While many applaud StarrРІР‚в„ўs bravery and appreciate her perspective, others respond with death threats or simple indifference. The mixed reactions to StarrРІР‚в„ўs interview characterize the highly polarized environment surrounding the discussion of race and police brutality in America today. Carlos gets angry when he finds out that Maverick called two Cedar Grove King Lords to guard the house for the night. Starr insists that she wonРІР‚в„ўt testify because she doesnРІР‚в„ўt want to endanger the family Maverick responds by invoking the anti-oppression ideologies of Malcolm X and the Black Panthers. He and Maverick debate whether the perpetrators are King Lords or police looking to scare Starr on the night before she will testify to the grand jury. No one is hurt, but Carlos comes over to survey the damage. Maverick runs to the door and shoots at a receding group of men right after someone throws a brick through the living room window. In the middle of the game, gunshots ring out and bullets fly through a front window. The family prays together, and Lisa thanks her mother for giving her money for the down payment.Р”В«ack in Garden Heights, StarrРІР‚в„ўs family watches a basketball game together in the den. Maverick confronts Seven about his plan to attend community college, and convinces him to go to college away from home because it offers more opportunities. The next day, StarrРІР‚в„ўs family drives to the suburbs to check out the house that Maverick and Lisa plan on buying. They go back to the dance Starr thinks that the night is one of the best of her life. Chris embraces Starr and the two say РІР‚СљI love youРІР‚Сњ for the first time. Chris reassures Starr that he wonРІР‚в„ўt judge her, and Starr tells him about NatashaРІР‚в„ўs death and the difficulty of growing up in poverty. Starr explains that she liked that Chris could let her retain normality in her life and was afraid that he would see her as just the girl from the hood. He climbs inside the car, and tells Starr that he knows sheРІР‚в„ўs the witness of KhalilРІР‚в„ўs death and is upset that she hid it from him. Starr runs to hide in the Rolls-Royce that Chris hired to drive them. Finally, Chris yells at Starr after asking if she wants a picture together. She and Maya dance together while Hailey continues to give them the cold shoulder. That Saturday, Starr goes to the prom with Chris, but heРІР‚в„ўs acting distant. She also receives death threats, however, and a warning from King. An anonymous donor offers to pay for StarrРІР‚в„ўs college tuition, and she receives a flood of emails and texts supporting her, including one from Kenya. StarrРІР‚в„ўs interview is an instant hit by the next morning, itРІР‚в„ўs one of the most-watched interviews in the networkРІР‚в„ўs history. Starr says that she would ask him if he wished he shot her too. Finally, Carey asks her what she would say to Officer Cruise if he was sitting here. She says that Officer Cruise pointed his gun at her, and she reveals why Khalil sold drugs, but points out that even if he had been in a gang it wouldnРІР‚в„ўt have justified his shooting. The interviewer, Diane Carey, asks Starr who Khalil was to her, and Starr replies that he was a jokester with a big heart-a kid. On the way to the interview, Starr gets a text from Chris about the prom next Saturday Chris and DeVante are becoming friends. She helps Starr prepare for a week in advance after practicing, Starr helps out at Just Us for Justice. Ofrah arranges for Starr to do an interview with a national news program, one week before she will testify in front of the grand jury. Buy Study Guide Summary of Chapters 16 - 18

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