give up. give in. eat

When Griggs says that Richard needs to learn how to live in the South, he means that he needs to learn how to act around white people. He doesn’t have to like the white people, he can continue to hate them like he does, but he must hide it. He must act like a black person. He currently doesn’t act like white people are superior, and he must stop this. The way that Richard acts gets noticed by the white people in town and he is ‘marked’ he is now always being watched. Richard says that the problem with black people is that the do too much waiting. Griggs thinks that Richard is too impatient. His impatient ness is really his way of not submitting to white supremacy. Griggs says that he must pretend that he has given in. To Richard this is the same thing.