he walked into - in a racially segregated school district #this is a grown adult unable to cope with a Brown person being his intellectual equal - much less a genius #and tbh i think that's what actual chicagoan brendan hunt intended when he made beard from central illinois #i'm not #anti-coach beard #he is