![]() ![]() Importance: Scoob recalls his father's lecture after he got in trouble at school for fighting with Bryce, the bully (who is white). When boys like you.hit boys like him.the punishment is harsher and the fall-out infinitely worse, William. G'ma responds with this statement, which does not seem significant in the moment, but after reading further it becomes clear that she related to what Scoob was saying because she had seen Jimmy, the man she loved, suffer racist abuse while they were together, and this made her very upset. ![]() Scoob said that Drake tried to pretend like the bully was not bothering him, which only made Scoob angrier. Importance: Over lunch, Scoob tells G'ma about the fight he got into at school with the bully that was picking on Shenice's brother Drake. Set against the backdrop of the segregation history of the American South, take a trip with this New York Times bestseller and an eleven-year-old boy who is about to discover that the world hasn't always been a welcoming place for kids like him, and things aren't always what they seem-his G'ma included. Hard seeing someone you care about brush that kinda thing off, ain't it? ![]()
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