segregation

the two stories we read before class today were very different but very powerful.  i love the way that zora neale hurston writes, and this piece proved her talent.  she is careless and free, but in a good way, not caring that she is a color in a massive group of white.  this relates to my favorite musical "hairspray", where the main character, pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad, doesn't care that she is the only white girl supporting a group of african american teens, trying to get the tv station that she dances on a tv show for to segregate their show, allowing the african american teens to dance with her.  these two stories show a struggle between right and reality, as Kit said today in class; should you do what you know is right, or what you know you will need to do in reality to help yourself in the long run?