How do I deal with the fact that I DO need them to get ahead without feeling like I’m turning my back on my own people?” And what’s he supposed to do when he falls for SJ and his mama’s dead against him dating a white girl?Īs the compelling, gut-wrenching story unfolds, Justyce writes a journal to Dr Martin Luther King Jr. He airs this elemental conundrum with SJ, his debate partner: “white people hold most positions of authority in this country. At every turn he’s caught between worlds: a white classmate attributes his success to positive discrimination, while he’s accused of being a race traitor by some of his black peers. So how come, when you help a friend in need, you’re man-handled by the police and arrested? How come the cops tell you that they “know your kind.Just couldn’t resist the pretty white girl who’s locked her keys in her car, could ya?” As Yale-bound African American Justyce knows only too well, “things aren’t as equal as folks say they are”. You work hard, and you follow your mother’s advice to always put your best foot forward. You’re an honors student with a top university in your sights. May 2018 Debut of the Month | One of our 2018 Books of the Year
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