Black or White

I have also seen that story that Brigit posted about the two sets of biracial twins in that family, and have thought about how people will categorize them, like it was discussed in the article Brigit mentioned. In Caucasia, Birdie and Cole seem to distance themselves from each other and move toward their designated category (black or white) based on their skin color. Neither of them really decides that they are going to be both, so they both seem to lean towards categorizing themselves as either black or white. They seem to both try and fit into one category, based on how they feel, what people tell them they should be, and what they’re seeing. I agree that they should be described at looking white/black because they are both, but their skin color may depict one or the other.

Laura Kalinowski Post 19