Up until then I'd thought that white people and colored people getting along was the big aim, but after that I decided everybody being colorless together was a better plan. I thought of that policeman, Eddie Hazelwurst, saying I'd lowered myself to be in this house of colored women, and for the very life of me I couldn't understand how it had turned out this way, how colored women had become the lowest ones on the totem pole. You only had to look at them to see how special they were, like hidden royalty among us. Eddie Hazelwurst. What a shitbucket. Sue Monk Kidd
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The quote, "you only have to look at them to see how special they are" is a very interesting way of looking at the colored women. The author, Eddie Hazelwurst, describes these women as special and hidden royalty. It's very interesting to read about this man's thoughts on the colored women in his life. He has high standards for them, and while he may not think that they are better than other women, he does show respect for them. He would not want anyone to ever say anything bad about these women because to him they are special and deserve to be treated with respect.

Source: The Secret Life Of Bees

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