Do you think Cassie's parents should have prepared her for the prejudice she would face in places like the town of strawberry? Do you think Cassie would have behaved differently if she were better prepared?

Cassie was no stranger to bigotry. She knows what it is like where she lives. I don't think that her parents were expecting Cassie to stand up for herself so vocally. I think Cassie is such a fighter that, in the heat of the moment, she would have stood up for herself anyway.