Choosing a Sister

Caucasia has me wondering, which is pretty good considering I'm not even half-way through the book, about who I would choose: Birdie or Cole. It seems that almost every other person in Birdie's life picks one sister over the other.

Those in Roxbury see Cole as a perfect member of the black community with her dark skin and thick hair. Her father spends every moment he has pumping her mind with information, ignoring Birdie; the kids at school accept her into the cliques more easily than Birdie; Carmen dotes on Cole while Birdie is treated with apparent dislike. Cole is the black girl who fits into her father's world the way he wanted.

However, those from the white community (that we've read of so far) favor Birdie because she fits in. Her mother sticks to her for support and her grandmother insists that she's the only one from "good stock".

While I would like to say I would take each sister as she is, I'm not she if it's true. It's not because I'm racist, so don't think that, it's because I would pick the girl that seems the most left out. Birdie seems to always be pushed aside because of how she looks and she needs some TLC. And I respect both of them because they are still sisters who don't see themselves as black or white, just family.