Rashad
What specific group does Rashad belong to because of his father's background?
ROTC
What family life does Quinn belong to?
Single mom/single family household. He is the "man" of the house.
What are the names of Rashad's friends?
Carlos, Shannon, English
What was the name of the girl that recorded the incident?
Claudia James
How do race and racial bias shape a person's experience and understanding of the world?
Race and racial bias shape a person's experience and understanding of the world of how they experience safety, opportunity, and their daily place in the world.
What does it mean to be dehumanized? Why did Rashad feel this way?
To treat someone less than human; like they don't matter. Rashad tried to explain that he wasn't stealing, and Paul just kept beating him instead of listening to what he had to say.
Why does it take Quinn awhile to be on the right side of history?
Quinn did not want to break ties with Paul and Guzzo, so he projected emotions that he didn't truly feel so no one would think that he was questioning Paul.
What are the names of Quinn's friends?
Guzzo, Dwyer, Jill
"Mistakes were made, Mrs. Tracey had scrawled. And beneath it she'd written, Who? Who made the mistakes?" (213)
Is this an example of Passive or Active voice?
What responsibility do people have when they witness—or are the victim of—injustice?
See something say something
They are planning to protest for miles. Rashad was skeptical of it at first, but then decides that he will be there.
What does Quinn's mother discover that he has done?
He had been stealing from her Bourbon and putting it in a flask.
What happens between English and Quinn?
It signifies that they are starting their protest against what happened to Rashad. Proving that he is absent again from school because he was brutally beat for doing nothing wrong.
What is injustice?
A lack of fairness or a violation of someone's rights. Convicted of wrongs they did not commit.
What does Rashad begin to draw in the hospital?
He draws his assault from his perspective.
What does he have on his shirt? Where did he end up in the protest?
"I'm Marching, Are You?"
Towards the front by Rashad
Explain Spoony's, father's, and Rashad's friend's reactions to what happened.
Spoony: incredibly mad, wants to find the video to prove Rashad innocent, Father: skeptical that Rashad was probably asking for it, Friends: extremely motivated to start a protest
What does the white woman end up doing towards the middle/end of the chapter?
She visits Rashad in the hospital to check on in, and confess that she should have spoken up, and if he needs her to testify with him, she will.
What does it mean to have a bias?
How does the Trayvon Martin case relate to what Rashad went through in the novel?
Trayvon Martin was wrongfully killed over the color of his skin, and for wearing a hoodie at night leaving a convenience store, which is how Rashad got wrongfully accused of stealing at Jerry's.
What does Quinn realize at the end of the chapter?
That he is no longer going to be oblivious to the wrongs that are instilled in society. He will no longer stand around while justice isn't being served.
In addition to the video, what else did Spoony send to the news? What was his hopes for doing this?
He sent over a picture of Rashad in his ROTC uniform, and a shot with his friends, so that the nation can see that he is a human-being, and that they did wrong by treating a good kid so wrongfully.
What does Paul ask everyone to do after the video was released?
Paul insists that everything is going to be fine, and asks that they still support him no matter what happens, which put Quinn in a weird spot because he already knew that he was in the wrong, witnessing it first hand.
What is prejudice?