Thebedi suffers because of the same reason but her story reveals how broken a race becomes after years of repeated abuse. Thebedi lives in a culture thousands of miles away from the segregation realized in America but somehow, that mentality made its way across the ocean. The most amazing aspect of this story is the fact that it could have taken place on an American farm. The white man's ways belittled the black man even in his own land. Prejudice is no respecter of persons. While we associate it with whites and blacks in America, across the globe people are killed and mistreated for all kinds of beliefs. One thing is clear: this state of mind comes from within the heart of man, not from without. Children play...

Paulus and Thebedi would have been find had the world not interfered with their relationship. Young or old, people suffer from prejudice and while mankind might like to blame his ancestors for the way he thinks and feels, this is just an excuse to carry on self-aggrandizing behavior. These stories, in their completeness, educate the reader of how prejudice permeates the soul and when someone claims to be superior, it is time to guard oneself.
Works Cited

Gordimer, Nadine. "Country Lovers."

Walker, Alice. "The Welcome Table."