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I Take My Coffee Black by Tyler Merritt Book Study: Part One

Chapters 1-6

Chapter 1 - If She Only Knew (Part 1)

  • How did the encounter with woman in the truck make you feel??
  • Have you ever had to change something about yourself to make someone feel more comfortable?

Chapter 2 - Las Vegas Is a Terrible Place to Raise a Racist

  • Connection with How Dare The Sun Rise
  • Rake the dirt
  • A Door For Me

Chapter 3 - Death By Gang? Or Death By Mother?

  • Las Vegas has a lot of gangs
  • Disadvantage of students who go to schools in violent areas
  • All other things kids have to think about, but also what they wear and what they represent
  • Jerrie Elaine Merritt
    • Has it changed a lot from the 80s when she had her secretary not use her pronoun?

Chapter 4 - Boy, Go Hit a Home Run Right Now

  • Special Field Order 15-anyone heard of it before this?
  • Only way for his father to get out is to do well on the exam - isn't that true for a lot of poor students? What if they don't have the support to help them?
  • He was a good dad, he always showed up
  • Hitting the home run

Chapter 5 - I Got 99 Problems and Pretty Much All of Them Are Women

Chapter 6 - Mormons and Gangsters and Thespians. Oh My!