American - Writer | September 11, 1957 -
If I grew up in a truly color-blind society, I would not be a black American.
James McBride
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When my mother left home, her family sat shivah for her, more because my father was not Jewish than because he was black.
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My father died in 1957, just before I was born. My mother went to her Jewish aunt, who slammed the door in her face.
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We would not have been a successful family without my father and stepfather, who were working-class men with better dreams for their children. We just wore them out.
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I understand it's great to read a great book, but it's better to live your life. It just helps me. It's uncomfortable at times, but you have to live outside the circle.
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I think only now am I at the age where I've forgiven the past enough to say, 'You know what? Slavery was there. Let's talk about it in ways that will help us face tomorrow.
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