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Martel Montgomery
Trey is a member of the Black Jihad, a gang from Justyce’s mother’s neighborhood. When Justyce and Manny go to a Halloween party dressed as stereotypes with Jared, Blake, Tyler, and Kyle, Trey criticizes them for associating with insensitive white kids. In keeping with this, he and his fellow gang members attack Blake, punching him in the nose for wearing a Ku Klux Klan outfit. When Justyce goes to leave, Trey calls after him, insisting that Justyce will someday see that his white friends don’t really care about him.
Trey Quotes in Dear Martin
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November 1
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Me: Well, either way it went, I was sayin somethin’, you know? Staying woulda been a statement of solidarity with these guys I grew up with—and who look like me. Leaving was a different statement, and the fact that I chose to do it with a white guy who was dressed as a Klansman…well…
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December 13
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It’s like I’m trying to climb a mountain, but I’ve got one fool trying to shove me down so I won’t be on his level, and another fool tugging at my leg, trying to pull me to the ground he refuses to leave. Jared and Trey are only two people, but after today, I know that when I head to Yale next fall (because I AM going there), I’m gonna be paranoid about people looking at me and wondering if I’m qualified to be there.
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Trey Quotes in Dear Martin
The Dear Martin quotes below are all either spoken by Trey or refer to Trey. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
November 1
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Me: Well, either way it went, I was sayin somethin’, you know? Staying woulda been a statement of solidarity with these guys I grew up with—and who look like me. Leaving was a different statement, and the fact that I chose to do it with a white guy who was dressed as a Klansman…well…
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December 13
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It’s like I’m trying to climb a mountain, but I’ve got one fool trying to shove me down so I won’t be on his level, and another fool tugging at my leg, trying to pull me to the ground he refuses to leave. Jared and Trey are only two people, but after today, I know that when I head to Yale next fall (because I AM going there), I’m gonna be paranoid about people looking at me and wondering if I’m qualified to be there.
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