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Bhagita is Maxine’s classmate. An Indian Sikh girl, Bhagita also deals with racist harassment at school, but she does not let the bullying visibly faze her, a trait that Maxine envies. Maxine also envies Bhagita’s sleek, straight hair. When Maxine gets microbraids, Bhagita compliments them but says that she preferred Maxine’s natural hair, which causes Maxine to lash out, calling Bhagita’s hair dirty and threatening to cut it off.
Bhagita Quotes in The Hate Race
The The Hate Race quotes below are all either spoken by Bhagita or refer to Bhagita. 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 19
Quotes
That afternoon, I couldn’t concentrate on studying, I sat at the desk in my room. I could hear the scissors snapping in my hands, the ugly, abusive words I’d said to Bhagita. They played over, and over, and over in my head. I felt sick about what I’d done. I wondered what Bhagita was doing; if she’d gone home and told her parents about me hassling her. I hated myself. I wanted to tear the hair extensions out of my head.
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Bhagita Quotes in The Hate Race
The The Hate Race quotes below are all either spoken by Bhagita or refer to Bhagita. 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:
).
Chapter 19
Quotes
That afternoon, I couldn’t concentrate on studying, I sat at the desk in my room. I could hear the scissors snapping in my hands, the ugly, abusive words I’d said to Bhagita. They played over, and over, and over in my head. I felt sick about what I’d done. I wondered what Bhagita was doing; if she’d gone home and told her parents about me hassling her. I hated myself. I wanted to tear the hair extensions out of my head.
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