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| Hurston's collection even includes the occasional African word, such as in "[w]e better hurry on to work befo' de buckra get in behind us" (74, italics added). An' no matter if de buckra is at Blue Brook or up-North whe' dey stays most o' de time, I has all de victuals an' money I wants. Since Ned tacitly submits to white oppression, he rebukes his more defiant wife for speaking too loudly, "'You better quit talkin' 'bout de buckra. |
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