How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
My father would usually call my mother [...] Mrs. Delany in front of everyone [...] But the reason they did this is that colored people were always called by their first names in that era. It was a way of treating them with less dignity (1.1.8)
Henry is smart enough to see the subtle ways that white people degrade black people and strong-willed enough to fight them. That's a great combo, because it allows him to raise his children free of the more invisible (and insidious) forms of prejudice of the time.
Quote #2
The world is a puzzling place today. All these banks sending us credit cards, with our names on them. Well, we didn't order any credit cards! We don't spend what we don't have. (1.3.7)
You can bet your iPhone that the extravagances of the modern world don't make any sense to our principled sisters. Even at 100+ years of age, they still live by their father's code of thrift, discipline, and self-sufficiency.