The Secret Life of Bees Prejudice Quotes

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Quote #10

'We can't think of changing our skin,' he said. 'Change the world—that's how we gotta think' (11.12).

Zach says this to Lily when she starts to imagine what their lives would be like if she were African American. He sees such thinking as futile, preferring to focus on changing prejudices rather than biology.