Racism has made different races feel shame for being different. From What do you remember about the evacuation, Joy Kogawa says, “and I prayed to the God who loves all the children in sight that I might be white” (Kogawa line 31-37). She is ashamed of being Japanese because of the racism that happened after she returned home from the evacuation. Another example is in Sugar Falls when Sister Marie catches Betty speak Cree to her friend, she knocks her down and says, “You are to speak only English, not your shameful language” (Robertson, 29). Sister Marie is trying to make Betty feel ashamed of her language. Finally, in Indian Horse, Saul and the Moose were at a restaurant but got kicked out for being First Nation, then they each got beaten up and peed on one by one, which is the most humiliating and disrespecting thing anyone could do. Even though racism is not as serious as before, some of the shame still lingers in some people today.