Monologue

Mary Monologue from MODESTY

From MODESTY by PAUL HERVIEU

female · anguished · 55 sec

They ain't no use tryin' to change it. I've tried and tried, but they ain't no use. I jus' as well do it. Yes, yes, I'll marry him. I'll marry him. They ain't no way to be white. I got to be a nigger. I'll marry him, yes. I'll marry him, an' work an' hoe an' wash an' raise more children to go through it all like me, maybe other children that'll want to be white an' can't. They ain't nobody can help me. But look at him. He's a nigger an' ... yes ... I'm a nigger too.

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