The disparity that Bone faced was not only based upon her family’s economic status, there was also racial disparity like in Junior’s situation. Bone was not of a different race than the dominant culture, but she may as well have been. Bone dealt with the social stigmas “bastard” and “white trash,” which allowed for the dominant group in society to organize her into a whole separate class/race of people who were literally considered trash and not white. Living with these social stigmas, Bone faced much discrimination in her life that always served to reinforce the belief that she was of lower worth compared to everyone else around her. When the manager a candy store that Bone stole from when she was a child patronized, and literally looked down at her, and Glen’s family ostracized her and her family during their visits, the idea of her not being worth anything was reinforced. Eventually, Bone’s shame grew to such a point that she began to believe that she was, indeed, trash. Just like Junior, Bone began to see why they and their family were considered trash by society, and started to resent that stigma. However, Junior and Bone adopted different behaviors to cope with their feelings concerning the
The disparity that Bone faced was not only based upon her family’s economic status, there was also racial disparity like in Junior’s situation. Bone was not of a different race than the dominant culture, but she may as well have been. Bone dealt with the social stigmas “bastard” and “white trash,” which allowed for the dominant group in society to organize her into a whole separate class/race of people who were literally considered trash and not white. Living with these social stigmas, Bone faced much discrimination in her life that always served to reinforce the belief that she was of lower worth compared to everyone else around her. When the manager a candy store that Bone stole from when she was a child patronized, and literally looked down at her, and Glen’s family ostracized her and her family during their visits, the idea of her not being worth anything was reinforced. Eventually, Bone’s shame grew to such a point that she began to believe that she was, indeed, trash. Just like Junior, Bone began to see why they and their family were considered trash by society, and started to resent that stigma. However, Junior and Bone adopted different behaviors to cope with their feelings concerning the