TCOW Inspired
The Color of Water was a really interesting book to read. It was straight forward but gave an interesting perspective on the social problems in the civil rights era. James McBride was clueless f his family history on his mother's side so he spent a good portion of his life trying to squeeze the information out of his old mother who spent a good portion of her life trying to forget her past. Well like all good books, you tend to see yourself in characters. I saw myself in James, the way he just wanted to get to know his mother. As kids we don't see parents as actual people with wants and needs and it's often uncomfortable for us to see them vulnerable. But still I wanted to get to know my parents especially on my mother's side. My family is Jamaican, I'm born in Boston though o I'm Jamaican -American. I know a lot about my Dad's side because it's really traditional and there's not a lot of drama but my mom's is a lot more complex. Some things have to to with race and being biracial and other problems.
In class we discussed whether or not James was justified in interrogating his mother about her family history or if kids in general had the right to know their parent's past. Majority of my peers thought kids didn't , but I actually did to a certain degree. You should know who you are and where you come from but if the past is to painful to bring up, I wouldn't push. Today I think I want to find out my past because of curiosity and jealousy. It's frustrating when you can't go on ancestry.com and people have pictures of ancestors from hundreds of years ago with stories past down from generations.
So what does any of this have to do with reading? Well I have decides to start from the very beginning of Jamaican history and read a Jamaican History Textbook. Hopefully its not as painful as it sounds but that'll be one of my next reading endeavors.
In class we discussed whether or not James was justified in interrogating his mother about her family history or if kids in general had the right to know their parent's past. Majority of my peers thought kids didn't , but I actually did to a certain degree. You should know who you are and where you come from but if the past is to painful to bring up, I wouldn't push. Today I think I want to find out my past because of curiosity and jealousy. It's frustrating when you can't go on ancestry.com and people have pictures of ancestors from hundreds of years ago with stories past down from generations.
So what does any of this have to do with reading? Well I have decides to start from the very beginning of Jamaican history and read a Jamaican History Textbook. Hopefully its not as painful as it sounds but that'll be one of my next reading endeavors.
(Not this history book specifically)
