The Perfect Wedding...?
In chapter 16 of Mama by Terry McMillan, Angel is finally getting married but she asked her mother; Mildred; for a thousand dollars to pitch into the wedding. But it turns into a nasty argument once it was time for Mildred to put in forth the money she told Angel she can give. This causes a money vs social class conflict.
Since Angel's soon-to-be husband is white, it puts Mildred through a rant when her daughter is high upset her mother doesn't have the money. She states, "He ain't worth all this trouble and I don't know why you had to have such an expensive-ass wedding in the first place. He's rich and he's white so let his mama and daddy pay for the whole goddamn thang. I don't like him noway", (McMillan, 279). And then goes on to say that she will not attend the wedding.
Mildred was so upset that she felt that Angel's husband social background and race shouldn't have to extend their hand to an unfortunate family. However, it wasn't like that in Angel's eyes she just wanted her mother to help out since it is tradition for the bride's parents to pay for the wedding. If Mildred would of just told the truth from the beginning do you think she would of turned it around and blame it on Ethan? Or do you think she would of still blamed him since he is a "rich, upcoming-dentist, white boy"?
