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"Trevor is so naughty. He's the naughtiest child I've ever come across in my life" "then you should hit him" "I cant hit him" "why not" "because I don't know how to hit a white child," she said."a black child , I understand. A black child, you hit them and they stay black. Trevor, when you hit him he turns blue and green and yellow and red. I've never seen those colors before. I'm scared I'm going to break him"

This stood out to me because I understand Trevor is mixed with black and Swiss but like to me that's racist my own grandmother saying "a black child, you hit them and they stay black Trevor, when you hit him he turn blue and green etc" that just isn't right as a my grandmother you shouldn't be saying those things about me it really shouldn't matter my skin color I should still be accepted that wouldn't sit right with me.

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When the Mom in the story said “It’s the devil, " she said about the stalled car, The devil doesn’t want us to go to church”.

i feel like the mother said because she got a feeling that the devil didn't want her to go to church because of what happened to the car but I don't think the devil could stop her when u have god in your circle to erase all of the evil and bad of the devils doing.

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pg 59“ I decided I'd rather be held back with people I liked than ahead with people I didn't know.

This really stands out to me and it reminds me of when people say “ I'd rather work at a job I like than work somewhere i dont like.” What a lot of people don't understand is that school is hard. School is hard and stressful, so if you have to go through all that then a lot of people would prefer going through that with people they like. To try to make the school experience a little better. I do relate to this because I don't like school, but my friends do make my school experience way better and they motivate me and help me out when I need it. I also have fun times with my friends in school so that makes me want to go to school.

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Page 56. "I became a chameleon. My color didn’t change, but I could change your perception of my color. If you spoke to me in Zulu, I replied to you in Zulu. If you spoke to me in Tswana, I replied to you in Tswana. Maybe I didn’t look like you, but if I spoke like you, I was you”

This quote resonated with me because I can speak multiple languages just like him. I can speak pretty good Spanish, and I even know a few words in Italian. I'm not fluent in it though. Some people say I don't look hispanic, but when I speak Spanish to them they act surprised. There's countless people in the world who don't look like they're of a certain ethnicity, but they are, and they even speak the language of the ethnic group. I'm proud to be one of those people.

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Page 51: " my grandmother finished up with bulelwa's era and whipped out a belt and beat the 🤬 out of bulelwa's. then she beat the 🤬 out of mlungisi, too. she didn't touch me."

I can relate to this quote because I have a cousin my age that would get away with everything and it was because she was the sick child growing up. she was always in and out of the hospital and was very frail and 🤬 to nosebleeds, so if anything was to happen to her because we were being stupid me and my aunt would get beat for it.

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1. “I soon learned that the quickest way to bridge the gap was through language” (Page 54)

This relates to my life because you can get along with people through more than just their looks, and how they look is not everything. I personally find it easier to talk to someone who talks like me rather than looks.

I think this quote really relates to real life because you can have better connections with people if you understand each other better, one of those ways being through language.

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Pg. 56 "...I became a chameleon. My color didn’t change, but I could change your perception of my color."

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Pg. 56 "...I became a chameleon. My color didn’t change, but I could change your perception of my color."

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Honestly, this quote stood out to me in many ways. It's not about being fake, but more about how people perceive you, whether they see you as a threat or a friend. Like Trevor, I can shift how people view me, but it’s not out of malice. It’s just survival. Think about it: would you be more likely to help someone who seems kind and approachable, or someone who’s cold and distant? People naturally lean toward the former. But being distant can be useful too. It keeps people from piling tasks on you just because you're "too nice." You can keep them close enough to stay useful, but still keep a little distance. (Just don’t overdo it, or people won’t like you at all.)

Tl;dr no one bothers you, but everyone cares about you.

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“Being chosen is the greatest gift you can give to another human being.”

This quote stood out to me because it shows us how important or powerful it is to be heard, seen, and accepted, especially when you are born in a world meant to reject you. Trevor didn’t belong in any group completely, but it was okay because when someone picked to see him as a friend, it meant a lot.

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Pg 57:”Racism exits.people are getting hurt,and just because it’s not happening to you doesn't mean it's not happening”

This quote stood out to me because it address a huge problem that people think that just because they're not experiencing Racism first hand them self they think it just doesn't exist or they forget about it.I can also relate to this because me and my siblings are mixed our father is black and was born and raised as a child in India my mother is white and was born and raised in texas and luckily she turned out to be a great mom and women and my sister,my brother all all mixed with 50% white decadent but also 50% asian decadent specifically Indian i am the most white”looking” of my siblings no one has ever assumed my race and i have never experienced discrimination  for the color of my skin but i know that it still happens to people all over the world and it can lead to extreme health problems like depression,self-doubt and even the action of taking their own life

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Pg 57, "you can say "Oh, I don't pick sides," but at some point life will force you to pick a side"

this quote stands out to me because in life you're always picking a side, good or bad, right or wrong you are never not picking a side. even when you say your not picking a side you still end leaning towards a side more. when we are younger it starts off by petty drama or little arguments but as we get older it turns into more important topics. politics are the biggest sides people choose. One may feel as if being a republican or Democrat is wrong but that is just their opinion and view.

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pg 56: "Maybe I didnt look like you, but if I spoke like you, I was you".

this quote stands out to me partly due some personal reasons. A good chunk of my family primaraly speaks spanish and just spanish. I can speak some spanish as well but I sure as hell ain't fluent in it. This language barrier often puts a bit of a gap between us, as like, sure I know they're related to me, but I can't fully understand them. Whenever there is someone that can also speak english, that gap suddenly closes. Someone I can fully understand.

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pg52 ”My mom was the only force I truly feared. She believed if you spare the rod you spoil the child”

This quote really resonated with me because my stepmom would say this literally everyday when I was a kid and not it's very annoying to hear. That's because every time she said it i didnt even do anything and it's like just what's the point and on the times I do something there was an audio recording of her saying it that got repeated for like 30 minutes . I'm pretty sure she knew it annoyed me so much that's probably why she stopped saying it but i absolutely can not stand that phrase.

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pg 56 "Being chosen is the greatest gift you can give to another human being”

This quote shows how much Trevor wanted to feel accepted. Because he didn't fit in with any one group being chosen by someone made him feel like he belonged. It reminds us how important it is to include others and make them feel wanted.

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pg.56: "It was a wonderful experience, but the downside was that it shattered me from reality."

This quote resonated with me, not because of the context of what it was given in but in the context of my personal life because I understand what it was like to be protected from the reality of something and/or someone. Ever since I was kid my mom would always make me aware of the reality of the world. She never hesitated to tell me how awful the world can be but when it came to a specific person that was barely in my life but was for sure present in her life, she'd always hesitate and even make up lies and excuses for them. Because of the lies and excuses she made up I believed that they were a good person, that they actually cared for me and that the only reason that they didn't have time for me was because they were too busy or too far away. In the end I was wrong. Around a year ago I found out the truth about them and how awful of a person they were to not only my mom but also my older brother. I'm glad that they have been removed from my life and never had an important role in my life.

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Pg 59: “She was confused. “Oh, no,” she said. “I don’t think you want to do that.” “Why not?” “Because those kids are . . . you know.” “No, I don’t know. What do you mean?” “Look,” she said, “you’re a smart kid. You don’t want to be in that class.”

“But aren’t the classes the same? English is English. Math is math.” “Yeah, but that class is . . . those kids are gonna hold your back. You want to be in the smart class.”

“But surely there must be some smart kids in the B class” “No, there aren’t.” “But all my friends are there.” “You don’t want to be friends with those kids” “Yes, I do.”

This quote resonated with me because through my I would never be treated like a spoiled child, and was treated like anybody.

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Pg 59 “Being at H.A. Jack made me realize I was black. I’d never had to choose, but when I was forced to choose, I chose black.” This speaks out to me, of course, because a lot of mixed or black children have felt this way in their younger years. Children don't see color, they see other children, friends. Children only go based on what they’re shown and taught, if a child is taught to judge a person if they look different to them, they’ll carry that on into their later years. As a black person, a black woman especially, being a little black girl growing up was hard. Hard in the sense that, we always felt compelled to over explain ourselves, when really it was never our job. For instance, the whole “Is your hair real?” talk, or the “What part of Africa are you from?” conversation. I’d spent almost my entire childhood explaining things that a child should learn from their own parents, spent years telling people that my hair was in fact real, my mother all the same. There were some times where I didn’t have to do that, where the little white child would already be informed by their own parent, the ‘proper’ way to act or ask questions. There was no, “Can I touch your hair?”, the child knew not to ask nor even think about it. There wasn't any, “How’d your hair grow overnight?”, whenever I got my hair braided. Those were small victories within myself, not having to explain myself, my being. I was aware that we were different only physically, which is why I did have white friends. I had all types of friends, white, black, hispanic, indian, you name it. I knew I was/am black regardless of who I chose to be in my circle.

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pg. 52: "My mom was the only force i truly feared. She believed if you spare the rod, you spoil the child"

This quote resonated with me because throught my whole life my mom has been telling me that she would never spoil me because at my age kids need to learn how to own up to your mistakes and take responsibility so if i was spoiled you wont know what's its like to work for anything you have because it is just handed to you.

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pg. 57: "....just because it's not happening to you doesn't mean it's not happening"

This quote resonated with me because I think too few people actually think of others. Oh sure, people say they do, but there is plenty of evidence in the world that we don't at this level. We are comfortable in our privilege and only think change needs to happen when something negative affects US, not others. People need to think about this quote more and apply it to their lives daily. This would create more empathy and perhaps, we wouldn't be so hard to judge, ridicule, harm or oppress. Many of our current "leaders" should be less selfish and think more like this.