This is just a reminder to read “What’s the Point” on page 126 in your reader for Monday. No need to post here, but make sure you come to class with a clear idea of what text you’d like to write about, perhaps some questions you’d like to explore, and a sense of what kind of claim you might make.
The environment effect on Koul’s experience of racism changes throughout the story. Initially the environment didn’t have much of an impact on Koul even though she had a niece that could pass as being white. She knew that her and Raisin were different but it hadn’t quite yet had an affect on her. It wasn’t until pages 59-60 where we learn about an experience Koul had in summer camp that affected her experience of racism. She would always play with this group of white girls she wanted to be friends with and when she chose to sit to down to have lunch with her, they turned her away because according to them “You’re brown.” This gave Koul a whole new understanding of racism and she understood why people didn’t want to be friends with her or why people asked so many questions about her.