What does the story accomplish through the racial ambiguity of the two characters?

In “Recitatif,” Toni Morrison plays with reader expectations and assumptions about race through the story of Roberta and Twyla. She’s also exploring a tenet of postmodernism that denies objective truth and privileges subjective experience. In your discussion post, answer these two questions: 1. What does the story accomplish through the racial ambiguity of the two characters? 2. What is Morrison doing with Maggie? Why does the story end with a focus on the lack of certainty around the episode with Maggie?

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