Read the excerpt from it's our world, too! : young people who are making a difference. now jesse paz was proposing to take away the thing neto loved most, to turn him into just another big kid at school and maybe even ruin his chance for a college scholarship, all because a few jer(k)s had said things that turned jesse off. neto didn't answer for a while. finally he said, "i've never heard anyone say those things, jesse," and walked away. but jesse's words stayed with neto. what if it were true? could he really perform before people who felt that way about him? could he represent a school that would let it happen? in the story, racism is at the heart of the problem. which idea complicates the conflict? neto does not want to stop playing football for his school. neto does not believe jesse’s claims about the football fans. neto does not want to lose his chances of getting into a good college. neto does not want to lose his friendship with jesse.