In Chapter 21 of We Beat the Street, Sampson is feeling out of place in the hospital due to the fact that he is a poor, black student from a disadvantaged background. This is exemplified when Sampson says, “It was hard being at the hospital. I felt out of place. No one else looked like me or came from the same kind of home.” (Rameck Hunt, We Beat The Street, pg 169). Here, Sampson acknowledges the gap between himself and the other students who are wealthier and more privileged than him, which makes him feel like an outsider in the hospital.