• Jigar Makwana
• Prof. (Dr.) Ami Upadhyay

The search for identity is a constant theme in American society. This paper is titled Quest of Identity in James McBride’s “The Color of Water” analyse James McBride’s confusion about issues of race and self-Identity whereas The South American, especially in from the 1930s to the 1960s, is a hard place to live for when you are a “colored person” and the paper discussed glimpse of racism in American society. This paper analyses correlations between mobility, and identity construction in James McBride’s The Color of Water. This paper is analyses racism in James McBride’s The Color of Water. Racism in the United States has existed since the colonial period, when white Americans were given legitimately or socially endorsed benefits and rights while these equivalent rights were denied to different races and minorities.

African American Identity crisis, Racism, American Society

"Quest for Identity in James McBride's The Color of Water", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 11, page no.f581-f584, November-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2311567.pdf

"Quest for Identity in James McBride's The Color of Water", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 11, page no. ppf581-f584, November-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2311567.pdf