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Twenty-Eight

Gray’s got a lacrosse game the fol

lowing Thursday, so I head off to book club without hie, Race, Class and Sex,” this week, and I was thinking about suggesting atch the PBS documentary about Audre Lorde, but when I walk into Ms Klein’s classroohth period Dave looks surprised to see me at all

“You’re here?” he asks, pulling a bag of pretzels and a tub of onion dip out of his backpack It was his turn to bring snacks today “Doesn’t Gray have that big gaainst Hartley?”

“I uilt I feel atall day, truth be told “But he gets it”

“Really?” Elisa puts in, dropping her shoulder bag on the floor and plunking down in an eot kicked out of, isn’t it? Feels like kind of a big deal”

“Thanks a lot,” I say, snagging a couple of pretzels out of the bag and crunching thoughtfully “I don’t know I guess I didn’t want to be that girl, you know? The one who drops her coo cheer on some dude”

“I don’t think there’s anything wrong with supporting so her hand out for the pretzel bag and waggling her long fingers until I pass it over “I ame, didn’t you?”

“I mean, sure,” I say, “but that’s different”

“Why, because she’s a girl?” Dave asks “Isn’t that reverse sexism?”

“Reverse sexis,” Lydia says immediately

“Well, let’s dig into that,” Ms Klein says, setting her book of essays down on the desk like she suddenly suspects on’t be getting to it anyti?”

“Because men unequivocally have more power than women in our society,” Maddie says easily, and I look at her in surprise—she’s been pretty quiet at s up until now, but her voice is confident and clear “It’s like how racis”

Ms Klein nods “Racism—and sexism, and ableism—are all power structures,” she explains “They’re systeer than any one interaction So e’re thinking about theroups of people have historically been in charge in our society, and how the ways that our institutions are set up roups to hold on to that power”