Bailey didn't like the rural South. He said that the whitefolks in St. Louis acted better to Negroes than the Negroes did themselves down South. There was some truth in what he said. The whitefolks in our town were as a rule quite polite to the Negroes who had economic power over them. These Negroes had nice houses and cars and sent their children to the North for schooling. Even if the children came home talking Northern and dressing in Ivy League clothes, the parents were still able to tell the whitefolks what to do and the whitefolks did it. But the whitefolks wouldn't dream of allowing their daughters to play with them. They wanted their Negroes like their furniture and their wives—showpieces that did what they were supposed to do and were pleasing to the eye." (Angelou, 1969)
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