Mixed RaceWhen a young African American boy asks his white mother, "Am I black or white?" “You are a human being!” She snapped, “Educate yourself or you will be nothing” (McBride 92). Racism has always been part of the cycle of life and can give rise to many things: wars, mass murders, but also many admirable things. In The Color of Water by James McBride, it is clear how the author is deeply affected by the racism of his city, and how this changes his vision of himself as a human being and of his family; the color of his skin begins to change his life and changes his thoughts and actions. Once James McBride is faced with racists and forced segregation at an early age, he changes his perspective on himself and others in his family. McBride often hears and witnesses acts of hatred towards his family, which change his entire outlook. This is evident when McBride reflects on a situation that happened when he was younger, recalling strangers yelling at his mother, "look at that white bitch!...and a white man yelling at mommy, somewhere in Manhattan, calling her name." Nigga, here...