A white family and a black family find out what it's like to switch lives.
Genre: Drama, Reality-TV
Cast:Bruno Marcotulli , Rose Bloomfield , Carmen Wurgel , Nicholas Sparks , Poetri , Brian Sparks , Renee Sparks , Chapter Jackson , Faith Cheltenham , Bree Elise , Carmen Wurgle , Paul M. Rodriguez
The Wurgels (Bruno, Carmen, and daughter Rose) are a white, liberal family from Santa Monica, California; and the Sparks (Brian, Renee, and son Nick) are a middle-class black family from Georgia. Both families get to know each other before they are made up as the opposite race for the first time.
Renee and Carmen get into an argument over a language exercise. Rose continues to participate in the slam poetry class in full makeup. Brian is hired as a bartender in an all-white neighborhood.
Carmen's "beautiful black creature" comment leads Brian and Renee to conclude that Carmen doesn't understand racism. As the friction builds between Carmen and Renee, Carmen turns to an outsider for insight into the black experience.
Carmen and her daughter are appalled at the chilly treatment they receive when they visit their own neighborhood in make-up. After experiencing racism on a regular basis for the first time in her life, Carmen becomes disheartened with Bruno's obstinate views.
Rose and Carmen visit Black Hair Salon. Brianna (Bree) from the poetry class volunteers to take Rose to her hair salon. Rose develops a crush on DeVaughn from the poetry class.
The Sparks and the Werguls share the impact the project has had on their lives and begin to reconcile their differences.