Santha Statement

"But I put it all happily away because it happened to a girl named Cynthia and I was never really particularly interested in her." Are you convinced of this statement.

This statement occurs after Santha hears her mother and sister talking about whether or not Santha understood what was wrong. Her mother and sister agree that Santha is a child, and that she doesn't know anything about racism. This statement is basically Santha asserting that she does not care about what happened to her during school, which goes along with the discussion her mother and sister were having. In school she was called by the name Cynthia and, Santha is saying that Cynthia was never a real person, and she paid no attention to how Cynthia acted. This showed her mature side, and her ability to push aside hard times and focus on the more positive side of life. 

I think that this statement is true because Santha writes about how she never had any interest in school. The only reason she attends school is because she is forced to. She does not want to attend school, and at that young age, when a child doesn't have any intention on doing anything, he or she usually does not pay much attention to it. The fact that she accepted the name Cynthia also shows that she did not care much about her school life. If she was very adamant about what they called her at school, she would not have submitted so easily. 

This statement brings up the issue of whether or not Santha really cared or even understood what racism was. I think that it shows her naive nature of how she did not really care about what happened at school. Even though she was being discriminated, she did not notice, and she paid no attention to it.