I think this book offers a lot of themes, including tolerance. Some children grow up with a mom and a dad, two moms, two dads, or single parents. Often we see family dynamics with very different setups. His mom and him make their family Mel loves that his mom is his family. He doesn't know where his father has disappeared to, but he has come to terms that his father is absent from his life. When Mel and his mom traveled to Jones Beach, he took note that they were the only white people on the beach. Melanin does bring up and interlace race and how it affects his life. Not only does his mom have a girlfriend, she has a white girlfriend. His friends Sean and Ralphael are supposed to be his best friends, but when Sean learns his mom has a girlfriend, he doesn't know who to confide in. Sure, she must have a significant other, he tells himself. However, he begins to feel the distance grow between them. Growing up without a father, his mother is the sole provider of nourishment in love and growth. At the tender age of thirteen, he understands struggle a little bit more than others.
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