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handkerchief. It was a lady's of my pants and wish my hair when I started standing behind

handkerchief, but I didn't want wasn't so nappy and the microphones and heard
Helene to see me wipe my white folks' shirt fit me applause, I wished Helene

nose on my hand”. better”. could hear it too”.

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Here, you can see that Gregory Here, he tries to do whatever Gregory was so in love with

is clearly in love with Helene it takes to catch Helene’s Helene so he could not stop
tucker who is different to him. attention by taking care of thinking of her so every single

He does not belong to her the way he looks which thing he used to do was for her

social status. He thinks she is means that love changed his he was always hoping that she
perfect and she made him mind and all this is because can get interested in him as she

change his mind he only he is in love did.

wanted to go to school to see
her

Reason 2 Teachers discriminate poor students just because they do not have money and

teachers think they are not intelligent

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“The teacher thought I was “The teacher thought I was a “I stood up and raised my hand.

stupid. Couldn't spell, couldn't troublemaker. All she saw "What is it now?" "You forgot
read, and couldn’t do arithmetic. from the front of the room was me?" She turned toward the

Just stupid. Teachers were never a little black boy who blackboard. "I don't have time to

interested in finding out that you squirmed in his idiot's seat and be playing with you,
couldn't concentrate because made noises and poked the Richard."…"And furthermore,"

you were so hungry, because kids around him. I guess she she said, looking right at me, her

you hadn't had any breakfast. couldn't see a kid who made nostrils getting big 2 and her lips
All you could think about was noises because he wanted getting thin and her eyes