Comments by jade Bandle Boone Most recent public comments by jade Bandle Boone https://nowcomment.com/users/96771 They risk everything to make this journey and they leave with nothing. How is this possible that the US sends them back with nothing to help them survive? Do they think this is a deterrent? Clearly it isn't as they keep coming. https://nowcomment.com/documents/266736?scroll_to=2463989 https://nowcomment.com/documents/266736?scroll_to=2463989 Thu, 13 May 2021 09:12:19 -0400 Why can't children use a phone? This makes no sense. If they have a number written on their chest they should be able to call home. https://nowcomment.com/documents/266736?scroll_to=2463985 https://nowcomment.com/documents/266736?scroll_to=2463985 Thu, 13 May 2021 09:12:19 -0400 Their stuff looks like my stuff. I can imagine the little pink purse being special and then when it really comes down to life and death, it means nothing. https://nowcomment.com/documents/266736?scroll_to=2463983 https://nowcomment.com/documents/266736?scroll_to=2463983 Thu, 13 May 2021 09:12:19 -0400 I see this little guy and i think of my little brother Eddie. He has the same kind of sweat pants and is so young and innocent. What must he be feeling? What fill his dreams as he sleeps? https://nowcomment.com/documents/266736?scroll_to=2463978 https://nowcomment.com/documents/266736?scroll_to=2463978 Thu, 13 May 2021 09:12:19 -0400 Loss and Lost https://nowcomment.com/documents/266736?scroll_to=2463972 https://nowcomment.com/documents/266736?scroll_to=2463972 The items that they have lost seem so important. What will they do now that they don't have their birth certificates Or their family's contact information. Scary. Thu, 13 May 2021 09:12:19 -0400 This shows how unimportant some of the items produce by mass marketing is. https://nowcomment.com/documents/266736?scroll_to=2463967 https://nowcomment.com/documents/266736?scroll_to=2463967 The things they let go of are often items of the capatilistic marketing of power countries, for example Hello Kitty purse, Avon strawberry lip balm. All stuff that we are made to think to need and can't live without Thu, 13 May 2021 09:12:19 -0400 Another reference to Law and Order in the book, could this be on purpose? Maybe reality is just the opposite of law and order. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222070?scroll_to=2243693 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222070?scroll_to=2243693 Tue, 15 Dec 2020 00:49:59 -0500 Irate versus annoyed. Annoyed is much lower on the anger line than irate. Irate is verging on out of control. I don't think he was annoyed. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222070?scroll_to=2243692 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222070?scroll_to=2243692 Tue, 15 Dec 2020 00:47:59 -0500 Are seeing police in this book as a stereotype, just like the press's efforts to depict Khalil as a punk? https://nowcomment.com/documents/222070?scroll_to=2243691 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222070?scroll_to=2243691 Tue, 15 Dec 2020 00:45:46 -0500 Like the tv host who interviewed Starr, the press seems to exploit and manipulate our world view of something. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222225?scroll_to=2243690 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222225?scroll_to=2243690 Tue, 15 Dec 2020 00:43:28 -0500 slather is the act of spreading generous amounts of something onto something. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222225?scroll_to=2243689 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222225?scroll_to=2243689 Tue, 15 Dec 2020 00:42:03 -0500 showing his choice to self sacrifice rather than be a killer. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222225?scroll_to=2243688 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222225?scroll_to=2243688 Tue, 15 Dec 2020 00:40:45 -0500 This is so helpful in developing the character of Khalil. It shows his charm and humore. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222225?scroll_to=2243687 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222225?scroll_to=2243687 Tue, 15 Dec 2020 00:37:40 -0500 Sounds like they are going to a Frat party, not a protest. Maybe this is a cover for their grief and how they express it. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222225?scroll_to=2243686 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222225?scroll_to=2243686 Tue, 15 Dec 2020 00:35:27 -0500 Chris and Starr are so similar in their values. Yet they light years different culturally. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222970?scroll_to=2243685 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222970?scroll_to=2243685 Tue, 15 Dec 2020 00:32:56 -0500 Could the author be implying that everyone wants to look at a situation from a all or nothing perspective. For instance the assumption that everyone thinks he bad cause he dealt drugs. In reality it was a lot more complicated. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222970?scroll_to=2243684 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222970?scroll_to=2243684 Tue, 15 Dec 2020 00:28:15 -0500 This touches on a theme throughout that the kids in this neighborhood have solid values and are morally on high ground in spite of their challenges in their neighborhood https://nowcomment.com/documents/222970?scroll_to=2243683 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222970?scroll_to=2243683 Tue, 15 Dec 2020 00:22:18 -0500 This shows the values that Chris has. He does not want to take advantage of someone when they are low. He seems to know she is not trying to make love, but to distract herself from her pain. https://nowcomment.com/documents/223153?scroll_to=2243682 https://nowcomment.com/documents/223153?scroll_to=2243682 Tue, 15 Dec 2020 00:18:32 -0500 By this point I am really wanting to know the decision. The author uses this to further build the tension. It is the question that pulls us forward to the end of the book https://nowcomment.com/documents/223153?scroll_to=2243681 https://nowcomment.com/documents/223153?scroll_to=2243681 Tue, 15 Dec 2020 00:13:28 -0500 Maneuver means being able to move around obstacles. It is a verb https://nowcomment.com/documents/220334?scroll_to=2243680 https://nowcomment.com/documents/220334?scroll_to=2243680 Tue, 15 Dec 2020 00:07:18 -0500 I am thinking the author used a lot of care using accurate language for this neighborhood. It give a full idea of what it is like. https://nowcomment.com/documents/220334?scroll_to=2243664 https://nowcomment.com/documents/220334?scroll_to=2243664 Mon, 14 Dec 2020 23:59:01 -0500 40 acres and a few mules is not fair restitution for killing millions of people.! In THUG, Kahlial is one of the millions killed and they want justice. They want it to stop and stop killing people based on the color of their skins. https://nowcomment.com/documents/242495?scroll_to=2208774 https://nowcomment.com/documents/242495?scroll_to=2208774 Getting the cops arrested was right as they commited the crime but that doesn't make up for the millions of people that are racist and prejudice and kill the black community. Wed, 18 Nov 2020 23:10:40 -0500 In THUG they want justice for Kahlial and they want fair income for everyone https://nowcomment.com/documents/242495?scroll_to=2208773 https://nowcomment.com/documents/242495?scroll_to=2208773 Wed, 18 Nov 2020 23:05:50 -0500