The main purpose of Empire Day was to celebrate the life of Queen Elizabeth. All students and teachers wear their best clothes to welcome the inspector. During his speech, the Inspector assures the audience that "she [Queen Victoria] was your queen, my queen, and yours no less than mine" (Lamming 38). The inspector calls for “loyalty to the Empire” and assures students that the British Empire “has always worked for world peace”. The inspector concludes his speech with the statement “Barbados really is Little England”. These demands for Barbadian undying loyalty to Britain highlight the subtle, but significantly powerful, effects of colonialism. As the chapter progresses, a boy in Lamming's class asks his teacher about slavery and his question is quickly swept under the rug. The teacher defines slavery but refuses to explore the idea. W. E. B. DuBois's analysis of English colonialism in The New Negro: of Color connects to the third theme of The Castle of My Skin. DuBois believes that “the English fear blacks who have even tasted freedom” (Lamming 398). Historically, England took measures to prevent its black colonial inhabitants from obtaining adequate educational resources to free themselves. The student's experience in class regarding slavery exemplifies the fact that Britain did