Can someone help me with this please it’s from my history class (their eyes were watching god). Is Hurston's message on racial inequality (if any) compromised by the fact that her protagonist is only one-quarter black? Much of Janie's good luck comes specifically because of her white features so does that invalidate her identity as an African-American? (Remember that Janie thought she was white until she saw herself in a photograph.) In a similar vein, how are Mrs. and Mr. Turner products of racism?