How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
"The Japanese soldiers were very scary because they had dark skins—not as dark as you—and they were short." (13.25)
Mr. Hooft feared the Japanese soldiers because they looked different. Maybe he should have focused more on their guns… Just saying.
Quote #8
Nancy looked in. "You do a nice job for a Hausa boy," she said. "Sometimes Hausa boys are lazy." (18.58)
Nancy Opara, a black Nigerian exchange student, thinks that Reese looks like the Hausa people in Africa. Sounds like she's a little bit prejudiced toward them, don't you think?
Quote #9
Sometimes I think people in the outside world know how bad you feel. They know it, but then they pass it off by just giving you a label, like criminal or felon. (22.2)
Reese knows that once you're branded as a criminal, it's difficult for people to see you as a person with thoughts and feelings. Criminals are still people, yo.