Racism In James Mcbride's Story Color Of Water

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Racism
Racism has occurred for many years and in many ways. People know it is the wrong thing to do but they still continue to do it. Racism isn’t just black vs white, there are many different ways racism can be seen and explained through many cases. Racism is a problem for people, and this can be seen in James’ experience, in the experiences my friends and I have had in sports, and in standardized tests are biased in favor of white people because of wealth.
James Mcbride in the story color of water experiences racism in a few different ways. James’s mother is a white woman and his dad is black. James is mixed and goes to a good school because his mother Ruth wanted to make sure all her kids get great education. Where he lives, it is …show more content…

My was different from a racial standpoint. I was the kid who was better than the white kid but he played over me. It was really disappointing and saddening. I attended an all white school with only a few blacks. Football was the sport I loved and played. The coaches treated me with respect but never gave me game respect. I didn’t play that much but when they needed to use me they did. If we needed a 30 yards for the 1st down, I would go in and get 30 yards and come back out. After that, they put the white kids back in over me. It was funny because the crowd used to scream “put miles in, we need to score” outloud. It was a interesting time in my life and that is one of the reasons I transferred from Vandalia and ended up in catholic school. I have a friend who attends Butler High School and plays basketball. The coach was being racist and talked about black people wrong. He used to call the black kids “monkeys”, and treated them with disrespect. When they played other black teams, he used to talk about them in a negative way as well. The high school later found out about it and fired him. He was being racist and lost his job for acting that

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