In the novel Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor, Cassie Logan and her family must undergo many difficult encounters with racist and disrespectful white citizens. Some instances include the chaos that unfolds when Big Ma decides to bring Cassie to the Mercantile for the first time, which resulted in Mr. Barnett hatefully declaring, “Make sure she don’t come back till yo’ mammy teach her what she is” (Taylor 112) and banning her from the store. Cassie initially thought she understood Mr. Barnett’s spiteful words, however, after confessing the events to her mother, she discovered the true meaning behind them and became fully exposed to the racism she faced earlier. To her shock, the white supremacy in her day had become so extreme,
