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Article: THEY WERE WHITE, BLACK, AND HISPANIC--AND THE BEST OF FRIENDS.(high school friends)
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- New York Times Upfront
- Article date:
- February 5, 2001
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But when they hit high school, something changed
Back in eighth grade, Kelly Regan, Aqeelah Mateen, and Johanna Perez-Fox spent New Year's Eve at Johanna's house, swing-dancing until they fell down laughing, banging pots and pans, watching the midnight fireworks over the trees in the park at the center of town.
They had been a tight threesome all through Maplewood, New Jersey, Middle School--Kelly, tall, coltish Irish Catholic; Aqeelah, small, earnest African-American Muslim; and Johanna, light coffee-colored, half Jewish and half Puerto Rican, and famous for knowing just about everyone.
It had been a great night, they agreed, a whole lot ...