For Arnold, when he switches to the primarily white school of Reardan, he is forced to endure racist slurs and jokes from the other students. Kids like Roger called him names until he stood up for himself and punched Roger in the face. It’s a little different for Jamal. When he switches to Mailor, he has to endure being stereotyped as a poor basketball player from the bronx by not only students, but teachers as well. Mr. Crawford, Jamal’s english teacher, assumes that he cheated on his english paper because it was very well written. Crawford believed that a poor basketball player from the bronx couldn’t possibly be that