In response to Brigit’s post, I think its quite unfortunate that people classify the twins that were born but I think its kind of human nature to try to figure out other people. I mean we all do it to some extent. It’s a primitive human form that drives us as a defense to become aware of the people in our environment. It’s not fair that people classify others by race at all but when we see someone different than us I feel like its tendency to figure them out for better or worse. It is a shame though, that the twins will grow up in a society which asks them to almost define themselves, further playing into the idea that race is socially constructed. And I do think that Caucasia serves a good point of reference to consider this idea. Though its still early in the book, we can already see points here Cole and Birdie are confronted with defining themselves racially through societal pressure.
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