There was one episode where her family was delivered the wrong prescription and her mom made her go to the pharmacist and demand candy for reparations. “‘They don’t understand stuff like that. I won’t be able to say it right. He’ll call us beggars’” (170). Her mother insisted that they had tried to put a curse on the family, but Maxine knew better than that. “‘There are no such things as curses. They’ll think I’m crazy’” (170). Even though the pharmacist did give her candy that time and every subsequent one, she knew they did not understand. “They thought we were beggars without a home who lived in the back of the laundry” (171). In school, her teacher did not comprehend her either. She tried to explain her limitations due to Chinese customs. “‘We Chinese can’t sing “land where are fathers died.” ’ She argued with me about politics, while I meant because of curses” (167). Maxine was not understood by white
There was one episode where her family was delivered the wrong prescription and her mom made her go to the pharmacist and demand candy for reparations. “‘They don’t understand stuff like that. I won’t be able to say it right. He’ll call us beggars’” (170). Her mother insisted that they had tried to put a curse on the family, but Maxine knew better than that. “‘There are no such things as curses. They’ll think I’m crazy’” (170). Even though the pharmacist did give her candy that time and every subsequent one, she knew they did not understand. “They thought we were beggars without a home who lived in the back of the laundry” (171). In school, her teacher did not comprehend her either. She tried to explain her limitations due to Chinese customs. “‘We Chinese can’t sing “land where are fathers died.” ’ She argued with me about politics, while I meant because of curses” (167). Maxine was not understood by white