No Day in all my Life had ever been as Cruel as this one

... was filling their order when a white woman asked if he was waiting on anyone, he replied, "Just them," he replied, waving his hand vaguely in the children's direction. This incensed Cassie and she protested, "What's he doing?" She did not understand why, although she could understand because it was an adult and she excepted that adults got priority over children. He continued to fill their order, but again he left their order when he was called over to help someone else. She was mad because, "And as if we were not even there, he walked away." They were about to go out because they were fed up with waiting, when Cassie was Mr Barnett filling an order for a little white girl. This made her angry as she couldn't understand why she got served first, when she is the same age as them. Stacey and T.J. knew why but didn't want to tell her in the shop in case she lost her temper. The first time she asked Mr Barnett about their order he ignored her, "Did not look up." She then proceeded to tug on his shirt and, "He recoiled as if I had struck him." The word recoiled is used to refer back to the violence because recoiling is an action of reloading a gun. She then said, "It ain't fair, you got no right." He then shouts out, "Wh ...