Boston of the 1970s was home to an unparalleled racial tension unmatched, even, by race relations in the American South. To begin, the novel’s setting, at first, is Boston, in the 1970s. It is about the extent to which we choose our own identities, and the extent to which they are chosen for us by fate. This novel spoke to me personally because it is not just about race, it is about the experience of developing a complete identity out of the many possibilities one has available and then feeling as if one has lost something by doing so. That is a theme of it that lends it its authenticity and emotional impact - but it is not the only theme. On its face, it is about race and what it is like to belong neither fully to the world of White Americans nor to the world of Black Americans. The book I have chosen to review for this essay is Caucasia, by Danzy Senna (Senna).
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