My Mother and Mercy Response

I really enjoyed reading the little excerpt. I connected the short story to the other books that we have read. She lives a life just like Pecola and Sierva Maria. They both don't have the love and encouragement of their mother. She is also describing a period of time where racism was active. Mercy described the black men as people who are not worthy nor a good situation that is bound to happen. I also connected the way her hair is described in the excerpt to Pecola's hair in The Bluest Eye. I pictured Pecola with also black curly hair. However, I do question the type of relationship she had with Mercy.