6/23/2023 0 Comments The colour of water james mcbrideWhen asked where she was from, McBride recalls, she would say something like ``God made me'' when asked about her ethnicity, she would say, `` `I'm light-skinned,' and change the subject.'' No amount of prodding could get her to say much more, and McBride was left to explore his mother's past without much help from his principal subject. As a child, he became aware that his mother was different from others around him: She was white, and she kept secrets. McBride, a professional saxophonist and former staff writer for the Boston Globe and the Washington Post, grew up with 11 siblings in an all-black Brooklyn, New York, housing project. An eloquent narrative in which a young black man searches for his roots-against the wishes of his mother.
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