How is prejudice shown when Teacake is forced to help bury the dead?

. After the flood, Tea Cake is forced to seperate the victims by race before burying them. Hurston suggests how absurd racial prejudices are by showing how far they extend. Tea Cake's commentary is Hurston's own political viewpoint: he says, "Look lak dey think God don't know nothin' 'bout de Jim Crow law."