The abolishing of slavery in the United States had been put into place in the late 1800's but there were still some cases of discrimination with people of color like in Song of Solomon when there was a hospital at the beginning of the book we got to hear about mercy hospital or “No Mercy Hospital” which is known by the residents for not admitting blacks but had changed when Robert Smith, an insurance agent, had jumped of the building at the same time his daughter was pregnant and going into labor and became the hospital's first black patient. The name of the hospital known to the locals by “No Mercy hospital” can give an explanation to maybe why there has never been a black patient admitted until Robert Smith's daughter because before they would refuse the service to people of color showing them no mercy. Resulting in the discrimination of colored people in Michigan.
Then while the Dead family is on a trip around town Lena which is Ruth Fosters daughter, Robert Smith's daughter, responses to the comment made by Macon saying that he would want to create a property that colored people can afford and live in saying later there will be people of color sooner or later that will be able to afford the houses. Lena then responds to that saying hopefully there will be enough people of color and that hopefully that there will be enough nice one that live in them. As I was reading is seemed that they were different types of classes between the blacks there was those that were more privileged like the Dead family which had nice cars that made everyone seem jealous of what they had then there were those that were in poverty and weren't as privileged as the Dead family. It seems that in the different races there was different classes and people were put into different classes depending on the money you had. I think Lena considers people in the higher class to be nice because they may not have to struggles to find food or anything they need to survive and they can just get it with money.
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