The topic of race has always been a heated issue among the 'worlds' conversation.' The South exemplifies this 'world,' the Changing South. In the South, race played a role that was not encountered anywhere else in the United States, maybe even the world. Fannie Flag's book, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe displays the lasting effect of race relations in a richly comic, poignant narrative. Throughout the story, race is brought …showed first 75 words of 1118 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1118 total…years of confrontation, gave blacks a chance to prove themselves to Southern society. The South welcomed the blacks' attempt to be equal, and enjoyed the positive changes that occurred because of it. Once the racial issues settled down in the South, it seemed that this example would follow to the rest of the world. The Changing South certainly changed many people's minds on how things should be done, not how it used to be done.