I don't very often read novels.
Generally, I tend to despise human behavior rather than human creatures.
You don't have to become something that you aren't to become better than you are.
You don't have to become something you're not to be better than you were.
I was fortunate enough to have been raised to a certain point before I got into the race thing. I had other views of what a human is, so I was never able to see racism as the big question. Racism was horrendous, but there were other aspects to life.
My father was the quintessential husband and dad.