"God is the color of water. Water doesn't have a color." -Ruth McBride
Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Rosa Parks these names were known throughout the nation as African American weasels to some but heroes to the rest. These people were political activist during the African American Civil Rights Movement and are known because that thought the ages.
The Color of Water takes place in New York City in the early 1900's during the Civil Rights Movement, where a white mother and her 12 black children live. If you know your history, being a white person in this setting is just like a death trap. The book is formatted in a way such that you get to hear from the author, James McBride, and his mother, Ruth McBride.
Now that you have gotten a quick background of the book, here is what I think of it. Something that all of you guys must have realized is that life had been difficult for James, having a mother of different color, not knowing where she is from, at that young of an age his head must have felt like he was in an asylum, most people would. Also having to worry about his 7 older siblings (I don't think the 4 younger caused many problems) and also what people might do to his mother, being different that is.
Ruth's past wasn't pretty either, having to be discriminated by everyone for being Jewish. Remind you of someone, I'm think of James and how he is discriminated by his race. Also what happened in chapter 5 (no need for specifics) was and also chapter 11 were probably REALLY scarring for her, giving her a reason to hide her past from her children, if you know what I mean. Right now I'm on chapter 12 and am continuing to read The Color of Water, I hope to see you next time once I got even further into the book.
