During her high school years, Moody starts to realize that it is not only white people who are standing in the way of desegregation. She was a quite attractive young lady, and she began to receive a lot of affectionate attention from her male basketball coach at school. The other girls became envious of Moody and would stop her from participating during games by refusing to pass to her or throwing the ball over her head (p. 200). This level of disloyalty among her own people - black females - shows Moody that not everyone will be on her side and that it will take convincing both black and white people that working as a team is the most important way to end segregation.
