After you, My dear Alphonse

This is a story called After you , My dear Alphonse by Shirley Jackson. It is about a boy, called Johnny taking his friend, Boyd home for lunch. When Johnny's mother notices that Boyd is a negro, she starts acting out of goodwill, by giving him lunch, offering some of Johnny's and her own old clothes that are still wearable. She assumes that Boyd and his family face financial difficulties and have not a sufficient amount of necessities for daily usage. She feels that she is acting out of charity without even knowing Boyd's family condition. Even though Boyd is a negro his family is able to survive.

So the blog topic for this post would be: would you have treated Boyd or someone who is not of the same race differently? Why or why not?

I feel that everyone should be treated fairly and equally, we all leave on one Earth, we should stand united as one human body. Mrs.Wilson is still under the impression that negro do hard labour, are poor and are barely able to survive with the meagre income that they earn. another factor is that African-Americans have developed and improve themselves so they till will no longer be looked down on by others. Furthermore, you should never judge a book by its cover, always get your facts right before jumping to conclusion. Besides one should judge a person based on his character, personality and attitude and not just by his outer appearance or features.