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Community is so influential that Carlos remembers everything from his childhood/early adulthood in Garden Heights. Pg. 324-329

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Uncle Carlos hit 115 because he was angry at what 115 did to Khalil and Starr

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Uncle Carlos hit 115 because he was angry at what 115 did to Khalil and Starr

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“Dude came after my sister”-Seven said explaining why he joined the fight on pg. 348

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Khalil has to sell drugs to payback king because his mom stole money from him. If they were not poor, she wouldn’t have to steal money

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Khalil has to sell drugs to payback king because his mom stole money from him. If they were not poor, she wouldn’t have to steal money

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We see that racism isn’t always super obvious. Sometimes it can hide in plain sight and is likely more prevalent than we think.

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“The cop probably did everyone a favor. One less drug dealer on the—“-Hailey pg. 341

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“The cop probably did everyone a favor. One less drug dealer on the—“-Hailey pg. 341

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I think the power of a community is really shown by Mav getting two gangs into the same room, on the same team. Clearly they are willing to do anything to help fight for justice and improve their neighborhood.

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Toxicity can ruin friendships and aren’t worth maintaining 

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Toxicity can ruin friendships and aren’t worth maintaining 

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After the fight Starr’s parents tell her that they understand but that it wasn’t exceptable.

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After the fight Starr’s parents tell her that they understand but that it wasn’t exceptable.

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Starr and Maya Form The Minority Alliance because Hailey has harassed both of them and they want to stick closer together

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Starr and Maya Form The Minority Alliance because Hailey has harassed both of them and they want to stick closer together

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Hailey says “Khalil was gonna end up dead anyways.” Which causes Starr to get into a fist fight with Hailey and beat her up. Pg. 341.

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Hailey says “Khalil was gonna end up dead anyways.” Which causes Starr to get into a fist fight with Hailey and beat her up. Pg. 341.

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Communities will come together over horrible events, no matter if they like each other or despise each other. 

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Communities will come together over horrible events, no matter if they like each other or despise each other. 

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Community’s work better when acting as one

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Community’s work better when acting as one

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On page 238 when Mav and Uncle Carlos are talking about the neighborhood, Carlos realizes how nice it is to be a part of a community that loves one another and cares for each other and even says he almost misses it.

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We are shown constantly how family has the power to shape a person; whether that’s showing love and support and helping a child grow into a well-rounded person, or forcing them to fend for themself and try to find that love and support elsewhere.
This book also shows us that we all have something in common, in this case, it’s the desire to be loved.

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Starr was finally fed up enough with Haley that she hit Haley after she said, “Khalil deserved it” she showed that you can push out friends that aren’t really friends in your life.

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Starr was finally fed up enough with Haley that she hit Haley after she said, “Khalil deserved it” she showed that you can push out friends that aren’t really friends in your life.

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Friendships aren’t worth sustaining if they are toxic.

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Friendships aren’t worth sustaining if they are toxic.

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Racism is not always seen by the person being racist, so they need to know so they can change.

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Racism is not always seen by the person being racist, so they need to know so they can change.

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Everyone in the neighborhood is trying to come together and make the riots better. Not destroying black businesses is the main thing they are trying to do.

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Everyone in the neighborhood is trying to come together and make the riots better. Not destroying black businesses is the main thing they are trying to do.

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“When the Khalils get arrested for selling drugs, they either spend most of their life in prison, another billion-dollar industry, or they have a hard time getting a real job and probably start selling drugs again. That’s the hate they’re giving us, baby, a system designed against us. That’s Thug Life.”
Pg 170.

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Lisa is a loving mother to Seven despite the fact that he isn’t her biological child. This shows that families come in all forms and she is an incredibly forgiving and caring person.

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Lisa tells Starr that it’s okay to give up on her friendship with Hailey if the negatives outweigh the positives.

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Unfollowed Starr’s Tumblr because she didn’t want to see her posts about activism and civil rights leaders and then lied about her reasoning behind it.

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Mav and Uncle Carlos are arguing when Mav tells Uncle Carlos he doesn’t care about his niece. He then says “”No, he needs to hear this. When you were locked up, I helped Lisa every time your sorry-ass baby momma dropped Seven off on her for weeks at a time. Me! I bought clothes, food, provided shelter. My Uncle Tom ass! Hell no, I don’t wanna work with criminals, but don’t you ever insinuate I don’t care about any of those kids!’” Although both Mav and Carlos are constantly helping the kids, there is a conflict between them. Because of Carlos, Mav doesn’t feel like he was a good father-figure, and Carlos doesn’t think Mav is the best influence on the kids.

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“Some of them are at Garden Heights High doing a round-table discussion. Others are leading a march on Carnation where Khalil was murdered”(215)

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“‘So you gon’ let the police stop you from speaking out for Khalil? I thought you cared about him way more than that... Go on TV or something, I don’t know,’ she says. ‘Tell everybody what really happened that night. They’re not even giving his side of the story.’...’Here you are, with a chance to help change what happens in our whole neighborhood, and you staying quiet. Like a coward.’”(198-199)

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“I used to live in the projects in a one-bedroom apartment. I shared the room with my brothers, and my parents slept on a fold-out couch...we only kept canned goods in the cabinets ‘cause of the rats and roaches.”(301-302)

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“Being two different people is so exhausting. I’ve taught myself to speak with two different voices and only say certain things around certain people. I’ve mastered it. As much as I say I don’t have to choose which Starr I am with Chris, maybe without realizing it, I have to an extent. Part of me feels like I can’t exist around people like him.”(301)

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“‘Now do you know if Khalil sold narcotics?’ Pause. What the fuck? My tears stop. For real, my eyes get dry with the quickness. Before I can say anything, my mom goes, ‘What does that have to do with anything?’” This happens while Starr is being interrogated after Khalil’s death. This shows how unjust the system is. They are automatically assuming that drugs were involved.

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“Okay, smart mouth, let’s see what we find on you today” The officer may have only said this because he is black. Pg. 23

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“Okay, smart mouth, let’s see what we find on you today” The officer may have only said this because he is black. Pg. 23

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Communities are stronger when everyone sticks together

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Communities are stronger when everyone sticks together

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Logan Stoner

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“‘I knew him , knew his family’s situation. After he stopped coming around with you, he was out of sight and out of mind to me, and there’s no excuse for that.’ ... ‘I think all of us feel like that,’ I mutter. ‘That’s one reason Daddy’s determined to help Devante.’”

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Family should always come first. You cant choose your family but those are the people that raise you.

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Family should always come first. You cant choose your family but those are the people that raise you.

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Khalil and Starr had a very good friendship because even though they didn’t hang out anymore they still loved each other and they were still best friends.

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“‘He was more than any bad decision he made‘, he says... And at the end of the day, you don’t kill someone for opening a car door. If you do, you shouldn’t be a cop.’”

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If you are born into an area of poverty and violence, it is hard to get out of that situation just because of how you are perceived.

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If you are born into an area of poverty and violence, it is hard to get out of that situation just because of how you are perceived.

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Problems cant be forgotten, you need to say something and make a change otherwise it wont get better

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Problems cant be forgotten, you need to say something and make a change otherwise it wont get better

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“Freshman year. First Period. Mrs. Edwards biology class. We’d just gotten back from Thanksgiving break. Class hadn’t even started yet, and we were talking about what we did for Thanksgiving. I told you guys my grandparents visited, and it was their first time celebrating Thanksgiving. Hailey asked if we ate a cat. Because we’re Chinese.”-Maya

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The situation with Mr. Lewis and Mav is an example of police brutality because Mav was thrown to the ground and put in cuffs for nothing.

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The situation with Mr. Lewis and Mav is an example of police brutality because Mav was thrown to the ground and put in cuffs for nothing.

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Garden heights is low income neighborhood and gangs have flooded in with drugs and violence

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Garden heights is low income neighborhood and gangs have flooded in with drugs and violence

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The murder of Khalil is definitely a point of police brutality

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The murder of Khalil is definitely a point of police brutality

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“Hustle! Pretend the ball is some fried chicken. Bet you will stay on it then.” Page 111

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The community needs to come together by stopping the gangs, and riots that are happening in their neighborhood.

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The community needs to come together by stopping the gangs, and riots that are happening in their neighborhood.

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Mr Lewis and Mav talking but being stopped by cops just for talking on the side walk. 

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Mr Lewis and Mav talking but being stopped by cops just for talking on the side walk. 

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191-193 pg

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A tight knit family is built off understanding of mistakes and forgiveness. 

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A tight knit family is built off understanding of mistakes and forgiveness. 

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If you want to solve a problem you have to be willing to speak up.

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If you want to solve a problem you have to be willing to speak up.

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Hailey asked Maya if they ate cat for thanksgiving because they are Chinese.

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The community needs to come together and show that the Racist cycle is wrong and unjust 

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The community needs to come together and show that the Racist cycle is wrong and unjust 

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To improve their community, people need to be able to have the means to overcome the cycle. 

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To improve their community, people need to be able to have the means to overcome the cycle. 

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To improve a community, people need to be able to have the means to speak.

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To improve a community, people need to be able to have the means to speak.