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“I jumped up and stuffed Willy into the seat beside me”

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Rashads thoughts about Spoony and Berry
“I was glad they had done this before, because my heart it felt like it grown legs and was trying to run away from my body.”

From Chase

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Quinn is proud and supportive of his decisions 

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Page 263
Mom - What are you doing with that shirt
Quinn - Letting people know I’m going to the March

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Quinn Page 177 “I’m just trying to figure this all out. Rashads your friend. But I get what else you’re saying too. So— I’m sorry.”

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“Okay, I am down with the protest.”

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“It just ain’t right. And you know me. You know im not just gonna sit here and let them sweep this under the rug like this okay?”

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“I joined it to get my dad off my back. To make him happy.”

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“The kid at the front of the march. Speaking truth to power. Standing up for injustice. Asking to only be seen and heard and respected lie the citizen he was. Would he be thought of as the ‘All American’ boy?”

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“Breakfast with your family and sharing the newspaper with your dad, looking up to him, imagining that one day you’d read the whole paper and drink coffee too.”

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“Breakfast with your family and sharing the newspaper with your dad, looking up to him, imagining that one day you’d read the whole paper and drink coffee too.”

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Rashad page 300: Rashad finds out his dad was at his door during the nights. “I was awake, i wish he would have knocked”.

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Quinn to video, 294: Ma’s always telling us to take responsibility. That we have to live up to what dad died for.

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Quinn page 291: “What did Dad do? He ran right into the face of history. I couldn’t duck now, just because I was scared.”

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At the beginning of the chapter, pages 141 and 142. Rashad talks about an All American tradition with his family. Including going to church, and then having an All American meal of pancakes with his family afterward.

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“It wasn’t like that at all. It was an uncounted step, yet we were all in sync. We were on a mission.” Page 306.

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“Okay look. If I thought my sudden allegiance to honesty would make me feel confident, I was wrong.” Page 285.

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Other pictures were of me in my ROTC uniform. Of course, those had loads of comments”. Page 278.

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“I could see the American flag spearing up in its holder and hanging in loose folds in the air above the front steps, and a memory bit me — the day I stood beneath that flag in a cheap, itchy, dark suit”. Page 250.

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“Dear Cadet Butler, I had planned to come and visit you, but it was communicated to me that you didn’t want any visitors.” Page 226.

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“Practice was better than it had been in a couple of days. Coach drilled us with a few plays, then made us run laps, then dropped the three-point contest on us.” Page 218.

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“When I woke up, I followed the same routine as the day before.” Page 188.

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“White boy like you can just walk away whenever you want. Everyone just sees you as Mr. All-American boy, and you can just keep on walking, thinking about other things. Just keep on living, like this shit don’t even exist”. Page 176.

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“On the front, I wrote: I’M MARCHING
On the back, I wrote: ARE YOU?”

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“I couldn’t see the face, but written on the front of the shirt was I’M MARCHING, and then the back said ARE YOU?”

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"Then we make the most powerful statement we can make."
Spoony dug in his bag and pulled out a stack of papers.
"We
read every name on this list. Out loud.”

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“I didn’t want to run away anymore. I didn’t want to pretend it wasn’t happening. I wanted to turn around and run right into the face of it.”

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So the family circus was better, easier.

Page: 301

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It was weird. Thinking that a protest was somehow un American. That was bull. This was very American, all American.”

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“Other pictures were of me in my ROTC uniform.”

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“On the front i wrote: IM MARCHING
On the back i wrote: ARE YOU?”

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“Letting people know I’m going to the march.”

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“‘What the hell Nam’ I said He was just doing his job”

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“I might be an asshole, but I know this isn’t right. Should we do something? The Invisible Man At Central High: Rashad.”

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“‘But not all kids who look and dress like me are bad either. Most of the aren’t. And even the ones who are don’t deserve to be killed, especially if they don't have no weapons.’”

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“Dad, of course, would be really reading the newspaper. Politics, current events, sports, every single story. But he’d pull out the comics section out and hand it to me. As I’m sure you can tell by now, my old man doesn’t do funny all that well. But me, I loved the comics. All of them.”. Page 142.

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“But the game wasn’t distracting enough when I tried to swallow the burger down, it felt like I had an animal trying crawl up and out of my throat” pg 114

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“‘What the hell, Nam?’ I said ‘He was just doing his job’”. Page 125

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The camera was in the book so you cant see the book I swear 🤥 

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The camera was in the book so you cant see the book I swear 🤥 

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“The crazy part is what happened to Shad. What’s happening in this country. You of all people should know that” pg 93

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“Then a picture of me in the ROTC uniform flashed across the screen” proves he’s in ROTC-MARKO

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“Then a picture of me in the ROTC uniform flashed across the screen” proves he’s in ROTC-MARKO

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Today - yes, Ma - I was trying to take some responsibility.

Page: 292

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“I might be an ******* but I know this isn’t right. Should we do something?”

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“Was he “the future of America”. Was he “upholding the American way of life”’

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"If I'm checked out by Friday, I'm thinking about going down to the protest. If I go, you should come."

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“Then he grabbed the backpack. By now, my partner's got the
white kid. I tell the black dude to leave the bag and put his
hands up. But he doesn't, and instead opens it. Puts his hand
inside. And before he could pull it out, I pulled the trigger.?"

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Claim: Being All American means taking on jobs that allow you to serve your country. Rashad exemplifies this by participating in ROTC and being part of a family where multiple others serve the country through their work.

Evidence: On page 9, Rashad says, "The way he said it was as if the lack of ROTC had a direct connection to why my older brother worked at UPS. As if only green and blue uniforms were okay, but brown ones meant failure."

Commentary: Rashad is exemplifying one aspect of what it means to be All American because he is describing all of the ways that people in his family have helped serve the country, including through the armed forces. Rashad's dad believes being successful means contributing to the country through the armed forces and law enforcement, but Spoony delivers packages to help the fabric of our community exist through the postal service. In this quote, Rashad shows that unlike his dad, he sees all of these as forms of serving the country, and he is proud to be part of a family where that takes many different forms.

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I AM AN ARMY JUNIOR ROTC CADET.

I WILL ALWAYS CONDUCT MYSELF TO BRING CREDIT TO MY FAMILY, COUNTRY, SCHOOL, AND THE CORPS OF CADETS.

I AM LOYAL AND PATRIOTIC

Etc.

Page: 227

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Quote: “No side? A**hole, of course there are sides. There are two sides to every situation.”

Page: 222

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"Guzzo," I said. "You're not the victim. Your brother isn't
either.”

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Quinn is “All American” because… - Gabriele Scussat

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Quinn is “All American” because… - Gabriele Scussat

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I clenched my jaw tight and stared down at the floor, trying not to let her tears make me cry back in response.

Page: 214

Reasoning: An “All American” is brave/strong.

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“Everyone just sees you as Mr. All-American boy and you can just keep on walking and thinking about other things”

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That dude doesn’t do drugs. He’s ROTC man.

Page: 174

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““But do protests even work?” I asked. I mean, I was all for the idea. I really was. But the only time I had ever heard about any protests actually working was Dr. Kings.”

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“My mother and i had calmed down and were watching Family Feud, laughing at some of the stupid answers people were coming up with.”

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“Name a word that Rhymes with grain”
“Pain”
“Good answer! Good answer!”

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On the screen was a picture of my school.

And on the

sidewalk was some writing. I enlarged the image and did a

double take. RASHAD IS ABSENT AGAIN TODAY is what it

said, spray painted in bright-blue loopy letters.

"What is this?" I asked, staring.

"There's major buzz about this thing, man. Facebook,

Twitter, everywhere. People are pissed off. Kids your age.

They're speaking up, man."… “There’s even a hashtag,” she said. #RashadIsAbsentAgainToday

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“White boy like you can just walk away whenever you want.
Everyone just sees you as Mr. All-American boy, and you can
just keep on walking, thinking about other things. Just keep
on living, like this shit don't even exist."

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“Everyone just sees you as Mr. All American boy you can just keep on walking and thinking about other things”

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"I bit into my hash brown, but it was so greasy I ended up shoving the whole thing in my mouth" - Quinn (Page 169)

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Quote: It had been a long time since we’d had a team with a shot at being ranked number one in the state, and even though there were only fifteen players, three coaches, and a part-time trainer, it felt like we were chasing the trophy for thousands of people.

Page: 105

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“I could be all the way across the country in California and I’d still be white, cops and everyone else would still see me as just a “regular kid,” an “All American” boy.

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But the game wasn’t distracting enough— when I tried to swallow the burger down, it felt like I had an animal trying crawl up and out of my throat,”. Page 114.

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“Id seem him at the BBQ anyway, because of course I’d go. I always went, and wound up wolfing down Paul’s famous burgers”. Page 74.

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“‘I know, I know. And I did all that’ I said, running through the scenario in my head again. ‘I didn’t fight back; I couldn’t. And I didn’t say Jack besides trying to explain that I hadn’t done nothing wrong, but before I could even get a word out, he was all over me ‘“. Page 50.

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“it was Friday, which to me, and basically every other person on Earth, meant it was time to party.” Page 1.

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RASHAD IS ABSENT AGAIN TODAY - Gabriele Scussat

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RASHAD IS ABSENT AGAIN TODAY - Gabriele Scussat

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Quote: RASHAD IS ABSENT AGAIN TODAY

Everybody was staring at it, taking photos of it, posing with it, and definitively talking about it.

Page 165

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That's when I noticed his right fist was stuffed
into a bucket of ice water on the grill shelf beside him, all
casual- frigging hell, he had scabs all over his knuckles--like
nursing his wounds from Friday night right there in front of
everybody at the BBQ was NBD!

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'Ah never mind lets just forget it'. 'Forget it? Forget my fried in in the hospital?' English stared at me, pissed. 'Since when es beating the shit out of somebody who hasnt done a damn thing just doing your job? Man, theres no way Im going to pretend it didnt happen.' He leaned back up, looked at the ceiling, and pressed the weight down. 'I cant' He brought the weight down and then up again. 'I wont.'

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I finally told Paul and Paul found him later that same night. Beat the hell out of him. Paul was banged up too, but he said he'd won. 'Fucking thug won't bug you anymore, for real.'

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A couple younger kids sat on the stairs that overlooked the front hall and the living room, Each one had a hyper colored plastic bun, and they pretend to shoot the group of guys in the living room watching the Pats play the Broncos on TV. It was the afternoon game but it was already in the second quarter. They were screaming as what should have been a pass interference that hadnt been called.

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"Instead some big ass cop decided to have a fist party on my face. Y'know, normal stuff. No biggie. Im just a punk ass kid. I have no rights. Just got body slammed for no reason. Just got my life threatened, while lying flat on the sidewalk."

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Evidence: “dad got pancakes. Then spoony and ma would sit around trading corny jokes, which i usually was all about, except on Sunday. On Sunday i butted out and let the two of them have their dry humor because me and dad, we had pancakes, coffee (hot chocolate for me) and the newspaper.”

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I knew exactly what I was drawing. The only thing I could.
I was going to re-create the scene, what had happened to me,
what was playing constantly on the news, on the page.
First the outline. A teenage boy. Hands up. No. Erase
Hands down. No. Hands behind his back. Outline of a
figure behind him. Bigger than he is.

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“Rashad” “Rashad” “Rashad” “Rashad” “Rashad”

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Quote: "What you do down there?"
I fight fires, what you think I do?" she snapped.
"Oh," I said, stunned.

Page 151

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Why did it feel like everyone was looking at me? Wanting answers to all those questions from me? Plus, what the hell was wrong with me anyway? Why was I the paranoid one? Shouldn’t they all be looking at Guzzo instead?

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Quote: “The Family Cicus, was just one picture, in a circle. Not even in a box like normal comics. And it was all about this normal white family. Four kids, two parents, and a grandma.”

Page: 142

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Evidence: “Maybe for just one practice we were all thinking only about the team: one unit, one thing, no parts, one whole, no problems, just one goal for one team,”

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Evidence: “He was flipping burgers at the grill. A red bandana tied up over his head. Ratty t-shirt, even in this cool November weather.”

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Evidence: “Then a picture of me in my ROTC uniform flashed across the screen.”

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Claim: Quinn embodies what it means to be all American in this chapter through wanting to achieve sports excellency and be a D1 athlete.

Evidence: This is shown through the quote on page 63 where Quinn is talking about hearing his dads voice help him achieve his goals. He says, “Push if you dont someone else will. Lift if you dont someone else will. Faster faster faster faster FASTER!”

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Quote: “‘Salad. Seriously. Does anybody actually like it? Multicolored Styrofoam. No thanks. I’m a burger girl.’
‘Hell yeah,’ I said.”

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Evidence: I was still pissed when I got to the locker room after school… I got loose with the ball and worked on my handling.

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Claim: I believe that being “All American” means to be patriotic and unsatisfied. Spoony exemplifies this by being enraged at the police force.

Evidence: On page 52 Spoony states, “See? This is that bullshit. I’m so sick of them treating us like we animals like we America’s disobedient dogs!”

Commentary: Spoony is exemplifying an aspect of what it means to be “All American” by being unsatisfied with the police system. He suggests that there’s prejudice. And that things should be changed immediately. He recruits the News to help him. It was through this patriotism that that our country was formed.

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Claim: Quinn exemplifies what it means to be “All American” by living a teenagers point of view from the “All American dream”. The teenagers point of view from the “All American dream”

Evidence:

Commentary:

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Claim: Rahsad exemplifies what it means and to be “All American” because he takes pride in America, in other words he loves America, but his dad thinks that young people lack pride

Evidence: on page 101 rashad says, “I didn’t want to hear spooky preach about how hard it is to be black, or my father preach about how you people lack pride and integrity, making us easy targets.”

Commentary: Rashad shows

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Claim, it is all American to be a senior that the whole school looks up to and make your path for your future.

Evidence “it’s about how the world looks up at you, and what do you want them to see? Your a senior Quinn, this is the year that everybody looks up to you to see what kind of man you want to become.

Reasoning. His mom is saying it’s all American to be looked up to

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How spoony encompasses being all American-Natalie Demboski 

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Claim: Spoony is all american because he is aware of racially motivated crimes around the country and is spreading awareness.

Evidence: “You think me sending it to the news is crazy? The crazy part is what happened to ‘shad. What’s happening all over this country.”

Commentary: This quote helps prove my claim because it shows how he sent the correct story, meaning he is willing and ready to take action, and how he is is self aware enough to notice patterns of crimes such as what happened to Rashad all over America. Spoony’s willingness to risk his fathers anger to get the correct story out farther proves he is devoted to his beliefs.

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Is Being Part of the Army “All American?” - Gabriele Scussat

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Is Being Part of the Army “All American?” - Gabriele Scussat

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Claim: Being “All American means to athletically compete. Quinn exemplifies this fighting for a spot on a D1 college.

Evidence: On page 66, Quinn states, “My dad had college paid for because he’d gone through ROTC at City College, but I had to do even better. Butler, Norte Dame, Villanova. Wisconsin, Arizona, Duke. Spain Springfield’s son needed to go full ride to.”

Commentary: Quinn is exemplifying an aspect of what it means to be “All American” by training succeed in Basketball so he can fulfill an American dream by getting a full ride to college.

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Evidence: “it just ain’t right. And you know me. You know im not just gonna sit here and let them sweep this under the rug like this okay?”

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Being All American is having the right to be mad and stand up to something that you think isn’t right

Spoony shows this on page 52 where he says “Calm Down?” “Haven’t we been a little too calm? They get to do what ever they want for us—to him—to your son— and we’re supposed to just calm down?”

This shows Spoony recognizing something that’s not right and saying his opinion

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In chapter 5, Rashad demonstrates being all American by being part of the Christian faith. To support my claim, on page 89 we see Rashad’s minister visiting him in the hospital, “And the minister, Pastor Johnson, dressed in an oversized suit, a gold chain with a gold cross lying perfectly in the middle of his fat satin tie. In his hand, the Bible. What else.” Rashad being Christian exemplifies being all American because the dominant culture when it comes to religion in the U.S, is Christianity.

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Claim: To be someone who is all American you must be treated equally to everyone else. Spoonny exemplifies this by shining light on the fact that some people of color aren’t being treated equally.

On page 51 spongy says “I’m so sick of them treating us like Americas disobedient dogs”

Spoony is referring to society when mentioning “them”  and how they treated differently or r like he stated “disobedience

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(I feel that spoony represents a good idea for being “All American” for this chapter)

Claim: To be someone who is “All American” you must care about the country’s people enough to make impactful changes. Spoony shows this by wanted change in the police.

Evidence: On page 52 Spoony says, “See? See? This is that bullshit! I’m so sick of them treating us like we animals. Like we America’s disobedient dogs!”

Commentary: Spoony shows his wanting to make change in the police force by showing his clear anger towards them. Suggesting that Black people are treated like disobedient dogs in his tone shows that he wants police to respect black people the same as everyone else.

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