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[quote=Anonymous]Meh. I went to a large (slightly less) prestigious private local high school and am reading the book. It rings "fictionally relevant" to me, albeit totally exaggerated. But it's a fictional book. So.

There was an instagram account about my high school a few years back called "Black at _____" and it's very similar to the IG in the book. I also wasn't rich (though not on scholarship) but I had friends who were, and I think a lot of those feelings ring true. Also, I knew boys from local boys schools and many were, frankly, racist and elitist in ways that are unique to privilege. Different demographics can have different problems and this book captures some of the ones I witnessed. I just got to the part where one of the kids asked the rest of the class if they knew what it was like to be poor and talked about how racial diversity is the only kind of diversity discussed, and that really hit home for

I wonder if the people criticizing this book are all over it because they are current parents who are invested in their schools, or are just are not seeing this experience in the current climate. Are there any peers of the author who may have had a similar experience to what she did? (I am assuming she is an alum of the 90s or 00s.) As the later (I don't know her nor did I know anyone at Sidwell), I get it.

It's not great literature but it's on par with lots of other books I read, and I'm enjoying it just as much. I don't exclusively read Tolstoy. [/quote]

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