The protagonist’s hesitancy to call people out for being racist indicates that such things are often easier said than done. What’s more, she is all too aware of the unfortunate fact that taking a stand against injustice sometimes only invites even more mistreatment, which is what happened to Serena Williams at the 2009 U.S. Open. With this in mind, then, she continues to respond passively to racism and bigotry, though she acknowledges that this isn’t a productive way of coping with mistreatment either.