After this incident, Zuri’s and Darius’s relationship is solidified. Darius helps her find Layla and fights Warren. She then sees on Instagram that her little sister Layla is at the party with Warren. When Darius takes her to a house party in Park Slope, Brooklyn, with a bunch of his fancy private school friends, Zuri reverts to her belief that her and Darius’s worlds are too different to come together. Zuri is horrified and breaks up with Warren on the spot. Darius, who warned Zuri about Warren previously, finally tells her why: Warren took sexy pictures of Georgia and shared them with others. The two connect in the car ride and kiss. Darius offers to drive Zuri back to Brooklyn. When she finishes, she realizes that Darius is in the crowd, along with his little sister, Georgia. On a trip to visit Howard University in Washington D.C., Zuri attends a poetry reading and shares one of her poems. Nonetheless, Zuri is intrigued by Darius. He is born-and-raised in the hood like Zuri, and Zuri identifies with him-not like Darius, who seems foreign to her. Warren goes to the same fancy private school as the Darcy boys, but he is there on scholarship. Meanwhile, Zuri starts a romance of her own with a neighborhood boy, Warren. When Ainsley dumps Janae, Zuri feels validated in her initial suspicion of the Darcy boys. Zuri also dislikes Ainsley’s brother, Darius, who seems snobby and is always looking down on Bushwick after having lived in Manhattan. Zuri is unhappy about this development, believing that the class difference between the Benitez and Darcy families is too big for a romantic relationship to overcome. Zuri’s sister Janae immediately sparks a romantic connection with Ainsley and they start dating. Darcy and their sons, Ainsley and Darius. The fancy house belongs to the Darcy family: Mr. Zuri recognizes this is a pivotal step in gentrifying Bushwick and is aware that gentrification can push poorer families like hers out. However, Zuri’s community comes under threat when a fancy new house is built across the street.
Although the Benitez family is not rich, they are loving and happy, and Zuri is proud of her Haitian-Dominican heritage, her family, and the diverse neighborhood that she calls home. The girls live with their Papi and Mama in one apartment, with the sisters sharing the living room as their bedroom. Pride is told from the point of view of Zuri “ZZ” Benitez, a junior in high school living in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York. Original copyright Alloy Entertainment and Ibi Zoboi, 2018. This edition of the book used for this study guide is the paperback from Balzer + Bray, an imprint of Harper Collins, New York, published in 2019. The book includes the use of a racial slur, an instance that this study guide discusses, as it relates to an important plot development. Pride addresses themes including racism, classism, and police violence.
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