The Implications
By now, Emmit had a good idea as to exactly what it was that the woman was trying to say. But he didn’t want to believe that she was judging him because of his skin color. In this day and age, here was a woman who thought he was a second-class citizen. He couldn’t believe it.
But he didn’t want to draw any rash conclusions. He began to second-guess himself. Perhaps the woman hadn’t meant to come across that way. But the more he mulled over her snide comment, the more incredulous he became.