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AssignmentMultiple Choice

Ideals of the Constitution

Question 1 • EA Academy Civics 9

Why does the speaker describe herself as "a skinny Black girl descended from slaves”?

Answer
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to set up the subject of the poem, which is the importance of family
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to contrast her family’s history with the experience of other poets
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to remind the audience that the US has not always treated its citizens equally
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to show that US history is more troubled than the history of other nations