This is an interesting word choice because white people in reality are more like the color of peaches. Clifton forces the reader to leave the traditional white description and explore new shades. The separation of black and white exists even on holy ground. In this church, the reader sees a perspective of history that has been pushed to the ground and overlooked. As the campus tour comes to an end at the church, Clifton is ready to reestablish light.
Light is reestablished when the narrator gains distance from the school campus.
In this democratic setting, the narrator gains a new perspective of her own. This is the first time in the entire poem that Clifton uses the words black and white. It is no coincidence that this occurs under the light of a 7-11. In numerology 7 stands for knowledge and 11 stands for illumination. The narrator has both of these characteristics as she peers back at a campus where the myth of white America remains a reality.