Summary: The Color Of Water By Ruth Mcbride

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Dhaval Patel
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Ruth, a white Jewish lady and the mother of twelve mixed and dearly loved children, lived among the predominantly African American population of New York City. In the Color of Water, Ruth McBride adopts the practices of her Jewish childhood along with other practices that Jewish parents instilled within their children. These viewpoints and rules which she set all followed “the best and the worst of the immigrant mentality”(21) This consists of an incredibly deep belief in God as a way to provide protection as well as maintain a connection with their past residing in their ‘homeland’. Since Ruth had grown up Jewish and had followed the responsibilities of her religion, her first thought would’ve been to reinforce
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