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How is Lula Ann different from her parents?
Lula Ann is much darker skinned than her parents. Sweetness points out that her whole family as far back as she knows was light skinned. Her grandmother, in fact, was light enough to pass for white. She says this in order to underscore that the darkness of Lula Ann’s skin could not have come from her side of the family. She hints that it might have come from Louis’s side of the family, but she cannot even be sure of that since Louis is also fair-skinned.
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What connection does the narrator draw between skin and hair?
The narrator suggests that skin and hair need to “match.” She assumes people with light skin have a...
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