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It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.
鈥淪he can鈥檛 help that. When people are sick they don鈥檛 look nice sometimes.鈥
Every mob in every little Southern town is always made up of people you know鈥攄oesn鈥檛 say much for them, does it?鈥
In a far corner of the square, the Negroes sat quietly in the sun, dining on sardines, crackers, and the more vivid flavors of Nehi Cola.
鈥淗alf white, half colored. You鈥檝e seen 鈥檈m, Scout. You know that red-kinky-headed one that delivers for the drugstore. He鈥檚 half white. They鈥檙e real sad.鈥
鈥淭hey don鈥檛 belong anywhere. Colored folks won鈥檛 have 鈥檈m because they鈥檙e half white; white folks won鈥檛 have 鈥檈m 鈥檆ause they鈥檙e colored, so they鈥檙e just in-betweens, don鈥檛 belong anywhere. But Mr. Dolphus, now, they say he鈥檚 shipped two of his up north. They don鈥檛 mind 鈥檈m up north. Yonder鈥檚 one of 鈥檈m.鈥
鈥淚 don鈥檛 know, but they did it. They鈥檝e done it before and they did it tonight and they鈥檒l do it again and when they do it鈥攕eems that only children weep. Good night.鈥
In our courts, when it鈥檚 a white man鈥檚 word against a black man鈥檚, the white man always wins. They鈥檙e ugly, but those are the facts of life.鈥
鈥淭hat鈥檚 the difference between America and Germany. We are a democracy and Germany is a dictatorship. Dictator-ship,鈥 she said. 鈥淥ver here we don鈥檛 believe in persecuting anybody. Persecution comes from people who are prejudiced.
