As the story opens, Hattie Owen is in her home. Her parents have gone
out for the evening, but she isn't alone because the family operates a
boarding house and Mr. Penny and Miss Hagerty are both upstairs. Hattie
is watching home movies. She's pleased that her father trusted her to do
everything, from setting up the screen to feeding the reels of film
through the projector. She says that she turned twelve the previous
summer and that she will forever look at the summer as a turning point
in her life because of Adam. She says that she dates things as "before
Adam" or "after Adam".
As the movie begins to play, Hattie sees Angel Valentine, who was
also a boarder over the summer when Adam came. Angel is standing on the
front porch of the boarding house, waving toward
Answer:
The correct answer is: She lies on the grass by herself.
Explanation:
Before the race, Squeaky lies on the grass and tries to pretend that she is in the country, far away from everything. She tries to escape her reality by running, but that turns out to be impossible, as the Harlem setting always gets her back to reality. However, she decides to give up the race for Raymond and she decides to train Raymond and help him win the race.
Answer:
Explanation:
Dear White Friends,
I have known you for so long and I am so glad to be able to call you my friend. But today I need to ask you to do me a favor: Please start being honest with yourself, your family, and your friends, about the systemic racism that I and all other black people face every day.
Now before you eagerly agree because you are good-natured, kind, and value our friendship, here is what that looks like for me: You have to call people on their ignorance of what racial injustice looks like, and to help you with that, I will share what it looks like to me. Feel free to use as your examples.
When Colin Kaepernick took a knee in protest of police brutality against the African American community, many white people took exception: “He is disrespecting our flag and our country.”
