In Toni Morrison’s “Recitatif,” I annotated the moments where the character Twyla describes Roberta’s appearance as well as her mother, Mary’s, appearance. In reference to race, Morrison leaves the reader to imagine what Twyla and Roberta look like; even if we know one is black and one is white, it is not very clear throughout the story. The two places I annotated, where Roberta was described in the story, can make the reader guess her race from their own biases, but they are vague enough for them to be applied to the opposite race being thought of. In those particular moments, one is from when they were little and one is from when they were much older with families, so Twyla’s perception of Roberta changes as they get older. With the description of what Twyla’s mother was wearing, some would say they could see a black mother wearing that, but someone else could say they’ve seen a white mother wearing something like that once too. Her race here is also ambiguous because we can’t assume that one race dresses one way and the other another way. It can show your stereotypes about people.