p179-184 Stores of the No Sayers

I find it interesting that Delphine thinks it’s okay to call the lady selling Chinese food Mean Lady Ming, especially when Fern calls her that to her face. Part of the Black Power Movement seems to be the right to be choose what you are called, hence the colored girl/black girl debate at the beginning. While Delphine might be making the “wrong” choice according to her readers, I appreciate its presence for the ability to talk about these issues. A character in a good book doesn’t always have to make the right choices, although frequently they are punished for these choices, which seems not to be the case here, but who knows, I’m not actually at the end yet.