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Building Community


            Describe James Mcbride's community in The Color of Water.
            
            
             In our contemporary American society, interracial marriages or children resulting .
             from them really don't get looked down upon, however during the 40's our societies .
             standards were more downgrading towards such matters. James and the rest of his 11 .
             siblings, resulting from an interracial marriage, grew up in a community where they would .
             associate with majority of black kids. Many times James and his siblings pondered about .
             the thought of their mother being white and her children dark skinned. This affected the .
             Mcbride children because they would have to put up with the interrogations and .
             perplexing stares by the other black members of their community. The Mcbride children .
             seemed to be the only one's who came from an interracial marriage in their community. .
             This partially made them feel as if they were outcasts, even though their mother reinforced .
             the complete opposite in her children's head. Living in a low income black housing .
             projects and having a white mother raised many questions for the Mcbride children. These .
             questions eventually brought about the issue of identity. Ruth Mcbride always avoided the .
             question of why she was white and her children black. James and his siblings were brought .
             up as any other black child would be raised. However, as the Mcbride children came to .
             age they began to hunt for answers to their mother's culture which essentially was their .
             culture as well. Eventually, realizing her children should better understand where they .
             came from, Ruth decided to answer all the unanswered questions about her and her .
             children's identity. .
             How does fear impact community? Give specific examples from class readings, film, .
             lectures etc.
             .
             Fear is such a strong emotion that it manipulates and blocks out the rational aspect .
             of our thinking process. Fear empowers and encompasses our actions which we would .
             never consider acting out.


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