It is an issue of race and marriage, to which the husband claims that interracial marriage is not successful and that he did not support it. He realizes that once she voices her opinion, it becomes personal for his wife because she is clearly annoyed. The wife questions his reasoning due to her prejudices, and even as he counters with what he thinks are justified answers, he becomes increasingly uncomfortable with the topic. The tension grows, and the husband feels that the wife should no longer insist on intervening immediately when she accidentally cuts herself while washing the dishes, but she continues unabated and begins to ask him hypothetical questions, this time referring specifically to herself and