Was she making the right choice in getting so close to Derek? She still wasn’t sure. If Derek had been a men’s rights activist, she thought she would have been too furious and disgusted to ever speak with him. She didn’t believe she had the same courage as Juan, Matthew, or Moshe, victims of Derek’s prejudices who nonetheless chose to become his friends. So Allison wondered, if sexism would have been a deal breaker for her, then why wasn’t racism?

