In the Book S.L.O.B Rosaleen shows in many ways her comfort with being colored. "Rosaleen lifted her snuff jug, which was filled with black spit, and calmly poured it across the top of the men's shoes, moving her hand in little loops like she was writing her name Rosaleen daise-just the way she practiced."(Bees32) This action was one of the many she did in that fight showing she doesn’t care what her skin color is. In the Short story "How It Feels to Be Colored Me" Zora Neale Hurston, portrays being colored as proud. She says "No one on earth ever had a greater change for glory. The World to be won and nothing lost. It is thrilling to think_ to know that for any act of mine, I shall get twice as much praise or twice as much blame."(Hurston) She says this because white people looked at colored people back then and gave them no respect "Where're you going nigger?"(Bees 31) When Hutston says twice as much praise or twice as much respect, She means no white person thought black people would act or thought that colored people had the guts to actually go and resister to vote. If they suspected they would get all the glory and it would be an accomplishment and when they failed they would get twice the blame. This also relates to "The letters to Birmingham jail". When he talks about him standing up for black rights and when he gets put in jail he gets all the praise from the fellow followers. A lot of colored people still to day are protective of their race or color and they won't take any mistreatment or anything from white folks.