Why Bud Was Not Buddy

Tons of children and adults were very mistreated because of their race in the 1930s. Bud, not Buddy is about a 10-year-old boy that is black. He gets very mistreated because of his race. His mother died when he was 6-years-old and was in an orphanage. He goes a long way to find his dad, but who he expected was his dad was his grandpa. Bud, not Buddy would be a different book if it was written by a white person because Bud would have better food available to him therefore he would not want to leave Flint, he would not have to go to the Amoses, he would have a different experience at the Hooverville, and he would not have been denied to get in line at the mission.

To begin with, Bud would not want to leave Flint because he would be homeless and have no food to

In Chapter 2, Mrs. Amos states "Lord knows I have been stung by my own people before." Mrs. Amos is black and if Bud was white, the orphanage would have put Bud in a white foster home. Very early in the book, Bud was put in a foster home with a boy that was older than him that would only want to fight. He would not have to go to the Amoses because they would have thought more of his welfare in the foster home. To end, the Amoses would not have Bud assigned to

In Chapter 6, Bud says that the guy that is in charge of the line was black. If Bud was white he would have been able to get in line because white people have more authority over blacks and he get in line. Right before he is claimed as Clarence the person in charge was going to hit him. If Bud was white he would not have almost been hit because the guy in charge would look bad and get in trouble. He would get impatient with Bud because he would still be arguing with that guy, and he would eventually get in line. Therefore, the person that was in authority over the line at the mission would have let Bud get in the line