Recitatif is a very interesting story.
It wasn't until I was about halfway though that I caught on that Morrison never indicated which girl was white and which was black.
It's an interesting way to call people out on their prejudices: She makes us see it in ourselves rather than telling us.
It calls into question why we have the stereotypes that we do.
Why are a person's actions representative of their race rather than their individual personality?
I think what I took away from Recitatif is that we shouldnt accept our judgements as truth, but constantly question them.
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