WTEWD by Elaine Saum -28

esaum28 — 2024-11-06 22:50:50 UTC

"[some] swore they would never go out again. They said they'd been shot at. Spat on. Denied entrance to the local diner. [...] They said the signs in the windows were the same wherever they went: NO JAPS ALLOWED." (otsuka, 67)

esaum28 — 2024-11-06 22:51:22 UTC

"Life was easier, they said, on this side of the fence." (otsuka, 67)

esaum28 — 2024-11-06 22:52:21 UTC

"when he thought of the world outside it was always six o'clock. A Wednesday or a Thursday. Dinnertime across America." (otsuka, 66)

esaum28 — 2024-11-06 22:54:09 UTC

""Nobody will look at you," she said to the boy, "if your face is too dark."

"Nobody's looking at me anyway," he replied."(otsuka, 58)

esaum28 — 2024-11-06 22:56:14 UTC

""When she saw me she grabbed the bucket right out of my hands and insisted upon carrying it home for me. 'You'll hurt your back again,' she said. I tried to tell her that she no longer worked for me. 'Mrs. Ueno,' I said, 'here we're all equals,' but of course she wouldn't listen. [...] I didn't even get a change to thank her." (otsuka, 56)

esaum28 — 2024-11-06 22:56:51 UTC

""I don't even know what day it is."

"It's Tuesday, Mama."" (otsuka, 56)

esaum28 — 2024-11-06 22:58:47 UTC

"Their mother darned by the window. She read, She made them paper kites with tails woven out of potato sack strings. She took a flower-arranging class. She learned to crochet--"It's something to do"--and for one week there were doilies under everything." (otsuka, 54)

esaum28 — 2024-11-08 21:14:19 UTC

""I don't even know what day it is."

"It's Tuesday, Mama."" (otsuka, 56)