Erika:
She is always ready for a fight and very jealous because of Ruthie. She hasn`t a good relationship with her mum and dad and thinks that her mum is ashamed because Erika is black and she is white. Therefor she doesn`t like white people and black men. Erikas mum critizies Erika in every way.


AJ:
Aj lives in a little houase on the corner of Niagara, which is not nice. It`s very old and there are a lots of fights. His mum died 3 years agoand his dad take not care of his kids. At Bill`s party his girlfriend Erika provocated AJ and kissed a boy. And therefor Aj kissed a white girl.


Ruthie:
She couldn`t really associate with black people. She is afraid when she hears all of the problems of the black people. Ruthie grew up in black communities. She don`t like going to church because she knows that the people didn`t like her and her family.