In the short story, How to Date a Browngirl, Blackgirl, Whitegirl, and Halfie, the main character has several moves he plans before he goes on a date. His plans are different and so are his predicted actions of each girl depending on the neighborhood the girl is from and her skin color. The narrator speaks in a racist tone. He is embarrassed for people to know how poor he is if they don't live in his neighborhood.
The teenage boy in the story feels most comfortable with girls from his own neighborhood, and would take them to a local latin restaurant. But with a white girl he takes them to a fast food restaurant and then sleeps with them. With a halfie he thinks that the girl will pull away a lot and be self conscious . This character seems like he would be most respectable with girls from his neighborhood. Probably because everyone would find out if he was not.
I can understand acting differently with different people. When I am with my school friends I act different than when I am with my skating friends, based on what we have in common. I tend to talk about skating gossip when I am with skating friends, but don't talk about it at school because my friends at school would not understand. Even though the boy in the story is describing a different situation, I can still relate to him.
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