Question 13 (5 points)
What is most closely a central idea of How It Feels to be Colored Me?
a) American racism comes in many different forms.

b) To some degree, we are all wiser when we are children.

c) White people and black people simply cannot communicate.
d) Race may inform identity, but it does not solely define who you are.

What are some of the images and diction used by the narrator that evoke the "dream of america"?

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The story line remains the same. the kids live in what was then one of the remaining beachfront slums, down the coast from the expensive malibu area. the beach was ruled by surfers, but in the afternoon, when the waves died down, some of the surfers, or their younger brothers, fooled around on skateboards. one day, skip engblom, the shop owner, comes up with a key breakthrough, polyurethane wheels: "they grip." with the additional traction, the z-boys try skating the sides of the big, open drainage canal that runs through the area. then comes a brainstorm: because of a drought, the area's swimming pools were drained. the kids started "borrowing" pools when the owners weren't home, to skate the curved sides.” where did “the lords of dogtown” originally practice their tricks? a. the beach c. an open drainage canal b. empty pools d. none of these