Dee's name change is a typical example, as the name was probably given by the white slave master to her ancestor, and she is ashamed of her history of descendant of black slaves. When Mama fantasizes about a reunion scene of meeting Dee on the TV show with Johnny Carson, Mama expresses, "Who can even imagine me looking a strange white man in the eyes (315)." Another example is when Mom describes her low level of education, she explains: “After the second year, the school was closed………in 1927, the half-breeds asked fewer questions than they do today. » The final example is when Mama speaks to Asalamalakim and explains her tribe: “When the white people poisoned part of the herd……..I walked a mile and a half just to see the view” (319). In a short story like this, Walker expressed African Americans' resentment and dislike of whites four times. As an educated African American, it is not surprising that Walker would speak this way. More than a century had passed since liberation from slavery when she wrote this story, but persistent racial inequality compelled African Americans to spark the black civil rights movement. Forty years passed after Walker wrote this story and won the Pulitzer Prize. Today we see racial discrimination become illegal and institutional racial inequality has seemingly ceased. However, racial profiling adopted