The story tells the tale of the almost every black person I know origin story. From the mother who represents the strict black mom that loves her kids and well does anything to make sure they have the necessities they need. Dee the oldest child who was giving everything, from looks to education. Maggie, the youngest sister, was dealt a hard hand. She symbolizes the struggle that young black kids have to overcome to be successful in this country.
Mama who is described as the stereotypical black woman that Hollywood uses to portrayed back in the day. Big strong and dark. They over exaggerate her many qualities, she brags about being better at a man's job that's the attitude that has been installed in most black women today. Most black women will say they don't need a man and if I wanted something, I'd get it for myself. To me it lets the reader know that she has to be the mother and the father to her kids. The author never addresses the children's father was Walker never mentioned if they have the same father from how she talked about Dee and Maggie its appearances, it leads me to believe that they don't share the same father. Just look at everything else they differ on skin tone, looks, and smarts.
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She just like the young black people that want to fight the system but only ends up fighting black people. Miss Walker must have seen this during the 70s. She described her as a light-skinned. Being light-skinned in the black community is another way of saying you're you think you're white are better than us. In reality, it's not right but growing up light in the black community is hard, and it makes you tried ten times harder to fit the stereotype of what they think is being black. Dee symbolize what we call white people a culture vulture. Meaning they take the good and exploit it for their