McBride Jordan''s Faith upon her children

McBride Jordan's Faith upon her children

Throughout the book, James displays his worry for his mom. He is afraid that people will misunderstand the situation with his black siblings and white mother, and he fears that black revolutionaries will try to hurt her only because she is white. When Richie, one of James' brothers, is teasing him by saying that James is adopted, James acknowledges a tugging thought inside his head. "Mommy refused to acknowledge her whiteness. Why she did so was not clear, but even my teachers seemed to know she was white and I wasn't. ...