Dash and the Peazants

1. What did Dash feel about the future that the Peazants would face "up north"? What reaction would she expect the audience to have?

The whole problem with the story is that the audience knows the kind of future many of the Peazants will face as they go north and find work in industry and in domestic service and menial jobs. The Peazants seem relatively unaware of the degree of racial prejudice they will face there. Dash clearly does not feel that the knowledge that we possess now should alter our view of their undertaking. After all, they are doing what comes naturally to people--trying to better themselves and find a better life for

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