King, though the path forward isn't so clear to him anymore. He goes back home to visit his mom, and she encourages him to keep going. He tells Martin that he feels discouraged and out-of-place at Bras Prep. Manny joins in with them, but Jus can tell that his heart isn't in it.įollowing this experience, Jus writes his second letter to Martin. They start talking about Jus and disparaging him for his lower socioeconomic status. He reiterates that everyone is treated equally, regardless of race. Jared expresses outrage about the fact that Doc suggested that racial inequality is still prevalent in the United States today.

In Chapter 4, Jus is sitting alone in the senior lounge when Manny walks in with his 'crew,' Jared, Blake, Kyle, and Tyler.

The conversation makes Jus uncomfortable, particularly because his classmates use him as an example to back up their points. Jus's classmates disagree over whether or not everyone is treated equally in the United States today. In class, they discuss the phrase 'all men are created equal' from the Declaration of Independence. In Chapter 3, Jus attends his Societal Evolution class, taught by Dr. She tells Manny and Jus that Manny's cousin, Quan Banks, has been arrested for the murder of a police officer. While he is at Manny's house, Manny's mom receives a call from her sister. In Chapter 2, Jus is playing video games with his best friend, Manny. He resolves to live according to Martin's example going forward. He commits himself to paying more attention to his surroundings and recording what happens to him in letters to Dr. He wonders if he will have the same fate as Shemar Carson, a Black teenager who was shot and killed by a white police officer earlier that year in Nevada. In response to this encounter, Jus writes a letter to Dr. However, Officer Castillo assumes Jus is trying to hurt Mel and uses undue force to detain him without first pausing to ask questions. He was trying to help his ex-girlfriend, Melo, who is very drunk. In Chapter 1, Jus is racially profiled by a police officer named Officer Castillo and wrongfully arrested. Jus comes from a lower-income neighborhood in Atlanta and attends Bras Prep on a full scholarship.

When the novel begins Jus is starting his senior year at the prestigious Braselton Preparatory Academy ('Bras Prep'). Dear Martinis about Justyce McAllister ('Jus'), a Black teenager from Atlanta.

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