1. The Contextualization of Human Development:
Essie Mae's ability to cope with issues of race affected the way in which she interacted with white children in her neighborhood. In chapter 3 of Coming of Age, she deals with a series of incidences that come about as a result of her interaction between two white kids. ... "I now realized that not only were they better than me because they were white, but everything they owned and everything connected with them was better than what was available to me Their whiteness provided them with a pass the downstairs in that nice section and my blackness sent me to the balcony (p.38)." Through her...
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