"I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls." This quote was said by Martin Luther King, Jr., in his famous speech "I have a dream". Martin Luther King Jr. was a black man, who fought against both apartheid and segregation. His dream came true, as we live in a world where it is accepted by most to have different skin colour, a different culture and religion. The short story "The new girl" by Marc Mitchell, is a good example that children can be more accepting of others, but also how easily parents can affect their children's opinions.
The story takes place in a suburb in Alabama around the 1970's, as the story is the narrators flashback from 20 years before the story was written, and the band 'Hall and Oates' was founded in the late 1960's, and it is mentioned that Allison has an interest in that specific band.
In this story the narrator is also the protagonist as it is being told in a 1st person point of view. The narrator lived on a street by the name Prospect Street, in a "white lower-middle class neighborhood" (p. 22, l. 15.)
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