The Measure of a Man (21-40)

Summary
In the second section of this autobiography, Sidney and his family have to move to Nassau because they were struggling to meet ends meet on Cat Island. Sidney was so over taken by Nassau because it was so modern compared to Cat Island. He had never seen cars before and he was so consumed by the technology he saw. On his island Sidney has only seen two white people but one day on his way to school in Nassau he saw a white boy and they started talking. The boy told Sidney straight up that he could not have the same opportunities as him and that he was better than him because of his color. In another part of book Sidney was hit by a white biker. He tried to chase the biker but he escaped. Sidney and his family was still suffering. He even had to wear sowed flour sacks to school.
Quotation
"He wasn't at all shy about letting me know that he was better off than I was, on the basis of his color. According to the gospel as he had learned it, I would never have the same opportunities, the same circumstance in life that he would."
Reaction
After reading this section of the autobiography I began to see that Sidney was going to endure more racism in te book. Afte reading what the boy had told Sidney I thought that parents of that time started to make young racist among children. I also thought that the biker did not need to hit Sidney for nothing. I wish Sidney had gotten back at him,