The Color of Water by James McBride was a good choice for a campus reading for incoming freshmen. This book was really a great book, it dealt with diversity, religion, racism, acceptance, self-sacrifice, and hardships, the majority of these are issues for freshman. One way it dealt with diversity is how Ruth’s parents owned a store on the black side of town. Ruth was young when she first experienced this and confused about why …showed first 75 words of 1290 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1290 total…the same situations that Ruth and her family went though, like diversity, religion, racism, acceptance, and self-sacrifice and I know that every other freshman is going though the same thing here at Elon or at any other college or university in which they are attending. This was a great book, that really puts everything into perspective for new incoming freshmen, and reading this book before their arrival will make an immense impact in their lives.