James McBride (writer) Quote

My black friends never asked me how much money I made, or what school my children went to, or anything like that. They just said, "Come as you are."


The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother (ed. 2012)


My black friends never asked me how much money I made, or what school my children went to, or anything like that. They just said, Come as you are.

My black friends never asked me how much money I made, or what school my children went to, or anything like that. They just said, Come as you are.

My black friends never asked me how much money I made, or what school my children went to, or anything like that. They just said, Come as you are.

My black friends never asked me how much money I made, or what school my children went to, or anything like that. They just said, Come as you are.