quotes on race

Question 1

“No, Clare Kendry cared nothing for ….

Answer 1

the race. she only belonged to it.”

Question 2

“they always come back. I’ve seen it happen time and time again.”
“But why?” ….

Answer 2

Irene wanted to know.
“Why?”
“if i knew that, i’d know what race is”

Question 3

“i nearly died of terror the whole nine months before Margery was born….

Answer 3

for fear that she might be dark. Thank goodness, she turned out all right.”

Question 4

“it’s easy for a negro to ‘pass’ for white…

Answer 4

but i dont think it would be so simple for a white person to ‘pass’ as coloured”

Question 5

“she was caught between two allegiances…

Answer 5

herself. Her race.”

Question 6

“did that woman, could that woman, somehow know that here…

Answer 6

before her very eyes on the roof of the Drayton sat a negro?”

Question 7

“it’s funny about ‘passing’. We disapprove of it…

Answer 7

and at the same time condone it”

Question 8

“dark stains dotted the bright rug. spread. The chatter stopped…

Answer 8

went on. Before her, Zulena gathered up the white fragments”