The Color of Water

Why did it take so long for McBride to understand who he was?

chapter 24 and 25

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James is of mixed colour. His mother Ruth refused to discuss ethnicity, she simply said that "God was the colour of water". James needed to understand his mother's complex background before he could begin to understand who he was.

Who are you referring to by "he was"?

James McBride