The Wall
In The Women of Brewster Place, the wall represents how racism cuts Black Americans off from physical and economic security. The unnamed northern city where the Brewster Place apartment complex is located builds the…
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Vermin
In The Women of Brewster Place, vermin symbolize the danger that poverty caused by structural racism poses to Black children. Vermin first appear in the novel when a rat crawls into Mattie Michael’s…
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