and it was like seeing everything through a train's thick window. A blur passed before me. A moving wave of color. I am not one of you, I thought." (Kidd 111).
This quote really brought a tear to my eye. The reason June stopped was because a young white girl was going to touch the black Mary. In the book race is a big issue and it shows through here. June doesn't want Lily touching the black Mary for that particular reason and that reason being that she is a young white girl, a stranger, and about to touch something sacred to that family and the small black group. Lily wanted to be a part of the moment and to feel accepted, but just when she was about to, June showed how she really felt. Even toward the beginning we see racial issues.
No matter what we do, there will always be some form of racism. It's not just toward black people, but also Mexicans, Chinese, etc. You name it, it's there. I dislike racism immensely and wish it would just disappear all together, but that wish won't be fulfilled for an extremely long time. Racism affects the world in many ways. Racism affects daily tasks of an individual if they were to pass by the person they were racist against on the street. Slowly we change how we view people over the years, but the change is so gradual it's almost invisible. In the past we had slavery and treated black people like dirt. The only thing we managed to fix was the slavery...
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I think you are right! When June never let Lily touch the black Mary it was horrible. You are right and there will always be a form of racism. Great post!
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