Zak G's first post

Well, Zakaria, I didn't think that deeply while I was reading, I felt that it was just another story that someone wrote, and for some reason I got the impression that it may be a reflection of the authors childhood.  I didn't really think Uncle Willie or anything was symbolic to the way that it was for black people back then, I felt that the book flat out showed the reader what it was like for black people back then.  As for you stating that Maya hates that she is black, I do not agree with that.  I believe that she hates how unfairly blacks are treated by the whites, and that is why she is intimidated a little by her father because it is true that he seems to act and talk like the whites, even being described by her as the only brown white man.  Also she implies that she is a little upset that her father was the only brown white man, so that is also a hint that she likes being black just not how they are treated.  One main thing I would like to point out, is that the author points out many times that white people are (or maybe were I don't know) not even people, they were just "things" and were to be referred to as white folk.  I get that it was written back when blacks, or any minority really, were treated unfairly by the whites, but even so it sort of caught my attention how many times it is pointed out, just saying.  I don't know, let me know what you think about that deal.