T. Ray Owens Quotes

″‘Good riddance,’ he said, and moved toward the door. We had to open up our little wall of women to let him through.”

“T. Ray did not think colored women were smart. Since I want to tell the whole truth, which means the worst parts, I thought they could be smart, but not as smart as me, me being white. Lying on the cot in the honey house, though, all I could think was August is so intelligent, so cultured, and I was surprised by this. That’s what let me know I had some prejudice buried inside me.”