The "discussion" that Rowdy and Junior had about Penelope was short, and straight to the point. Junior is confused about his feelings, and turns to his ex-best friend for help. "I'm in love with a white girl. What should I do? (p. 115)" Rowdy then responds by calling Junior racist, and says that he "claims" to be in love, when in reality he just wants to have Penelope as a "trophy." From what the email Rowdy sent said, it can be assumed that Rowdy felt as if Junior was acting a little condescending towards him, as well as Penelope. Rowdy doesn't want his friend to turn out to be like other people who only see humans as objects to be collected.
In some ways, calling Junior racist was the right thing to do. Junior dreams of being more important to Penelope, but mistakes his infatuation with love. In this situations, Junior can be compared to the romance novels that his older sister liked to read. If Junior had written that he was in love with a girl, and not a white girl, then Rowdy might have acted differently. By stating that Penelope is a white girl, Junior was already degrading Indians. He made it sound like he had no chance, and that Indians in general didn't have a chance when it comes to people of white skin color.
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