Light in August Race Quotes

How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #10

Or perhaps what it condoned was not the man's selfdedication to the saving of n***o souls, but the public ignoring of the fact of that charity which they received from n***o hands, since it is a happy faculty of the mind to slough that which conscience refuses to assimilate. (15.2)

Mottstown refuses to believe that black people can provide charity for whites, so they just block it out of their minds.