Travels with Charley: In Search of America
Who is The Cheerleaders from Travels with Charley: In Search of America and what is their importance?
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The Cheerleaders is a group of aging, portly women that Steinbeck observes in New Orleans as they heckle, taunt and throw nasty insults at a small Black girl and White boy as they enter a desegregated school. The overt garish racism makes Steinbeck feel sick.