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* AnAesop: Both of the episode's plotlines focus on the problems with hiding your true self because of the reputation.



* YouAreWhatYouHate: Hazel had told everyone that she has Jamaican heritage, when the truth is she's actually Somalian with Muslim roots. She eventually admits she just hates [[MistakenForTerrorist the reputation]] rather than her actual heritage, and after it's pointed out that she's become just as mean as her old bullies in order to deny the truth, she comes clean about her roots at the end of the episode.

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* YouAreWhatYouHate: Hazel had told everyone that she has Jamaican heritage, when the truth is she's actually Somalian with Muslim roots. She eventually admits she just hates [[MistakenForTerrorist the reputation]] rather than her actual heritage, and after it's pointed out that she's become just as mean as her old bullies in order to deny the truth, she comes clean about her roots at the end of the episode.episode.
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* YouAreWhatYouHate: Hazel had told everyone that she has Jamaican heritage, when the truth is she's actually Somalian with Muslim roots. She eventually admits she just hates [[MistakenForTerrorist the reputation]] rather than her actual heritage, and comes clean about her roots at the end of the episode.

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* YouAreWhatYouHate: Hazel had told everyone that she has Jamaican heritage, when the truth is she's actually Somalian with Muslim roots. She eventually admits she just hates [[MistakenForTerrorist the reputation]] rather than her actual heritage, and after it's pointed out that she's become just as mean as her old bullies in order to deny the truth, she comes clean about her roots at the end of the episode.

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->''They claiming I'm a criminal''
->''But now I wonder how, some people never know''
->''The enemy could be their friend, guardian,''
->''I'm not a hooligan, I rock the party and''
->''Clear all the madness, I'm not a racist''
->''Preach to teach to all ('Cause some, they never had this)''
->''Number one, not born to run about the gun''
->''I wasn't licensed to have one''
->''The minute they see me, fear me''
->''I'm the epitome, of public enemy''
->''Used, abused without clues, I refused to blow a fuse''
->''They even had it on the news''
->''Don't believe the hype''
-->'''Public Enemy''', "Don't Believe the Hype"



* {{Blackmail}}: After switching projects, Liberty asks J.T. for help with another sewing assignment, threatening to reveal that he's the next "Martha Stewart" if he refuses.
* EmbarrassingHobby: J.T. tries to hide his skill in a sewing class because it's considered a feminine activity.

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* {{Blackmail}}: After switching projects, Liberty asks J.T. for help with another sewing assignment, threatening to reveal that he's the next "Martha Stewart" if he refuses.
refuses. She ends up feeling guilty and confesses during class anyways.
* EmbarrassingHobby: J.T. tries to hide his skill in a sewing class because it's considered a feminine activity. It ends up working out for him in the end, when the girls want him to design skirts for them and let him take their measurements.



* MistakenForTerrorist: In addition to how often the Muslim students are called this throughout the episode, it turns out that Hazel has been denying her true heritage due to this happening to her in her youth.
* PassFail: Hazel buys jerk chicken from a Jamaican restaurant and puts on a fake International Day presentation to avoid confessing her true heritage, but a Muslim girl identifies her features as Somalian and notes that Aden isn't a common Jamaican last name.
* YouAreWhatYouHate: Hazel had told everyone that she has Jamaican heritage, when the truth is she's actually Somalian with Muslim roots. She eventually admits she just hates [[MistakenForTerrorist the reputation]] rather than her actual heritage.

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* MistakenForTerrorist: In addition to how often the Muslim students are called this throughout the episode, it turns out that Hazel has been denying her true heritage due to this happening to her in her youth.
youth, having been beaten up by others kids at her old school.
* PassFail: Hazel Aden buys jerk chicken from a Jamaican restaurant and puts on a fake International Day presentation to avoid confessing her true heritage, but a Muslim an Iraqi girl identifies her physical features as Somalian and notes that Aden isn't a common Jamaican last name.
name as Somalian.
* RealMenWearPink: J.T. ends up accepting his talent at sewing when it turns out the girls like him more because of it.
* YouAreWhatYouHate: Hazel had told everyone that she has Jamaican heritage, when the truth is she's actually Somalian with Muslim roots. She eventually admits she just hates [[MistakenForTerrorist the reputation]] rather than her actual heritage.heritage, and comes clean about her roots at the end of the episode.
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Hazel struggles with her heritage during "International Day". J.T. Yorke switches sewing projects with Liberty.
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* AnAesop: Both of the episode's plotlines focus on the problems with hiding your true self because of the reputation.
* {{Blackmail}}: After switching projects, Liberty asks J.T. for help with another sewing assignment, threatening to reveal that he's the next "Martha Stewart" if he refuses.
* EmbarrassingHobby: J.T. tries to hide his skill in a sewing class because it's considered a feminine activity.
* FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence: One of the first things Hazel does in the episode is give a Fashion Crime ticket to girls wearing Muslim hijabs for wearing "Terrorism" outfits. Later, one of the girls' International Day projects is defaced by someone painting the word "Terrorist" over it.
* MistakenForTerrorist: In addition to how often the Muslim students are called this throughout the episode, it turns out that Hazel has been denying her true heritage due to this happening to her in her youth.
* PassFail: Hazel buys jerk chicken from a Jamaican restaurant and puts on a fake International Day presentation to avoid confessing her true heritage, but a Muslim girl identifies her features as Somalian and notes that Aden isn't a common Jamaican last name.
* YouAreWhatYouHate: Hazel had told everyone that she has Jamaican heritage, when the truth is she's actually Somalian with Muslim roots. She eventually admits she just hates [[MistakenForTerrorist the reputation]] rather than her actual heritage.

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