Prejudice Quotes in Life After Life

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #7

"Hey, darkie music," Howie said. (20.202)

Howie is so charming in many ways, isn't he? He's later revealed to be a Hitler sympathizer, which isn't surprising at all.

Quote #8

"Jews aren't necessarily foreign, though, are they? The Coles next door are Jewish." (20.669)

For many of her lives, Ursula doesn't pursue her affection for Benjamin Cole. We have to wonder if it's because of the subtle (well, sometimes not-so-subtle) prejudice her family has against Jewish people… or for anyone different from them.

Quote #9

In Bridget's romantic novels, Italians were always dashing but untrustworthy. (25.345)

Not that we should be looking to romance novels as signs of morality, but this kind of stereotyping seems to be common all over the place, not just in genre fiction, at this time.