Caucasia

Andrea Burns A major focus of Caucasia is the relationships of the family between the mom, dad, Birdie, and Cole. Before their exposure to the real world, Birdie and Cole had an extremely close relationship which never acknowledged their skin differences, with Birdie more resembling Caucasian and Cole more resembing an African American. They never really understood how much of impact their differences had until they started going to school and realized how different the world treated them. Even in their home, their skin color affected how they were treated. The father was much closer to Cole while the mother was much closer to Birdie. This fact interested me since the parents were fighting for equality yet they couldn't practice equality in their own home. Skin color not only impacted their relationships with the outside world but inside their family dynamics as well.