Piper hosts a South African exchange student expecting to meet a black South African, but instead, a white South African arrives.
The Color of Friendship was a 2000 Disney Channel original movie about Mahree (Lindsey Haun) and Piper (Shadia Simmons), an American girl and a girl from apartheid South Africa who become friends.
The Color of Friendship is about two people from very different cultures and racial backgrounds learning from each other.
It’s films like The Color of Friendship that help show children the importance of being open to learning from others, especially those who are different.