![]() The lady in purple chose to immerse herself in music, dancing with men who did not speak English so there was no way to understand them. She could not stand being “sorry & colored at the same time / it’s so redundant in the modern world” (57). ![]() She tried to find comfort in the arms of another but could not get over "you." She felt like she had died somehow, and her face was wet with tears because she had always told herself that "colored girls had no right to sorrow." When she was with you, she could kick "sorrow to the curb," although she now knows that she did that for herself. ![]() Then, "you" broke her heart by going back to your ex-girlfriend. She felt like the relationship was real and honest, and she danced like nothing could hurt her. She tries to avoid bitterness and instead brought you (a man, most likely) joy and received joy in return. The lady in orange says that ever since she realized that someone who could call a “colored girl an evil woman a bitch or a nag,” (56) she has tried not to be that person.
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