1920 Racisim/ Family Members

1920 is very informational about some southern women and how people acted in the south because I am from New York, so i see the difference. Helene is a smart women to me because of the way she raised her child Nel. Nel lived a sheltered life which I can relate to because I was sheltered. Helene seems to think the trip to her grandmother house was going to be agony and it was. I would hate to be on a train that is segregated because racism make me angry for the fact that people were so judgmental on the fact of their skin. Your skin should have nothing to do with whether you should sit in the back or the front. Frankly I am tired of racism because no body should be so judgmental. people just based that upon their eyes and not what on the inside of the persons heart. I like the fact that Helene did not want anything to do with her mothers past because she felt ashamed that her mother was a whore because I would too. The word "Gal" struck a cord with Helene that  I did not understand at first. I know that name "Gal" mean she is a whore to me because you would address a women my ma'am. That is the respectful way to address a women. The way Helene address her mother is not wrong because I would not regard to someone who is a prostitute as my mother. I would feel ashamed like Helene does. Helene never felt love from her mother because her grandmother raised her and took her away, so Helene could be a better person. Helene show no affection towards her mother which I would say is fine. I see why Helene moved so far away from her past because she did not want it to mess with her future. I like the fact that Nel wants something more she does not want to be the shadow of her mother. Nel wants to be know for her.