The others in the barber shop believe that what a white woman says about what happened is more truthful than what a black man says. They believe what a white woman says, just because she is white like them. They think a white person is to be trusted and believed when he/she accuses a black person of something. The barber continues to defend Will Mayes, because he wants to find the truth about what really happened. The others believe that he may be defending Will because he befriended him, and they accuse the barber of helping Will es

In the society that the story takes place in, black men can not be forgiven for attacking a white woman, but if he was white than they would be able to look away. They believe that because he is black, then he has no right to attack a white woman. These men feel that a black man can not be allowed to get away with attacking a white woman, however, if a black man had attacked a black woman, or if a white man attacked a white woman, than it would be looked over by everyone. At the end of the story, McLendon strikes his wife after killing a black man that was accused of doing the same thing. It shows that he views the races as being separate, and does not view a black man as a man like him. When McLendon stands up to the barber, Faulkner describes them as looking "like men of different races." One of them wants to find the truth, and the other wants to condemn the black man. McLendon accuses the barber of trusting a black man when a white woman has told her story against the black man. In his mind, it is wrong to even

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