Analysis on My Mother and Mercy

The article "My Mother and Mercy was definitely something that was very sad and hard to read. Her struggles in life was clearly shown and you could almost sense it in the context of her writing. One of the main points I got out of this was how the author used hair and race as symbolic figures to describe what this girl is going through in this article. The post powerful moment in the article was when the author described how the girls mother who had blonde hair with blue eyes was seen as a disappointment for "hooking up" with an African American and giving birth to a girl with "ugly hair" as its described by the author. With the girls mom committing suicide and struggling with drug addiction. I feel the world should focus on that aspect instead of worrying about the color of people skin or type because we are all unique in our own way and which is what I feel the author wants us to understand.