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John Feinstein's Foul Trouble
The book, “Foul Trouble, by John Feinstein, starts off with two high school basketball players going to a regular game. In the regular game, there were coaches of basketball teams from high-level colleges. When Terrell, gets to the outside of the gym, where the game is held, he is interviewed by news reporters. Danny is his best friend that is only there with him is because of Terrell's reputation (Danny is also a basketball player).

“Danny by comparison, was six feet tall and could jump reasonable well-for a white boy” (Feinstein 3). I really dislike this idea because it shows racism, the story is presenting a negative feeling. The feeling that I feel is that only black people are good at basketball and white people are not. In the world,

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