"I Want to Know Why" by Sherwood Anderson, the protagonist's standard of value

The protagonist in the short story "I Want to Know Why" by Sherwood Anderson developes his own categories in which he files the things and people he's surrounded with. The first one is the of whites in which he notices that prestige is important.All his people are only striving after success and money. The are serious, two-faced. insincere and very puzzling.He often doesn't feel quite comfortable and would rather be one of the black people. Th...