This is an example of Miss Moore’s hidden motives behind everything she does with the children.
After they get out of the Taxi they realize that they are on 5th avenue with people in fancy clothes. Sylvia points out when she sees a lady in a fur coat in the middle of the summer that she thinkswhite people are crazy.
This is an example of how her neighborhood dictates her feelings about large groups of people. This underlying feeling about a large majority of people in America at the time would put these children at a great disadvantage because it distances them from so many authority figures and people.