TY  - BOOK
AU  - McBride,James
TI  - The color of water: : a Black man's tribute to his white mother
SN  - 1573220221 (alk. paper)
AV  - F130.N4 M38 1996
U1  - 974.7/100496073/0092B 20
PY  - 1996///
CY  - New York
PB  - Riverhead Books
KW  - McBride-Jordan, Ruth,
KW  - McBride, James,
KW  - Whites
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - New York
KW  - Biography
KW  - Mothers
KW  - Racially mixed people
KW  - Race identity
KW  - New York (N.Y.)
N2  - As a boy in Brooklyn's Red Hook projects, James McBride knew his mother was different. But when he asked about it, she'd simply say, "I'm light-skinned."  Later he wondered if he was different, too, and asked his mother if he was black or white.  "You're a human being," she snapped.  "Educate yourself or you'll be a nobody! And when James asked what color God was, she said, "God is the color of water."
ER  -