The Color of Water
What did the incident when returning from his stepsister's house confirm in James mind?
Chapter 4: black power
Chapter 4: black power
One night, after visiting Jacqueline, or "Jack", James remembers two black men snatching his mother's purse. His mother let the incident slide right off of her back. For James, however, this only emphasized the danger his mother was in: some blacks would be dangerous to his mother because she is white.