Do you think it was right of richard's mother to dodge his question about race?

Yes in a sense because Richard's mother in the story was in fear of Richard to become racially biased against other races that were taught to be inferior to his own. She would inform him later on about this topic but during this time she thought it was safe for him to grow up think equally toward other races.

So the answer is Yes is was right for his mother to dodge his question about race.

he is suggesting that this widow is a strong woman, who is giving constructive criticism and she has enough to worry about, and she takes care of him, so he does not take it to heart.

the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".