The theme of discrimination is thus from the beginning set against its opposites: self-respect, Black pride, and the struggle to overcome prejudice and injustice. The physical embodiment of this positive pole is the Logan land, which gives the Logans freedom and a sense of their own worth and helps them hold themselves up in a world of White power and discrimination. Cassie’s tears for “the land” at the end of the novel symbolize her recognition of the enormous price of this struggle.