![]() ![]() Realizing that his outburst has not gained him any respect, Braithwaite changes tactics, deciding to interact with them as though they are adults with agency. This is the last straw for Braithwaite, who verbally berates the girls for acting in an unladylike manner. The students harass Braithwaite, slamming their desks while he is lecturing, using foul language, and ultimately burning a sanitary napkin in the classroom. This leads Braithwaite to resent the English and colonialism, as well as what he seems to think is the relative ease that his white students have had in their lives.īraithwaite’s teaching position starts out roughly: he considers his students disrespectful, and his students consider him to be an arrogant outsider, unfamiliar with the social environment in which they have grown up. ![]() Braithwaite finds that even though he considers himself British and has served in the Royal Air Force (RAF), the English do not consider him to be one of them. ![]() ![]() The book is set after World War II, during which black people fought and died, alongside their white compatriots, only to come back home-whether to Britain or the United States-and find that racism was still very much present. The time period in which the story takes place is important. ![]()
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