Their Eyes Were Watching God - How do Nanny's assessment and choices rely on the societal beliefs that surround her regarding the roles of men and women and their ethnicity?

Nanny's idea is that her granddaughter should marry a wealthy man so that she doesn't have to worry about her financial security. Nanny believes that black women only have one option in life: to marry a man of some wealth. Nanny cannot comprehend a woman, especially a black woman, making her own way in life. To Nanny, a black woman is property so she might as well belong to a man of some wealth.