"To me, the black black woman is our essential mother, the blacker she is the more us she is and to see the hatred that is turned on her is enough to make me despair, almost entirely, of our future as a people"

Alice Walker's quote talks with the relevance of the black female in the African American area. She is viewed as the necessary mother, the one that offers love and assistance to her household and also area. Pedestrian shares her misery at the hatred that is directed towards black ladies, which she thinks suggests a bleak future for African Americans. She thinks that the darker a lady is, the more she is a part of the African American area, and that the disgust in the direction of her suggests a disrespect for the African American community all at once. Pedestrian's words are a suggestion of the importance of valuing and recognizing the black woman, as well as of the need to work together to produce a far better future for African Americans.