Dee's name change is a typical example, as the name was probably given by the white slave master to her ancestor, and she is ashamed of her history as a descendant of black slaves. When Mom fantasizes about a reunion scene to meet Dee on the TV show with Johnny Carson, Mom expresses “Who can even imagine me looking a strange white man in the eye (315).” Another example is when Mom describes her poor education, she explains, “After second grade the school was closed…in 1927, blacks asked fewer questions than they do now.” The last example is when Mother talks to Asalamalakim and explains her tribe: “When the white men poisoned part of the herd……..I walked a mile and a half just to see the sight” (319). In a story like this, Walker expressed four times the resentment of African Americans and how they dislike whites. As an educated African American, it is no wonder Walker expresses himself this way. More than a century had already passed since liberation from slavery when he wrote this story, but persistent racial inequality forced African Americans to spark the black civil rights movement. Another forty years have passed since Walker wrote this story and won the Pulitzer Prize, today we see racial discrimination become illegal and institutional racial inequality seemingly ceased. However, racial profiling was practiced