Mildred D. Logan Discrimination

In The Land by Mildred D. Taylor, the main character and protagonist of the novel, Paul-Edward Logan, faces racial discrimination for he is black. He appears to resemble being white because of his father; however, he also is black because of his mother. He was unaware of this discrimination when he was younger, because his father was not concerned about it. As he grew of age, his family starts to slowly uncover the true face of the world he is living in. Racial discrimination was strongly practiced in the 17th century to the 1960’s in the United States. Paul needs to learn how to handle with the prejudice he faces and figure out how to deal with rude people, for they are inconsiderate and arrogant.
In the beginning of the novel, Paul shows
He realizes that he and his brothers can never exist in the same world and enjoy the same rights and privileges. Robert abuses his privilege at Paul's expense and Paul realizes that he cannot call his white family his own. In response, later on when he is working to own his land, a black boy called Nathan works for Paul, in return of teaching Nathan woodworking. As the days go by, a boy, Wade Jamison, stops by to give his new neighbors a welcome and invites them to go fishing with him. Paul could see that Nathan wanted to go, so he sends him off. This occurred for a couple days, and now Nathan would be eager for Wade to come. Paul was getting concerned that the two boys would become too close, so he send Wade away, and didn’t let Nathan fishing with Wade anymore. Paul figures that a black and white boy friendship is not going to end well, as he has already experienced the friendship and the pains of backstabbing. Paul warned Nathan about Wade, and that he would backstab him, and he told Nathan that a friendship with a white boy was not the best thing to do, “I decided Nathan would have to find out for himself what it meant to have a friendship with a boy the likes of Wade Jamison, a friendship with a white boy…and I learned right then that white folks are going to be white folks, no matter how close a person of color is to them. White folks, they’re going to look out for their
That important thing is to not be naive about how white men will continue to discriminate and to be careful about what you say and do around them. Throughout the novel, Paul struggles with the meaning of family and, even more specifically, the meaning of brother. In Paul's world, family ties and heritage is very important in understanding someone's past history, someone's social situation, what someone can expect from life, and for whom someone can depend. Initially, Paul sees his white brother Robert as his closest friend, and most reliable ally. As Paul comes of age, he grows to see that race takes over the tie of a brotherly relationship that unites the two boys. Shortly after his break with Robert, Paul became more close with Mitchell, and considered him as a brother, as they their shared racial heritage and their shared struggles forge a bond between the two that is stronger than the bond that had connected Paul and Robert. Paul and Mitchell trust and depend upon each other because they must. Neither could have escaped particular dangerous situations without the other and when Paul asks Mitchell to work the land with him, even their everyday lives become more and more related for them to be required to have each other. Mitchell replaces Robert in Paul's childhood dream of working the land with his brother. There is also one additional theme that is conveyed