I came from a small town where everyone was white. I have not had a great deal of experience with people of different races.

It was a shame the way that Ruth’s father treated her mother. “I am a citizen and you’re not. I can send you back to Europe anytime I want.”(McBride,10/13/03:16). Her father was a mean old man. He never loved his wife. They got married in an arranged marriage. Love had nothing to do with it. “Mameh was his meal ticket to America, and once he got here, he was done with her.”(McBride,10/13/03:15). I can’t imagine that

This is an excellent book and I would recommend this book to anyone who has never been picked on about something, but may have teased someone else about something that they have no control over, like their skin color. This book is an awakening to people.

I have a great deal of respect for Ruth. She was a very strong woman. She battled many odds. She raised a great family. All of them are very well educated black people. She is a better woman than I would have been. I would not have been able to be stared at all the time and talked about and laughed at. This book gave me a great understanding of racism. When you hear the life story of a family, it really touches the heart. How can people be so cruel?

Not only was the father mean to the mother but also to Ruth. He would do things to her when she was younger that she never told anyone. He would get into bed with her and molest her. She had no love for her father and was afraid of him. When she got older, she dated a black man named Peter. She had to hide the relationsh

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