Though this seemed like a small part of the story, it is what struck me the most and seemed to be the underlying theme. Laurel was the member of the group who had the worst nickname and was never respected. She was the type who tries to help and winds up in trouble because of it. In the story, she says the only time the white girls are ever alone is when they are in the bathroom.
She means that they are hardly ever alone so there would not be any opportunity to fight them. What ends up happening is the other girls take it as an idea of when to fight. The theme of the story seems to be bullying. At the end of the story, Laurel explains how her father treated the Mennonites badly. The Mennonites were bullied simply because they were too nice to say no and it was not a part of their culture. While Laurel realizes how they were being mistreated, the other girls take it as something else to make jokes about.
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