In the short story, “My Daughter the Racist”, it tells a story of a small family who break all social norms to befriend an enemy. The family, who consists of a mother, daughter, and a grandmother, live in a village that is being overrun by soldiers who patrol the streets. The daughter, does not like these men, and after bottling up her hatred for the soldiers, decides to take matters into her own hands and throws a fit about the soldiers. Her mother tries to stop her, but she cannot, having to stand by while her daughter speaks her mind about the men who are taking over her country. In the middle of this tantrum, a soldier comes towards her to have a conversation, and quickly gains the respect of the little girl, coming to visit her and her mother at their home twice. The people of the village lose all respect for the daughter and her mother due to their association with the soldier. The mother is seen as hysterical, in danger of harm if she keeps her relationship to the soldier. The solider never comes back to visit the family, but the mother no longer worries what her peers think, teaching her daughter a valuable lesson on friendship, no matter where the friend might have came from.