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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: ter call me 'Sam' an' den she do it. But all dem Yankee folks,
fust time dey meet me, dey call me 'Mist' O'Hara.' An' dey ast me
ter set down wid dem, lak Ah wuz jes' as good as dey wuz. Well, Ah
ain' nebber set down wid w'ite folks an' Ah is too ole ter learn.
Dey treat me lak Ah jes' as good as dey wuz, Miss Scarlett, but in
dere hearts, dey din' lak me--dey din' lak no niggers. An' dey wuz
sceered of me, kase Ah's so big. An' dey wuz allus astin' me 'bout
de blood houn's dat chase me an' de beatin's Ah got. An', Lawd,
Miss Scarlett, Ah ain' nebber got no beatin's! You know Mist'
Gerald ain' gwine let nobody beat a 'spensive nigger lak me!
"W'en Ah tell dem dat an' tell dem how good Miss Ellen ter de
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