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What is Cofer's main point?
Some ethnic stereotypes are needed and true.
Stereotypes are only used by white people.
Ethnic stereotypes are hard to change.
What does Cofer mean by "cultural schizophrenia" in paragraph 3?
feeling as though she were correctly doing right regardles of which way she was trying to conform to society
feeling as though she were doing wrong ethically regardless of which way she was trying to conform to society
feeling as though she were 2 different people in one persons' body
Based on Cofer's anecdotes, what is the tone of her narrative?
annoyed yet accepting
irritated yet happy
sad yet puzzled
Who is Cofer's implied audience?
those who are ignorant of what is going on around them
those who are aware of this dual ethnic identity and want to change it
women who are Latina
What adjectives come to mind when you think of Cofer's first person point of view?
insightful and confused
thoughtful and defiant
hopeful and helpful
What elements are used in this sentence? " It is custom, however, not chromosomes, that lead us to choose scarlet over pale pink."
metaphor and color image
alliteration and parallelism
color image and alliteration
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