“We knew that there could be no real sisterhood between white women and women of color if white women were not able to divest of white supremacy, if feminist movement were not fundamentally anti-racist.”
“As she worked, Miss Allen found herself watching the five little girls. How quaint they were in their stiffly starched white aprons over dark woolen dresses. They looked for all the world like wide-open umbrellas.”
“She is finally prompted to reveal her animosity during her tenth birthday celebration after Ramona has ruined a pair of birthday cakes intended for the party.”