Social justice essentially refers to the concept in which all individuals of a society are treated fairly and receive a proportionate amount of the benefits of society. However, before I discuss the complex issue of social justice and its relationship to the injustices of the book, I must first define what social justice is. While reading The Color of Water I was consistently looking at the situations in life of James and Ruth from a social justice perspective. At times, the book can be confusing as it jumps from time period to time period and from James’ point of view to Ruth’s. While James McBride looks back on his own life, the book is clearly centered around the life of his mother and the impact that she has left on his own. The title notes that the book is a “Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother” and that it is. While the notion of discrimination based on race, religion, or ethnicity may seem simplistic, this memoir recounts the plethora of instances where mother and son were faced with great injustices. “The Color of Water: a Black Man’s Tribute to his White Mother Book Review”
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