Examples Of Racism In Janie
Although Janie is dealing with a number of issues throughout the book, racism is not one of the things she struggles with. When Janie was very young and impressionable as people at that age tend to be, she was constantly around white people. Living among them for most of her youth, she was probably around them more than those who most resembled her. Since she had been around friendly people all her youth, she was not exposed to the harsh discrimination that went on beyond her and could hardly realize how drastic the race issues were. Because that family was her example of white society, and Nanny prevented her from seeing the other side of it, she was free to worry about other matters. While Janie was worried about securing a husband and being