confused as to which character is black and which is white in 'Recitatif'. I keep changing my mind as to which girl is of which race..

15 years ago

15 years ago

i feel like the author wants the reader to guess based on certain stereotypes of each race..

15 years ago

I was also confused by this, and after looking through the text I couldn't find any explicit mentions to the race of either character.

15 years ago

I think that Morrison did this on purpose; similar to how we never truly find out the race of Maggie.

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15 years ago

And now we know that was the point. Bravo Morrison!

15 years ago

yes, yes. i realize this now.