How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
Everybody else in my family looks typical. Olive complexion, dark hair, dark eyes. Then there's me, sticking out like the proverbial sore thumb. But hey, I might as well. I'm the black sheep, anyway. The only girl in the family who wants a career instead of babies. The only cousin who likes to hang out with Blacks and Latinos. The only one who doesn't think they're all lazy and shiftless. Never mind that they've been discriminated against and shoved to the bottom of the economic rung since they've been here. Try telling that to my father. And don't even mention slavery, he throws his hands up and walks away. So of course he thinks I'm an idiot for wanting to go into social work to help minorities. He might understand better if he knew any. (53.13)
Sheila doesn't fit in with her family. She not only looks different, but she feels different, too. Maybe the fact that she doesn't feel like she belongs, even in her own household, is what pushes her to want to try out a new more "ethnic" identity?