In Lawrence Hills “So What are you, Anyway?” the worst part of the story was the Nortons ignorance. This is first seen with Mr.Norton's misuse of slurs. Mr.Norton explains to Carole race using her doll as it was “ a Negro doll.”. Him using negro instead of black is ignorant because even in the 1970’s , the word negro would be considered highly offensive. They also show ignorance in how they react to Carole’s answers. Mrs Norton was confused why Carole answered yellow to her coloring question and asked her “is your mother chinese?” Not only are they showing racism to her but to another race in associating Chinese with yellow skin. The final instance of them acting ignorant is shown in how they react in making her uncomfortable. In reaction to