Early in the novel, Lily states, “Lying on the cot in the honey house, though, all I could think was August is so intelligent, so cultured, and I was surprised by this. That’s what let me know I had some prejudice buried inside me”. And “I thought [colored women] could be smart, but not as smart as me, me being white” (78). By these comments, Lily shows racial bias by associating intelligence and sophistication, with skin color. However, by the end of the novel Lily becomes color blind. “There was no difference between my piss and June’s. That’s what I thought when I looked at the dark circle on the ground. Piss was piss” (88). Through her relationships with August and Zach, Lily learns that skin color is neither an indicator of intelligence, nor of worth. Lily says, “It would have been better if God had deleted skin color altogether” (155). Lastly, Lily tells how she and her friend sit with Zach at school, despite being called “nigger lover” for doing so. Lily shows that she is developing the self-confidence to stand up to discrimination by repudiating the values of her…