Read the excerpt from Their Eyes Were Watching God. Janie’s coffee-and-cream complexion and her luxurious hair made Mrs. Turner
forgive her for wearing overalls like the other women who worked in the fields. She didn’t forgive her for marrying a man as dark as Tea Cake, but she felt that she could remedy that. Based on this excerpt, it is reasonable to infer that Mrs. Turner
In this excerpt, it is clear that Mrs. Turner feels entitled to judge other people based on their appearance or their life choices. She judges the clothes that women wear when they work in the fields. She also judges Janie's choice to marry her husband. Mrs. Turner also seems to value Janie's light complexion and beautiful hair, and to think less of Tea Cake's darker complexion. This indicates that Mrs. Turner is probably racist, and values white people over black.
