The major conflict in has to do with racism in America and how it
affects all the characters as they attempt to go about their lives.
's book
is about the life of his family, including his white mother and black father. At a time when
interracial relationships socially taboo, they faced a lot of prejudice for deciding to be
together. Though her children are half-black and half-white, they face the same prejudices that
other black people in America face as they grow up. They also at times experience issues due to
living in poverty.
Eventually, James finds out that his mother had a
difficult past: her father was abusive. She grew up in Virginia when things were still
segregated and became pregnant in a relationship with a black boy, which wouldn't have been
accepted at all by the community. She moves to New York, has an abortion, and finds that she
prefers spending time around the black community there. She finds them more accepting and
welcoming to her....
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