So far, I like Caucasia. I know a lot of people are frustrated because it's moving so slowly but I'm not too bothered by that. The way the people interact with eachother is really interesting. It's like Mr. Kunkle said, we're all used to seeing the Civil Rights Movement wrapped up in a neat little package, but in reality, it was much more complicated. Caucasia really examines that, along with the shifting images of race.
One thing I noticed was how a lot of the white people close to Birdie seemed to want to be black. Birdie herself wished she was more like Cole who was closer to black. This makes me think of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (it took place in the 1930s in the south), which we read in 5th grade. When a new girl came to town who was still black, but was lighter than the main character and the rest of her friends and family, everybody loved her and wished they looked more like her. So there was a sort of about-face that took place somewhere in there.
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