This is how it goes

2 male, 2 female

Belinda and Cody Phipps appear to be a typical Midwestern couple: teenage sweethearts,
children, luxurious home. Typical except that Cody is black — “rich, black, and different,” in the
words of Belinda, who finds herself attracted to a former (white) classmate. As the battle for her
affections is waged, Belinda and Cody frankly doubt the foundation of their initial attraction,
opening the door wide to a swath of bigotry and betrayal. Staged on continually shifting moral
ground that challenges our received notions about gender, ethnicity, and even love itself, THIS
IS HOW IT GOES unblinkingly explores the myriad ways in which the wild card of race is
played by both black and white in America.