Summary Of The Color Of Water By David Mcbride

Mcbride recognizes how the contrasting cultures and beliefs that come with each group of people creates resentment between different peoples.
McBride asserts that people hate those who are different from themselves primarily through the racism he depicts in The Color of Water. For instance, when McBride depicts how his mother, Ruth, raises him and his eleven other siblings, he depicts how Ruth is constantly abused and ridiculed by the black community. McBride argues how the black community loathes his mother due to the actuality that she was a white woman raising James and his mixed siblings. I agree with McBride’s claim because it is evident that the black community had no other reason to hate Ruth except for the color of her skin and how