All American Boys - Themes by Stefania Osborne https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8 In groups, you will work together to create theme statements for the topics given. Then, you will find evidence from the texts to support your themes. Make sure you cite the quote, so your classmates can locate it! en-us 2022-04-06 11:56:52 UTC 2025-09-30 13:10:02 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/724400101/261c3c0c55c00f06edcc76b64e97555f/all_american_boys_9781481463348_xlg.jpg Quinn watching Rashad's assault, but not doing anything. stefania_osborne https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2132468435 2022-04-06 11:58:21 UTC https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2132468435 White people have the privilege of being presumed innocent stefania_osborne https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2132468769 2022-04-06 11:58:38 UTC https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2132468769 “Luckily I’m just not the stealing type” (18) stefania_osborne https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2134540422 Rashad does not steal anything but he is still presumed to be a thief]]> 2022-04-07 13:05:07 UTC https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2134540422 standing up for what you believe in without caring what people think https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2350967069 2022-10-21 16:24:21 UTC https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2350967069 Carlos spray painting "RASHAD IS ABSENT AGAIN TODAY" (pg165) https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2350968311 2022-10-21 16:25:21 UTC https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2350968311 Expressing ideologies through art in order to get the message through https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2350969209 "Whenever we were heading to a party, for him it was just another opportunity to speed around the city in his clunker, the back seat covered in paint markers and spray cans, while he pointed out some of his masterpieces." (pdf12)]]> 2022-10-21 16:26:08 UTC https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2350969209 shawdurjohnson https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2350969681 Ignoring a person's/group of people's true self and making untrue assumptions]]> 2022-10-21 16:26:32 UTC https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2350969681 “Were your pants sagging?” (36 pdf) https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2350970044 Rashad's dad asks him if this pants were sagging when he got arrested, typically young black men with sagging pants are assumed to be thugs/in a gang. "If it walks like a duck, and it talks like a duck . . .” - Rashad's dad. ]]> 2022-10-21 16:26:49 UTC https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2350970044 PDF 126 https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2350970771 Like Roger Stuckey.”
“We don’t know what happened in that store, so I’m not gonna sit here and
just say this kid is innocent. He might not be. I’m a cabdriver, and I work

nights, and the truth is, if that kid was trying to hail me down, and it was dark
outside, I would keep on going.”
“And why is that? Because of the way he looks?”
“I mean, listen, I’ve been robbed before. Right around here. And I just . . . I
don’t ever want to be robbed again. And he looks like the guy who robbed me.
He was dressed just like him. These kids are crazy these days, and whatever it’s
gonna take to make the people who live around here feel safe, I’m all for it.”]]> 2022-10-21 16:27:22 UTC https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2350970771 "On the front, I wrote: I'M MARCHING. On the back, I wrote ARE YOU?" (252) https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2350971829 Quinn made a statement by wearing a shirt and not caring about what others think]]> 2022-10-21 16:28:17 UTC https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2350971829 Paul stating that since the city's demographic had changed, his job had gotten harder (PDF113) https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2350973027 "Paul had once told me about how the city’s demographics had changed over the last thirty years, and why that mattered for his job. “It’s harder to be a cop here now than it used to be,”"]]> 2022-10-21 16:29:17 UTC https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2350973027 Having prejudices to people of certain minority groups, usually revolving around negative and racist misconceptions https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2350973432 "I'm a cabdriver, and I work nights, and the truth is, if that kid was trying to hail me down, and it was dark outside, I would keep going"]]> 2022-10-21 16:29:36 UTC https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2350973432 "i didn't need the ROT. But i did it, and did it good, because my dad was pretty much making me. Hes one of those dudes who feel like there's no better opportunity for a black boy in this country to join the army" https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2350973986 2022-10-21 16:30:02 UTC https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2350973986 Racial stereotyping played a pivotal role in this book https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2350974855 2022-10-21 16:30:46 UTC https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2350974855 "That was my role: the dutiful son, the All-American boy" https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2350975778 Quinn was accepted to act a certain way and be a certain person based on who is father was. ]]> 2022-10-21 16:31:31 UTC https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2350975778 Everyone sees Quinn as an "All American" https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2350977194 everyone else would still see me as just a “regular kid,” an “All-American” boy. “Regular.” “All American.” White.(PDF122)]]> 2022-10-21 16:32:38 UTC https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2350977194 Who you are and who you are perceived as. https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2350978020 "Quinn Marshall Collins. You tell me the truth this minute, and you start from the very beggining... Is this how you want the world to know you?" (pdf 48)]]> 2022-10-21 16:33:10 UTC https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2350978020 "I could just walk away from it all like a ghost. What kind of a person did that make me, if I did?" - Quinn p.121 ebook https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2350986996 In this situation quinn is talking about forgetting about everything and putting it past him ]]> 2022-10-21 16:40:16 UTC https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2350986996 "I saw Dwyer cutting across the parking lot to the gym." (195 pdf) https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2350989516 Dwyer has the white privilege of not feeling the connection to police brutality, he will almost never experience it being a white boy. He didn't feel the need to go to the march/protest against the police. ]]> 2022-10-21 16:42:21 UTC https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2350989516 Rashad re-creates the scene/what happened to him through his sketchbook and drawings.(pg 144) https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2350992931 "...That's why I needed Ma to make sure she brought me my sketch pad and pencils."

"...I knew exactly what I was drawing, the only thing i could. I was going to re-create the scene, what happened to me. What was playing constantly on the news, on the page."]]> 2022-10-21 16:45:13 UTC https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2350992931 Quinn wanted to stay out of everything https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2538300726 2023-03-30 12:22:35 UTC https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2538300726 Rashads father believes appearance is a big part of identity https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2538304680 2023-03-30 12:25:30 UTC https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2538304680 Jill spoke out by organising the protest "And Jill basically organised the whole thing" https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2538305646 2023-03-30 12:26:15 UTC https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2538305646 Quinn and Tooms making a statement by reading the book that made their teacher uncomfortable after hearing about the Rashad situation https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2538310642 2023-03-30 12:29:54 UTC https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2538310642 Quinn standing up for what you want rather than just being "loyal" to other people. https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2538311785 "Everybody wanted me to be loyal. Ma wanted me to be
loyal. Guzzo wanted me to be loyal. Paul wanted me to be loyal. Your dad was loyal to the end, they’d all tell me. Loyal to his country, loyal to his family, they meant. But it wasn’t about loyalty. It was about him standing up for what he believed in"(Kiely 178-179)

Quinn wanted to pave his own path in life instead of following the path of the "All-American Boy" that his family paved for him. He spoke up so everyone knew he wasn't just another "All-American" white kid who stayed neutral in times when minorities are oppressed.]]> 2023-03-30 12:30:43 UTC https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2538311785 I’m just a punk-🤬 kid. I have no rights. Just gotbody slammed for no reason. Just got my life threatened, while lying flat onthe sidewalk. https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2538317920 Rashad does not understand this injust situation]]> 2023-03-30 12:35:34 UTC https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2538317920 Aaron Douglas https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2538320443 Rashad is influenced by artist Aaron Douglas, and the Family Circus, when he saved news paper articles to draw in his own variation later which he keeps under his bed. He is known to be the artist in his friend group along with his buddy Carlos. His sketch book is one thing he asks his mom to bring to the hospital. ]]> 2023-03-30 12:37:27 UTC https://padlet.com/stefania_osborne/g8ok4lzj8efb93j8/wish/2538320443