In the short story “Trapped”, Shelby Raebaeck exposes, through Ricky and Lance’s friendship, how some people still choose to remain quiet despite witnessing moments of racism. After their basketball game, the two friends get pulled over by a police officer who, shortly after their encounter, begins to behave aggressively towards Lance, a person of African American descent. After seeing this, Ricky, the white narrator of the story, thinks to himself that it might be of help if the cop was aware he was there: “I thought it might help if the cop saw me, and I leaned over” (Raebeck 107). This…