When tensions hit a fever pitch and tragedy strikes again, Moss must face a difficult choice: give in to fear and hate or realize that anger can actually be a gift. When I listen to the song (which is often because my iPhone always repeats it, rather than moving on to the next one in the playlist, as it does with all the. Something will have to change-but who will listen to a group of teens? Nonetheless, Anger is a Gift is a book for those wishing for a new perspective on how police brutality, oppression, and racism affects poor people of color from. That was even before the new regulations-it seems sometimes that the students are treated more like criminals. Moss can’t even escape at school-he and his friends are subject to the lack of funds and crumbling infrastructure at West Oakland High, as well as constant intimidation by the resource officer stationed in their halls. Moss Jeffries is many things-considerate student, devoted son, loyal friend and affectionate boyfriend, enthusiastic nerd.īut sometimes Moss still wishes he could be someone else-someone without panic attacks, someone whose father was still alive, someone who hadn’t become a rallying point for a community because of one horrible night.Īnd most of all, he wishes he didn’t feel so stuck.
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