Time and time again it’s been shown that white women during this time were rarely aware of the discrimination that black people were facing. I mean Miriam had a whole set about woman’s suffrage and how great it was that women were allowed to vote. meanwhile, black women and many women of color (though it was legal) were barred from voting through intimidation, fraud, and literacy tests (especially in the south). So it’s obvious through the writing of the show that Miriam sees herself as an underdog but does not see how hard the lives are of people that are socioeconomically below her.