The writers of 'The Gold Cadillac' and 'Country Lovers' portray several issues between them. They both try to emphasise the treatment black people received in the 1950's. They write about many issues such as; the different worlds of Apartheid South Africa, the expectations and the lives of the black characters in the stories and how the society reacts to them in everyday life. In 'The Gold Cadillac' the author shows how much the Black people are separated from the White people in the society 'WHITE ONLY, COLOURED NOT ALLOWED' this obviously isn't very nice to even picture but...
that this case even existed with a black person. Then Thebedi was explained and interviewed really briefly basically because they felt they had to and they didn't really care whether she was in it or not. 'Interviewed by the Sunday papers, which spelled her name in a variety of ways' it doesn't matter how black people are treated because they are not worth the hassle. This is the main theme of this story, but thankfully people are treated a lot better in areas of the globe today, hopefully one day all people will be treated the same everywhere.