I found Recitatif by Toni Morrison extrememly interesting. It was an easy read which made the reading much more enjoyable. It begins with the lives of 2 girls, Roberta and Twyla and their multiple meetings in their lives, from an orphanage to a grocery store to a picket line without knowing the backrounds of these 2 girls. Toni Morrison withholds information about the race of these 2 girls for multiple reasons. If one were to know the race of one of the girls they would judge them differently. At no point is one able to tell whether Twyla is white or black, and if you were to assume one, you would be racial stereotyping one of these two groups. Morrison shows that no matter the race, both girls must deal with the problems in their lives and their ethnicity does not affect it. The author is trying to show that we constantly stereotype individuals and without knowing the race of these 2 girls, we assume them to be equals.