One aspect of identity is the color of one's skin. People always stared at McBride's family when his mother, siblings and himself were walking on the street in his early childhood. He was bemused by the way people looked at his family, his mother and why he was not accepted. He felt uncomfortable that he's mom was white and he's black. Every time he tried to ask his mother about her past, but she den

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Approximate Word count = 499
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)