Throughout the story we've learned that Rachel has been almost held back from learning about her black culture, or so we thought. While Laronne is talking with Nella one day, Nella tells her she calls the kids "jigaboos," but she does not know the true meaning of such a word. Laronne then explains to her that it is like calling a black person a derogatory name.
I believe this is showing that Nella never really hid her children from their black culture, but she herself lacked any knowledge of it as well. This is why when Rachel's grandmother was pretty much changing every aspect of Rachel's life when she first moved in, that this was all new to Rachel. Not because she was sheltered from it but because even her own mother didn't know the "other" side of their life either.
Anthony DiChristopher
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