The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963 Race Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #10

"How's it fair that two grown men could hate Negroes so much that they'd kill some kids just to stop them from going to school? How's it fair that even though the cops down there might know who did it nothing will probably ever happen to those men?" (15.94)

This one's tough to read, huh? Usually when kids say "It's not fair!" they're talking about their little brother getting the last Oreo. This time, Byron is making a really mature comment about the nature of racism.