Isolation In Whites Only By Yasuko Ross

The feeling of isolation was still haunting her. On a dark gloomy day in South Carolina, Yasuko Ross pulled on her faded red rubber boots to go hang up her family's laundry. Her boots in some ways were like her, once new but over the years effaced, sometimes neglected, and stained. As she hung up the crisp white linins, she thought about the trip she took to the grocery store the previous day. The trip was like a woody nightshade vine, bittersweet. It all started off well. She stepped out of her big Oldsmobile in a neatly pressed flowery dress and walked swiftly to the front doors of the supermarket with her toddler son. She saw a big sign in the front that read " Whites Only" she often asked her husband "私は白の資格がありますか？Watashi wa shiro no shikaku ga arimasu ka?" (do I qualify as white?)

And he as always responded "Yes." She was actually …show more content…
This aisle always captivated her because back home everything was always fresh and not in a package. It amazed her that people could eat things that have mystery meat and have been frozen for who knows long. When passing by this section she always walked down it very slowly to engulf herself with the American food. She would always think that maybe if she was seen here people would think she was American also. While gazing at the frozen meatloaf and swanson tv dinners as if by fortuitous her son bumped into a slender white lady with perfect makeup, pearls, and golden hair in a beehive hairstyle. She quickly apologized for her son and thought that would be enough but the lady wants more. The old lady quickly jabbered how people shouldn't bring little kids with no manners into stores that have civilized people in them. Then again Yasuko apologized. The lady then rattled off rude words at Yasuko "Why did you japs even come over the ocean? Weren't you afraid that all of your gook friends would shoot your ship