Journal #10

There will always be an imbalance in the power between men and women, because  human beings are always looking for something better, and this will require you to attempt to become better socially and economically than the people around you.
This theme will require reworking. I think it is supported by the text, but maybe a clarification of power is needed.

• "So de white man throw down de load and tell de nigger man tuh pick it up. He pick it up because he have to, but he don't tote it. He hand it to his womenfolks. De nigger woman is de mule uh de world..."(pg 14)
• " If Ah kin haul de wood heah and chop it fuh yuh, look lak you oughta be able tuh tote it inside. Mah fust wife never bothered me 'bout choppin' no wood nohow." (pg 26)
• "He had always wanted to be a big voice, but de white folks had all de sayso where he come from and everywhere else, exceptin' dis place dat colored folks was buildin' theirselves...He meant to buy in big." (pg 28)
• "You ain't got no particular place. It's wherever Ah need yuh. Git uh move on yuh, and dat quick." (pg 31)
• "That irritated Hicks and he didn't know why. He was the average mortal." pg (39)
• "Everybody was coming sort of fixed up, and he didn't mean for nobody else's wife to rank with her." (pg 41)
• "There was something about Joe Starks that cowed the town" (pg 47)
• "But now, Sam, you know dat all he do is big-belly round and tell other folks what tuh do. He loves obedience out of everybody under de sound of his voice." (pg 49)
• "He gits on her ever now and then when she make little mistakes round de store. 
• Ah can't stand black niggers..."Nother thing, Ah hates tuh see folks lak me and you mixed up wid 'em. Us oughta class off" (pg 141)
• "Being able to whip her reassured him in  possession...He just slapped her around a bit to show he was boss. " (pg 147)