... . School is seen as the only non-segregated place in Piedmont. He is picked to excel in school unlike most other black children his age, and is treated more than equally by his teachers. Gates" impression of white people becomes more optimistic when he develops a crush on a ... membership in a certain category. Linda's prejudice against Gates is cognitive and not emotional, which is more of a personal bias. When Gates begins middle to high school, his white friends socially distant themselves from him and are less willing to establish a relationship with him or members of racial groups ot...

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