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Patrick Harris II is a Black queer writer, storyteller, and middle school humanities teacher. He is the author of "The First Five: A Love Letter to Teachers," and has won multiple national teaching awards. In this short story, a teenage boy named Mehki takes part in martial arts, a form of fighting that mainly comes from East Asia. Forms of martial arts include karate, taekwondo, judo, and more.