The whole day is an utter disappointment …show more content…
She doesn’t understand the social structure in Mississippi. Her parents kept her in protective bubble where she never learned about the cruel way the world works. She sees acts of racism and tries to fix them. Cassie, Stacey, and his best friend TJ go down to the store in Strawberry later that day. They place an order, but while the storekeeper Mr. Barnett starts to help them, a white customer comes in. To Cassie’s shock, “without a word of apology” to them “he proceeded to fill it” and ignore their order. This happens over and over “for near an hour” before Cassie decides she’s going to do something about it. She interrupts him while he is with a white customer and “Mr. Barnett does not look up” so Cassie assumes that he cannot hear her and “tugs on his shirt sleeve to get his attention.” Mr Barnett “recoils as if” she “had struck him.” Mr. Barnett is shocked that a black child would dare touch him. He makes racist comments and humiliates Cassie until Stacey comes forward to get her. Cassie expects him to agree with her, but instead he drags her outside. She feels betrayed because she doesn’t understand why Stacey would disagree with