New York City, New York: In 2016, Starr was sitting in Barnes & Noble reading and a lady told her she couldn’t sit there because of the color of her skin.
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Questions for discussion and reflection:
• Why do you think none of the people around Starr said anything to help the situation, especially the employees?
• If you witnessed this happening, how would you react and act?
• Regarding the comment from the guy on the train—what specifically about a Black person would make a white person so uncomfortable that they would want to move? Try to define the reasoning behind the discomfort.
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