Establishments
The mainstream supermarket that evolves with the town
What is Thriftown
The head volunteer coach for the Fugees
Who is Luma
Why does Thriftown start selling exotic foods?
What is the business it brings from all different cultures boosts Thriftown back into business
Does the soccer team get to practice at the baseball fields after the council meeting?
What is yes
The park with baseball fields
What is Armistead Park
The owner of Thriftown
Who is Bill Mehlinger
Why does the author include a quote from Phil Kitchen saying, "So if you don't like Clarkston, you won't like heaven"?
He is making a comment on the diversity in Clarkston, wants members of Clarkston to see that Clarkston is as diverse as heaven and they need to get used to it.
What makes the boys reconsider joining a gang?
What is Luma's speech about gangs
The name of the website with an anonymous billboard for Clarkston residents
What is AboutClarkston.com
The boy who gets shot in the face because of gang activity
Who is Tito
What helps newly arrived refugees feel at home in Clarkston? (not just the places that have changed)
There is a large number of refugees, and many of them have been in America so long they can help themselves and newly arrived refugees grow accustomed to America
What makes the gang members make way for the Afghan mother?
What is her son confronts them over their lack of respect
The name of the church
What is Clarkston International Bible Church
The person who gets arrested wrongfully
Who is Chike Chime
Why does a man ask Luma what the boys are doing at their first Milam Park practice?
What is he believes they need a permit and doesn't want them to be there
Why does Luma feel the need to protect the boys from joining gangs?
Their parents don't know the full extent of gang culture in the US, she feels the need to protect them from danger, to keep them on the Fugees and off the streets
The only big fast food chain left in Clarkston
What is Burger City
The researcher of super-diversity
Who is Steven Vertovec
What are some reasons the mayor is hesitant to make a decision for the immigrants at a public event?
The community doesn't want their leader to be on the side of the "outsiders", people might not vote for him if he changes Clarkston to much
What is the main reason the government in Clarkston overreaches its powers to create extreme laws?
They want to keep their town the way it was before refugees, they hope to discourage use of public property by making it harder for people to use under regulation