Review Of The Book 'The All-American Boys'

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Recommended: Effects of racism in schools

Caitlynn Tomlinson
The All American Boys Given all of the racial tension our country is going through right now, and the tensions between police brutality and the Black Lives Matter groups, this novel is one that students, and some educators, need to read. Many times in the media we only get one side of the story, this is a story from both sides. Rashad is a young, African America boy who is accused of trying to steal a bag of chips and is beaten by a police officer for it. Quinn is a white boy who has never experienced racism first hand until now, and is afraid to face the issues that he is witnessing right in front of him because the police officer in question is a close family friend. While we do see cases of police brutality on the news

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