“But that is a mistake. I know even before I wake up. Who ever knew a Johnson with a quick tongue? Who can even imagine me looking a strange white man in the eye? It seems to me I have talked to them always with one foot raised in
flight, with my head fumed in whichever way is farthest from them. Dee, though. She would always look anyone in the
eye. Hesitation was no part of her nature.”

Although the above passage does not describe the setting, an inference can be made about the setting from the
details that are revealed there. What inference can you make about the setting - you don't have to be terribly
specific