Ignorance In Kingsolver's The Bean Trees

Imagine a world where community means something vastly differing from ours; where even the most magnanimous individuals ignore each other. Where individuals belittle others’ pains and work solely for their own prosperity. In Kingsolver’s The Bean Trees Taylor must learn to accept the terrors of the world and weigh her morality against the ignorant, heavy-hand of law. Creating a family, legitimate only in spirit, Taylor loses her complacency to the troubles of the world and, with the help of her community, fulfills her moral obligations. Kingsolver suggests that socioeconomic injustices will prevail as long as willful ignorance exists.
Humans will refuse to accept what they dislike, promoting suffering through willful ignorance. For example,