What positive aspects of her mother's views about race does Oluo point out and why?

Oluo states that her mother is one of the kindest and most generous people she knows. She tells the reader that her mother had always championed the beauty of her children of color, even when she briefly lived in Texas, where her interracial family attracted negative attention from bigoted members of the community. She also believed wholeheartedly in her children's abilities to achieve any goal they wanted as long as they worked hard to make it happen.