Color

One thing in particular that I found interesting within the text of "Brownies" was the double vision that the author portrays the characters to have. The feeling of "belonging to two conflicting cultures" (Tyson 362) is prevalent--especially with how these girls see the world vs. their own, even within just the girls camp. Just how Tyson describes in the chapter, as well as what we touched on in class, we (as white people) do not see things like they do--we have the granted white privilege and are not subject to having to think about all the numerous things a minority might have to encounter. Even within the beginning of the text the word choice picks up subtle hints that show us the perspective of living in a "colored life." The first two paragraphs clearly illustrate these points, examples such as: how the Brownie troop (color brown obviously) depicts the troop 909 (strawberry, vanilla, etc.) and the "washed out rainbows" (having no color--in contrast to them) and then how they (the brownie troop) see the world as the walk their way down the trail seeing it as very "colorful." Throughout the story the author uses these factors, and others, to show how the mind and perception of the world is different in all eyes--even if we say we are all equal.