How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Line)
Quote #1
Trevor turned to the boy and whispered, "Don't no pale faces go to this school. You need to get your white butt back across the highway." (1.21)
Well, that's rude. Trevor makes it clear right away that Jesus Boy isn't welcome here… and it's not because of his long hair, or his weird clothes, or even his attitude. It's because he's white.
Quote #2
Trevor was light, lighter than most of the other kids who went to our school, and blue-eyed. On the first day of school, Rayray made the mistake of asking him if he was part white and Trevor hit him. Hard. (1.32)
One thing that you should never bring up with Trevor is the fact that he's half-white. He's pretty much disowned any relationship with his father… just like his father disowned Trevor.
Quote #3
"It's the nineteen seventies," I said. "Not the fifties. There's no more segregation, remember?"
"Try telling that to the people on the other side of the highway," Maribel said. "Or the people on this side. It's strange. Strange that he's coming to this side where he doesn't belong." (2.30-31)
Talk about a weird time. It's the 1970s, so technically there is no longer segregation, but even the kids at school know that it's not the way things truly are. Things are still pretty separate for the different races.