Interacial Couples

In certain times interacial relationships were not accepted. Even today some people still look down on them...

It is introduced that Clara and Archie have chemistry with each other. Clara is of Jamaican descent and Archie is an assimilated British. The fact that Smith incorporates the integration of two opposite heritages together, being black and white, shows that although Clara is looked upon as an outcast in society because she is black she is still accepted by some. The fact that Archie accepts Clara shows me that Archie either (1) sees himself as an outcast too, (2) doesnt care that Clara is black, or (3) that this could lead to some problems with these characters within their society.

The fact that Smith includes this relationship it shows me that her, as a writer is trying to show that although Clara is at odds with society shes doesnt care and because she believes in interacial relationships she is going to include them in her novel, because she is the result of an interacial couple.

I see that this relationship between blacks and whites is important to the novel because Smith even talks about Clara's previous relationship which was with a man named Ryan Topps. And again Smith describes his physical features that allow the reader to know without a doubt that he is white. Him being "redheaded, flatfooted, and freckled to such an extent that his skin was rarer than his freckles.

So the fact that Clara has had relationships with white men maybe leading to something. Maybe in this novel the black female isnt portrayed through hardships afterall but more information will tell...