“Who’s going to live in them? There’s no colored people who can afford to have two houses,” Lena said. “Reverend Coles can, and Dr. Singleton,” Corinthians corrected her. “And that lawyer—what’s his name?” Ruth looked around at Corinthians, who ignored her. “And Mary, I suppose.” Lena laughed. Corinthians stared coldly at her sister. “Daddy wouldn't sell property to a barmaid. Daddy, would you let us live next to a barmaid?” “She owns that place, Corinthians,” Ruth said. “I don’t care what she owns. I care about what she is. Daddy?” Corinthians leaned toward her father for confirmation. “You’re going too fast, Macon.” Ruth pressed the toe of her shoe against the floorboard. “If you say one more thing to me about the way I drive, you’re going to walk back home. I mean it.” Magdalene called Lena sat forward and put her hand on her mother’s shoulder. Ruth was quiet. The little boy kicked his feet against the underside of the dashboard. “Stop that!” Macon told him. “I have to go to the bathroom,” said his son. Corinthians held her head. “Oh, Lord.” “But you went before we left,” said Ruth. “I have to go!”He was beginning to whine. “Are you sure?” his mother asked him. He looked at her. “I guess we better stop,” Ruth said to nobody in particular. Her eyes grazed the countryside they were entering. Macon didn't alter his speed. “Are we going to have a summer place, or are you just selling property?” “I’m not selling anything. I’m thinking of buying and then renting,” Macon answered her. “But are we—” “I have to go,” said the little boy. “—going to live there too?” “Maybe.” “By ourselves? Who else?” Corinthians was very interested. “I can’t tell you that. But in a few years—five or ten—a whole lot of coloreds will have enough to afford it. A whole lot. Take my word for it.” Magdalene called Lena took a deep breath. “Up ahead you could pull over, Daddy. He might mess up the seat.” Macon glanced at her in the mirror and slowed down. “Who’s going to take him?” Ruth fiddled with the door handle. “Not you,” Macon said to her. Ruth looked at her husband. She parted her lips but didn't say anything. “Not me,” said Corinthians. “I have on high heels.” “Come on,” Lena sighed. They left the car, little boy and big sister, and disappeared into the trees that reared up off the shoulder of the road. “You really think there’ll be enough colored people—I mean nice colored people—in this city to live there? (Morrison 65-68)
In the beginning of chapter two the Dead family is out and they are visiting homes that they own and are sharing their plans for the use of the land and who it should be sold to. As the family start to talk about the future plans of the land Lena says “There’s no colored people who can afford to have two houses,” this might be because of money problems as they continue they bring up possible names that can afford two house and they all seem to have one thing in common education. To the father in the Dead family he thinks the only people that can afford to buy the land are people that have the education which leads to most of the time having a good job that brings money to the table to be able to buy houses and other necessities. Then Corinthians ask her father whether he would sell the property to a barmaid saying that she owns other places and the father responses with “I don’t care what she owns. I care about what she is.” This isn't a racial profiling like saying that colored people couldn't afford to have two house but it is still a type of discrimination of what kind of job that they have can affect whether the barmaid had really wanted to get the property her job would affect if she were to get it or not which may be seen to the father that if he were to sell it to her would she be able to pay for it on time.
When Lena and her brother go out the car Lena ask her brother “You really think there’ll be enough colored people—I mean nice colored people—in this city to live there?” After Macon say that he wants to invest on land that will be able to be affordable for people of colored Lena say that hopefully there will be enough colored people that are nice to get a house or own property. This can be an example of how people discriminate against people of color in thinking that all in this case are mean because of maybe an event that made people of color all seem mean not giving other the chance to show themselves and put away the stereotypes that exist.
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