by Debra is told from the point of view of Johnny's aunt who had received a phone call after Johnny had been shot. This essay has a different view of African Americans in society. The way the aunt describes the boy who shot Johnny complimented social stereotypes. He claims that he is "a brother who has no job, who drinks malt liquor in the middle of the day, clutches his crotch, and talks loudly to many neglected children born to many forgotten women." This is often how society perceives all African Americans, regardless of whether it is actually a small number who may be like this in reality. Dickerson even states that “we disavow this anomalous loser but, for many, he is black