The Color of Water

in chapter 22, what can you infer is the reason that James feels uncomfortable when introduced to the black janitor of a Jewish school?

in chapter 22, what can you infer is the reason that James feels uncomfortable when introduced to the black janitor of a Jewish school?

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James is black and his mother is white: she also used to be a Jew. Seeing a black janitor at a Jewish school brings up conflicting emotions for James. A black man is relegated to cleaning up a Jewish school yet James has both Negro and Jewish blood in him.