Though denying he intended to “slam” the American Deep South, Salinger's narrator registers a “stinging” condemnation of  white-supremacism in “Blue Melody” conveyed in this cynical remark alluding to the story's theme:
In the context of "Blue Melody", Salinger's narrator's words convey a strong negative attitude towards white-supremacism, even if he did not intend to explicitly criticize the American Deep South. The narrator's tone is one of disapproval and condemnation.