65 pages • 2 hours read
Winona Guo, Priya VulchiTell Me Who You Are: Sharing Our Stories of Race, Culture, & Identity
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
How do the stories in the book complement or contrast with the ideas in Ibram X. Kendi’s How to Be an Antiracist? How do the two books’ approaches to the subject of racism differ?
How does the book’s structure aid in its goal of racial literacy? How are the chapters organized?
How does the work illustrate the difference between systemic discrimination and individual discrimination? What does it suggest is the relationship between the two?
How do the authors use footnotes to expand on or contextualize interviews? Do these footnotes ever serve as commentary on the interviews? In what way?
What do the interviews suggest about the way privilege impacts people’s views of the world, racism, and discrimination?
Chapter 1 argues that race impacts all areas of life. Do the interviews suggest that the same is true of other identities, such as gender, class, or orientation?
What is racial literacy, according to the authors? How does their use of the term “literacy” contrast with Crystal M. Fleming’s concept of racial “ignorance” or “stupidity” in her book How to Be Less Stupid About Race: On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide?
Some people perceive racism as a historical rather than current problem. How does the book challenge those perceptions?
Research some critiques of intersectional feminism and intersectionality. In what ways (if any) are these critiques relevant to Tell Me Who You Are?
Why does the book distinguish equity from diversity and equality? How does this distinction relate to the theme of Stories, Language, and Conversations About Race and Identity?
