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7. "Ah was wid dem white chillin so much till Ah didn't know Ah wuzn't white till Ah was round six years old."

This piece of information might explain why Janie acts the way she does. It could tell us why she seem unaffected by the judgement of the others. She either considers herself above them, or she has gotten used to the ridicule of others by having so much of it at such a young age.