The central idea of this excerpt is that the narrator Read the excerpt from Warriors Don't Cry.
Those matches were big events in my life because we
traveled downtown to the Robinson Auditorium, a
place usually reserved for white people only. Those
were the times when I got to go outside my
neighborhood, outside the world where I spent most of
my life. We sat in the same room with white folks, able
to observe them close up. I wanted to get to know
them better, to see what it was they had that put them
in charge.
O is surprised by public race restrictions.
cherishes her rare worldly experiences.
O enjoys time spent with her grandmother.
longs to have a more diverse neighborhood.