Symbolism, Setting, and Objects from This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Indian Reservations - This is a place both of refuge for cultures and retreat from the violence of the white people.

Harlem - This is a place where a mix of cultures meant that violence was a fact of life for many who grew up there.

New York - This city serves as another intersection for several cultures, allowing new categories of people to find each other and form new communities away from their homelands.

Boston - This city's distinct class divisions defined two very disparate worlds for Third World people who were...
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