Caucasia by Danzy Senna is a book mainly about the story of Birdie and Cole, daughters of a black father and a white mother who are intellectuals and activists in the Civil Rights movement in 1970’s Boston. The sisters are so close that they have created a private language, yet to the outside world they can’t be sisters: Birdie appears to be white, while Cole is dark enough to fit in with the other …showed first 75 words of 1274 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1274 total…my current self understanding of my race, class, gender, sexuality and the intersections between these categories. All these things have made me into the man I am right now. They are all great things that have brought me a long way in life and have helped me deal with a lot of different issues and a lot of different situations. Basically all these things have made me into the man that I am right now.