How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
"And what about the things that scare me? I'm sick of this. Gang talk and everybody looks my way." Daddy looked hard at Inspector Oliver. "Anyone stop to think that there aren't even enough black boys in Denver to make up an all-black gang?" (5.32)
Daddy's talking sense and statistics now—facts, which are always the enemy of fear. And it sounds like he's the recipient of racist behavior from other cops, too.
Quote #8
"I'm playing devil's advocate here. You're making it about race, so I'm—"
"I'm not making it." My father shook his head. I could feel his exasperation across the deck. "It is about race. If Raymond Taylor was white, I don't think he'd be dead now." (5.44)
Is there any chance that Raymond Taylor's shooting was not about race? How does the author describe the incident itself to let us know that it must be about race?
Quote #9
There weren't many black people in Denver, but the ones who lived there were angry. There was a protest. And a rally. There was a small riot in downtown Denver. Two black ministers gave sermons about injustice that made the local paper. We weren't churchgoing and we didn't march. But the rage was all around us. And in the center of it, there was Daddy, the only black cop in his precinct, coming home from work after a day with not a single white cop speaking to him. The white cops who had been our friends became strangers. (6.1)
Do you think the treatment Daddy receives at work is more about race or more about the fact that he is planning on breaking the Blue Wall of Silence? Is it even possible to separate the two? What do you think Daddy himself would say?