This is a race and marriage issue, to which the husband claims that interracial marriage is a failure and that he did not support it. He realizes that once she gives her opinion, it becomes personal for his wife because she is clearly disturbed. The wife questions his reasoning about his prejudices, and even though he counters with what he thinks are justified responses, he feels increasingly uncomfortable with this argument. Tension builds and the husband feels his wife should not pressure him anymore as he takes immediate action when she accidentally cuts herself while doing the dishes, but she continues unabated and begins asking him hypothetical questions, this time specifically referring to herself and