As young as five, Ruth May learned about white privilege. But, oops: the Prices quickly learn they're not immune. In the Congo, it's not the color of your skin, but where you are, that has consequences. Ruth May finds herself in the same place as a snake, and the consequence is death.

The doctor in Stanleyville might be politically progressive, but gender equality, um, not so much. (Also, equating boys to monkeys is pretty fifth-grade of him.)

Young Ruth May gets a lot of political issues mixed up, confusing the African communist group with America's assortment of racist laws. Could these two groups possibly be different, or do they have anything in common?