How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
Like Manross, all the colored veterans came back just as proud as they could be [...] They thought they would surely come home and be treated like citizens. Manross was very disappointed. (5.15.19)
Manross has risked life, limb, and injury to protect his country. Shouldn't that earn him the respect of his fellow Americans? He even visits the parents of a white man whose life he saved but is turned away at the door.
Quote #5
When Negroes are average, they fail, unless they are very, very lucky. Now, if you're average and white, honey, you can go far. (5.17.28)
This knowledge drives them to work even harder. That being said, you can't expect everybody to work as hard (and as well) as a Delany—eventually, we need to fix the problems at the roots of the system.
Quote #6
It seems to me that white people were judged as individuals. But if a Negro did something stupid or wrong, it was held against all of us. Negroes were always representing the whole race. (5.19.29)
This is one of the subtler ways that minorities are pigeonholed by society. A white man doing something wrong is a freak tragedy; a black man doing the same thing somehow reflects on his whole culture. These stereotypes are reinforced by politicians and the media time and time again.