Summary

In a journal entry, Nella writes how confused she was when a woman asked her if her children’s father was black. Nella had never thought about that before. She had felt the same way when she told Roger she was pregnant. He had said they could not get married because she was white and he was black. She notes the woman who asked about Roger’s race was rude and that she did not have to answer her. Nella wondered if it was because of race that Roger had not wanted to come to America.

In the next section narrated by Rachel, Lakeisha and Rachel watch the Starlight Holiday Parade until Lakeisha says she is bored and hungry. They find Drew and he says they will eat with the people who live at the shelter. Lakeisha says she does not...