Paperboy Race Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #10

When they were walking to the door Rat's mother said she and Rat's father had started thinking about moving out to the country so Rat could go to a school that they knew would be full of only white kids.

I still don't see why it's such a big deal to have everybody going to the same school. You can't tell what a kid is like just by how he looks. Or how he talks. (20.24-25)

Victor cannot agree with all the adults who think that schools should remain segregated. He has decided that the different rules for white and black people are unfair, and he wants all kids to be able to go to the same school.