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SLAY is a young adult novel by American author Brittney Morris published in 2019. Plot SLAY tells the story of Kiera, a Black high school student who develops and maintains the online game SLAY, a VR multiplayer world where players duel using cards giving them powers based on Black culture. Being tired of online racial harassment in video games, she creates the game for Black gamers. When a player in the game is killed by another player, the media criticizes SLAY for being racist by excluding white players. The story is told from multiple perspectives, including that of Kiera, her co-developer Claire, who is a computer science student in Paris, John, a professor of African American studies, and players of SLAY. Major themes SLAY has been called "an incredibly raw and real depiction of modern Black identity struggles", and is referenced as an example of a novel exploring Black girlhood. It explores online harassment and racism in Video games contrasted with the pleasure of online gaming. The novel also portrays Black and transgender gamers.

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“Whoever sheds man's blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.”
— Bible, Book of Genesis 9:6 (World English Bible version)
“It must be true that whenever a sensational murder is committed there are people who — though they are, quite properly, of no interest to law enforcers, attorneys, or newspaper reporters — weep, lie sleepless, and realize at last that their lives have been changed by a crime in which they played no part.”
— Viña Delmar, The Becker Scandal, a Time Remembered (1968).
“If the masterpiece was murder, I'd major in art.”
— Curtis J. Jackson, "Gatman and Robbin" (2005), The Massacre
“Hell of a thing killing a man... you take away all he has and all he's gonna have.”
— Will Munny (Clint Eastwood), Unforgiven (1992), written by David Webb Peoples
“No place, indeed, should murder sanctuarize.”
— William Shakespeare, Hamlet (1600-02), Act IV, scene 7, line 128.
“Murder, like talent, seems occasionally to run in families.”
— George Henry Lewes, Physiology of Common Life, Chapter XII.

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Notable quotes

“Whoever sheds man's blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.”
— Bible, Book of Genesis 9:6 (World English Bible version)
“It must be true that whenever a sensational murder is committed there are people who — though they are, quite properly, of no interest to law enforcers, attorneys, or newspaper reporters — weep, lie sleepless, and realize at last that their lives have been changed by a crime in which they played no part.”
— Viña Delmar, The Becker Scandal, a Time Remembered (1968).
“If the masterpiece was murder, I'd major in art.”
— Curtis J. Jackson, "Gatman and Robbin" (2005), The Massacre
“Hell of a thing killing a man... you take away all he has and all he's gonna have.”
— Will Munny (Clint Eastwood), Unforgiven (1992), written by David Webb Peoples
“No place, indeed, should murder sanctuarize.”
— William Shakespeare, Hamlet (1600-02), Act IV, scene 7, line 128.
“Murder, like talent, seems occasionally to run in families.”
— George Henry Lewes, Physiology of Common Life, Chapter XII.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

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