In his book "Aberrations in Black," scholar Roderick Ferguson uses "Sula" as an example of Queer of Color Critique in action in that it depicts how Black women orient themselves toward an alternative social relationship. Ferguson argues that Sula is constructed as other within the imperatives of heteropatriarchal privilege, and represents a desire "to formulate identities and social practices that could withstand and provide alternatives" to current societal limitations. Ferguson cites "Sula" as an example of coalition building among women of color.