Caucasia Setting & Symbolism

Caucasia Objects/Places

South End

South End is the part of Boston where the Lee family lives. Once exclusively black and Puerto Rican, it is now being infiltrated by white "settlers," much to Deck Lee's disgust. The South End is entirely different from South Boston, the primarily Irish white neighborhood that erupts in riots when black children are bussed in.

The Lodge Family Home

Grandmother Lodge still lives in the house Sandy grew up in, on Fayerweather Street in Cambridge.

Wonders of the Visible World

Deck Lee's highly academic book on the fate of black people in an integrated society is called Wonders of the Visible World.

Nkrumah

When riots prevent the sisters from attending public school in South Boston, they are sent to the Black Power School in Roxbury, Nkrumah. There, Birdie has to fight to be accepted, although Cole helps her.

Danny's His and Hers

Sandy Lee is completely unable to fix Cole's curly hair. She repeatedly tries to braid it, but it turns out looking like...
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