Unnamed White People 1
Character Key Number:
2041
Display Name:
Unnamed White People 1
Sort Name:
Unnamed White People 1
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
In "A Justice" these undescribed "white people" call Sam Fathers "a Negro," as distinct from "the Negroes [who] call him a blue-gum" (343). This group may be whites who live near Sam and the Negroes on the Compson farm, or the phrase could refer to all white people who know Sam.