Sunny, having been mugged, hesitates to identify the assailant and reflects on his guilt. Ulla pressures him to report the crime, fearing small acts of theft lead to bigger ones. Despite her frustration, she senses their hypocrisy in wanting to shift focus from race to class, hoping to belong in their gentrified neighborhood. Sunny feels conflicted about his identity and the implications of his interactions with both locals and fellow Indians, recognizing a shared avoidance of connection in pursuit of acceptance.
Sunny reflected on his reluctant choice not to identify the boy who mugged him, recognizing the complex dynamics of guilt and social privilege involved in such decisions.
Ulla urged Sunny to report the mugging, arguing that ignoring small crimes enables larger ones, yet she too recognized the hypocrisy in her own perspective.
Sunny grappled with feelings of sympathy for a man who shouted aggression at a white neighbor, admitting that his own feelings of legitimacy in the neighborhood stemmed from his identity.
Both Sunny and Ulla navigated their own biases and hypocrisies regarding race and class, contemplating how their narrative shifted based on the socioeconomic status of those around them.
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