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While in the twenty-first century, biracialism and biculturalism are becoming increasingly common. Skin color and place of birth are no longer reliable signifiers of one's identity or origin. One of the most dominant is the struggle to figure out their identity. Henry Ford once stated,
"Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward."

Today, these some of the many experiences that youth face.
In The Color of Water, by James McBride, he remarkably switches between his voice and his mothers then back again. By using this method, one is able to comprehend where Ruth McBride (his mother) comes from mentally, physically and emotionally. In this bittersweet memoir, McBride deals with the asperity of growing up in a bourgeois, biracial family in which his tone changes due to......

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