Like many other African American families of the past, Peggy insinuated herself into a family. While the white community may view this family structure as lacking because it lacks a male core or leadership, in Gender, Economy, and Kinship we find that much of the African-American community does not see the lack of a nuclear family. as a detriment, but “rather a source of strength, not weakness, to survive adversity and structural disadvantages (Blumberg 2005). I would have to agree, because it would be the strength of community that would allow Peggy and her husband Paul to take in a child that wasn't theirs and teach her the value of community. This community or “good segregation,” as June calls it, would give June a place to be herself without having to wonder where she fits in. June would eventually say that it was Peggy's rules and decorum that shaped her ideals and opened her political consciousness of race. Peggy would use the story of the ugly duckling to solidify June's understanding that while race was constraining, class could be overcome. Much like June Jordan's mother in Patricia Hill Collins' article Shifting the Center, Peggy would also show June the value of hard work in creating a new line of work for emerging black women, while also providing June with the opportunity to “Pursuing book privilege”