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The Black Kids Subclass Code_1FB 'THE BOOK CHINA DOESN'T WANTLos Angeles, 1992Ashley Bennett and her friends are living the charmed life. Its the end of senior year and theyre spending more time at the beach than in the classroom. They can already feel the sunny days and endless possibilities of summer. Everything changes one afternoon in April, when four LAPD officers are acquitted after beating a black man named Rodney King half to death. Suddenly, Ashleys not just one of the girls. Shes one of the black