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Like, 'Oh yeah, he gay, he hecka gay, let's burn him,” Cherie about Richard explaining Richard wasn't the type to be homophobic and hate crime.

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The 57 Bus represented a sort of mixing pot for the characters and their demographics. It depicted all the diversity between them. This being the center of the crime was a good way to marginalize the characters and the way the crime was painted to us the readers and the world

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I want to say the novel had a great perceptive take on race, gender, and identity. Were able to relate to all of that because us as teenagers/young adults make it easy to understand especially where we were raised.

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¨Discovering the existence of gender queer identity felt like discovering a secret room¨
Sasha validating their feeling of being able to figure themselves out further

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¨But it was too late to backpedal. On the charging documents, Officer Jones wrote in block capitals, DURING SUSP. INTERVIEW, THE SUSP. STATES HE DID IT BECAUSE HE WAS HOMOPHOBIC¨

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The police took Richard in for questioning and made the whole situation shine a dark light on him. The police used a very accusatory tone when questioning and speaking with Richard which led him to already feel criminalized and he damaged his case speaking so heatedly and recklessly

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Hecka: A Lot
Richard tends to use this a lot in his vernacular when he ´ s serious about the topic. It really gives insight to the environment hes around and grew up in and where exactly the setting is.

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Be who you are no matter who or what doesn’t like it.

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Sasha’s burns. She has plenty of surgeries lined up in the book and is slowly recovering

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NO matter how comfortable we are, there is always room for someone else to feel the opposite, don ´ t ignore it, but don ´ t over react. Be who you are, apologetically

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Richard is a young black teen who was in the wrong place with the wrong people

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Richard lit the hem of Sasha's skirt on fire and watched her engulf in flames

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Thinking about your consequences before you do something will save you in time of impulsivity