As we witness Guitars antipathy toward whites, Dr. Foster, grandfather to Milkman, takes a different perspective. Dr. Foster is a racist towards his own race, one who sees the white man as superior, he is an arrogant, self-hating racist who calls fellow African-Americans “cannibals” (71), almost as if he blamed black folk for their own misfortune. He views his own race as one who feed on themselves and cause their own destruction. They are self-depreciating, dying in a circle that is only a product of their own habits and laziness. His peculiar attitude derives from his status as an educated black man at a time when many blacks were illiterate making him an important symbol of personal triumph, while contrasting with his racist attitude. Dr.