Oreo openly deals with the many social ills and cultural conflicts, which were commonplace, living in a white man's world and under his tyrannical rules. Oreo, shares the misery of oppression, the sorrow of disappointment and the mental anguish of suppression. During the early periods of growing up, there appeared to be an almost impenetrable wall of racial bigotry, hatred and total disdain for anyone of color. This barrier stood like a soldier zealously guarding a way of life never to be breached by those they wouold consider unworlthy or not a part of their race. Generation after generation stood at the gate of tyranny accepting and passing on the gauntlet to the next generation of their white brothers and sisters.