Race Quotes in A Confederacy of Dunces

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #10

"Do you know of any Negroes with ulcers? Of course not. Live contentedly in some hovel. Thank Fortuna that you have no Caucasian parent hounding you. Read Boethius." (11.399)

If Ignatius only knew how much harder it is to be Jones, he would belch in rage. Alas, he is far too concerned with himself to even consider his good fortune at having been born a white man in an era and part of the country deeply prejudiced against black people.