Griffin wakes and leaves the hotel. He walks along the streets of New Orleans, still confused by his feelings of loneliness. He realizes that the black area is like a ghetto- filled with people struggling to survive. Blacks must use sexuality to be noticed by one another and claim their manhood that has been taken away.
Griffin then finds a black restaurant to have breakfast. He begins talking to the owner. Griffin questions him about where he may use the bathroom and find a Catholic Church. He is shocked to find how far he must venture to find a bathroom he may use. He then boards a bus to go to Canal Street. He takes a seat near the rear of the bus. As whites file onto the.....