Ok....so this sketchy Jim fella that "Sheila" seems to be in love with or whatever....why couldn't she have chosen someone less sketch? Seriously, she's trying to avoid the Feds and all, yet Jim has the sketchiest alibi. He vaguely mentions that he works in computers (which gives him an excuse to go to Boston three times a week), and he was practically stalking them at the bar. I know it turns out that he's legit or whatever, because "Sheila" tells him the family secret and no one comes to take them in the middle of the night, but he's still a weird guy. The whole trying to be her father thing early on in the relationship? I know guys can be dumb, but is he seriously stupid? He's the boyfriend, not the dad, so back off buster.
Further more, with the whole trusting Jim thing, it makes me think that whatever Sandy did that was soooo terribly bad, isn't really that big of a deal. Maybe she's even making up the whole thing in her head, or maybe, something big really did happen, only she wasn't really a part of it, just planned to be and backed out the last minute but still thinks that she'll get in major trouble for it. I don't know, the whole situation just seems weird to me...there's fer sure something fishy going on.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Monday, January 5, 2009
Why is everything seen in black and white?
Alright, so we go to the extremely sheltered, extremely innocent high school of McFarland. The closest that we have ever come to segregation is the cliques at the lunch room tables. We don't see black and white, we see nerd, jock, priss, prick, pretty, ugly, sodapop kid, etc. etc. We know from our history books that people have been discriminated against for their race, but it seems like it happened on some distant neverland that never really existed, just some scary bed time story meant to keep kids in line when they're interacting with others.
From reading Caucasia though, that neverland seems to be materializing into reality. I can't imagine a father ignoring one daughter and doting upon the other just because of their skin color. They're both considered black, but just because one is a darker shade then the other, they are treated so incredibly differently. It's weird, people justify their cruel treatment by saying that "blacks are different" "blacks are dumb" and all that other stupid garbage. Birdie is black though, and you would never guess it by looking at her. She gets treated like all the other white people, but if they really believe what they are saying, isn't she too "different" and "dumb" for them to talk to? What about Cole? If black people are saying that the whites are a cruel race, then why are they preaching to Cole? Why are they so desperately trying to get her to fight on their side?
What it comes down to, is that it's real, it's stupid, it doesn't make sense, and people only look skin deep before they judge.
From reading Caucasia though, that neverland seems to be materializing into reality. I can't imagine a father ignoring one daughter and doting upon the other just because of their skin color. They're both considered black, but just because one is a darker shade then the other, they are treated so incredibly differently. It's weird, people justify their cruel treatment by saying that "blacks are different" "blacks are dumb" and all that other stupid garbage. Birdie is black though, and you would never guess it by looking at her. She gets treated like all the other white people, but if they really believe what they are saying, isn't she too "different" and "dumb" for them to talk to? What about Cole? If black people are saying that the whites are a cruel race, then why are they preaching to Cole? Why are they so desperately trying to get her to fight on their side?
What it comes down to, is that it's real, it's stupid, it doesn't make sense, and people only look skin deep before they judge.
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