White supremacy/fear of whites Quotations
"Some were hostile, some cringing, some horrified; some, who when among themselves were most violent, now appeared as submissive as children." (81): Here, the patients fear whites and act differently around them.
"I want order down there...and if there’s white folks down there, I wan’s double order"(82)
"The has eyes and ears and a good distended African nose, but he fails to understand the simple facts of life...he is a walking zombie! Already he’s learned to repress not only his emotions but his humanity. He’s invisible, a walking personification of the Negative, the most perfect achievement of your dreams, sir! The Mechanical Man!"(94): The vet explains that TIM is the white man’s puppet.
"To you he is a mark on the scorecard of your achievement, a thing and not a man; a child or even less...a black amorphous thing. And you, for all your power, are not a man to him, but a God, a force..."(95): The vet continues to scold Mr. Norton just before he throws him out of the Golden Day.
