Outcasts United — Vocabulary
Warren St. John
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The family are refugees and have no medical records.301 more

As diversity becomes the norm, in other words, people cease to focus on it.20 more

Separated from each other and half a world away, they could not advocate for their jailed husbands as effectively as if they stayed together nearby.7 more

Perrin was an unlikely advocate for a multiethnic congregation.7 more

William Perrin found himself looking forward to his church's potluck dinners because he so enjoyed the exotic meals brought by members of the various African congregations.†12 more

Because once they have enough to eat, and they go out there, there will be something else hopefully positive, not negative.4 more

But much of the negativity directed at the Fugees also seemed born of resentment, from parents who had spent a small fortune on gear, soccer clinics, and team fees only to see their sons trounced by a haphazardly equipped group of kids with foreign accents.4 more

Liberia had been founded in 1821 by a group of Americans as a colony for freed slaves who lived there first under white American rule and then, in 1847, under their own authority, as Africa's first self-governing republic.11 more

The provost of Georgia Perimeter College, a community college just outside the city limits of Clarkston, agreed to provide an auditorium and to act as a moderator.†9 more

The Bantu, Feltz learned, would be living in the same complexes as many of the ethnic groups that historically had persecuted them.†7 more

in less than a decade, little Clarkston, Georgia, became one of the most diverse communities in the country.5 more

While her sponsors and hosts squabbled, Luma tried to stay focused on her players and their families.28 more

LUMA MADE THE team the focus of her energies in those early days in Georgia.28 more

As his eyes adjusted, a few cars came into focus.28 more

They were Tutsis—and allied with a group in Laurent Kabila's coalition led by a military commander named Anselme Masasu Nindaga.†5 more

There was a palpable sense of trust and camaraderie between the players and their coach, and an equally powerful sense of fragility in all the tension and long silences.†3 more

Kabila announced an amnesty for some of the men imprisoned at Makala, but in the end, Joseph was not among those released.†3 more

With just nine days to go before their first game, Luma figured her best shot at getting this disparate group of boys to bond was to make them face adversity together.3 more

As practices progressed, Luma would add a new twist at the end of the routine—a drill in which she fed balls to shooters, who were expected to volley the ball before it touched the ground, for example, or a new passing combination.3 more

And as a women's college, Smith was focused on imbuing its students with the very sort of self-reliance and self-confidence Luma felt she had been deprived of at home.2 more