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Michelle’s maternal grandfather. Southside had grown up in the South during the time of Jim Crow before moving to Chicago. He is often mistrustful of the police and white people in general as a result of the discrimination he experienced as a child. He also introduces Michelle to her love of music.
Southside Quotes in Becoming
The Becoming quotes below are all either spoken by Southside or refer to Southside. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 11
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I had never been one to hold city hall in high regard. Having grown up black and on the South Side, I had little faith in politics. Politics had traditionally been used against black folks, as a means to keep us isolated and excluded, leaving us undereducated, unemployed, and underpaid. I had grandparents who’d lived through the horror of Jim Crow laws and the humiliation of housing discrimination and basically mistrusted authority of any sort.
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Southside Quotes in Becoming
The Becoming quotes below are all either spoken by Southside or refer to Southside. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 11
Quotes
I had never been one to hold city hall in high regard. Having grown up black and on the South Side, I had little faith in politics. Politics had traditionally been used against black folks, as a means to keep us isolated and excluded, leaving us undereducated, unemployed, and underpaid. I had grandparents who’d lived through the horror of Jim Crow laws and the humiliation of housing discrimination and basically mistrusted authority of any sort.
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