How do people cope with their fears; women’s rights and stresses; and class privilege? How different and too what degree is the Black vs. White experience during/after wars in Africa?Below are some of our thoughts, starting with DON'T LET'S GO TO THE DOGS…
The kids are incredibly whiney in the beginning.
Privilege is reinforced:
• Racial segregation.
• Calling kids “retards.”
• Closer to Black nanny than to mother.
When Apartheid ended in South Africa, the white “privilege” ended with tangible loses, things were actually taken away, unlike when racial segregation ended in America and there was no tangible lose for whites.
This book takes place during the time period in South Africa when the Black majority comes to power.
• “Truth” and reconciliation” in South Africa vs. “laws” which don’t really change thoughts.
Individual human process of needing to change identity when we are under a foreign power or losing our privileges under Nazi Germany or Apartheid.
She mentions being hungry and in a desolate land - the story is told form the child’s perspective and grows as she matures.
How do people cope with their fears; women’s rights and stresses; and class privilege? How different and too what degree is the Black vs. White experience during/after wars in Africa?
NERVOUS CONDITIONS
When she achieves, everyone thinks she is lying,
Water dish task show family hierarchy (who gets to wash their hands first),
No meat left for children who didn’t miss it.
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