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Morrison never states the race of the girls for a purpose: to make the reader form his/her own opinion. The story begins with Twyla’s mother dropping her off at the orphanage. There she met Roberta, who became her best friend, bonding because they were not real orphans with “beautiful dead parents in the sky.” Instead of being “real” orphans, they were just abandoned kids whose mother’s did not wa

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Then again not all black people like chicken and Twyla may have also just been hungry for chicken at the time. The fact that her hair was big and wild like an Afro could indicate that she was black because blacks sometimes have “big” hair.

On the night of the picnic when her mother came to visit, Twyla was embarrassed because her mother was wearing “those tight green slacks that made her butt stick out. ” However Jimi Hendrix’s band was an interracial band with a very diverse audience. Twyla’s mother, therefore, could have been black. At the restaurant Roberta was accompanied by two other men. The problem lies inside the hearts of two special women, two childhood friends, and two different races. From the beginning the author asserts that one girl is black and one is white, but not which is which. Strangely, Roberta acts extremely friendly, like she has met her long lost best friend. Although there is no answer to the mystery, what one decides for himself/herself says something about his/her own ethnic background. By this time, Twyla has one child and Roberta has four. ” A friendly goodbye and the women go their own separate ways again. Therefore, Roberta may have been white due to the diverse audience. Although the girls had few friends, their lives did not lack adventure.

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Approximate Word count = 1102
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)

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