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Rose is one of Derek’s peers at New College. She listens to Derek play music in the courtyard, and they eventually get to know each other and go dancing. They circle around the possibility of dating when Derek learns that Rose is Jewish. Derek had posted many times on Stormfront about how Jewish people are “possibly evil” and causing the world’s problems, but Rose is sweet and unassuming to him. Growing up largely in the South and Southwest, Rose faced a great deal of anti-Semitism as she was often the only Jewish person that her friends and classmates knew, making her feel like and outcast. Ultimately, Rose and Derek do start to date—but when Derek is outed as a white nationalist, she feels confused and betrayed. She doesn’t know how to reconcile his posts on Stormfront with their relationship. Afterward, she stops talking to him, and Derek realizes how much pain he has caused her.
Rose Quotes in Rising Out of Hatred
The Rising Out of Hatred quotes below are all either spoken by Rose or refer to Rose. 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:
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She told him she was proud of his courage, and as the news continued to spread on Facebook and through the mainstream media, so were many others. Derek’s message in-box filled with congratulatory notes and voice mails, many of them from people who had never spoken with him directly about white nationalism. Rose, whom Derek had dated for a few weeks during his first year at New College, wrote that she was “happy/proud, and I know it can’t be easy.” Juan said he had always believed Derek was “smart and kind enough to find his own way out.” Moshe said it was “pretty damn brave.” Matthew thought Derek had shown “uncommon courage.”
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Rose Quotes in Rising Out of Hatred
The Rising Out of Hatred quotes below are all either spoken by Rose or refer to Rose. 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:
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Chapter 11
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She told him she was proud of his courage, and as the news continued to spread on Facebook and through the mainstream media, so were many others. Derek’s message in-box filled with congratulatory notes and voice mails, many of them from people who had never spoken with him directly about white nationalism. Rose, whom Derek had dated for a few weeks during his first year at New College, wrote that she was “happy/proud, and I know it can’t be easy.” Juan said he had always believed Derek was “smart and kind enough to find his own way out.” Moshe said it was “pretty damn brave.” Matthew thought Derek had shown “uncommon courage.”
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