Serena Williams
What Sport does Serena Williams play?
What is Tennis?
What is the main theme of Citizen: An American Lyric?
What is racism?
What point of view does Rankine use when she says “you”?
What is Second Person?
What emotion does Rankine write about the most?
What is Anger?
Finish the quote: “Everyone could see the balls were good, everyone, apparently, except ___.”
Who is Alves?
Who was Serena Williams' opponent in the 2004 US Open?
Who is Jennifer Capriati?
What word describes small, everyday acts of discrimination?
What are Microaggressions?
What other type of media does Rankine include along with her writing?
What are pictures or images?
What do people often feel after facing racism again and again?
What is exhaustion or sadness?
What does “the erasure of the self as systemic, as ordinary” mean?
What is Racism becomes so normal that people stop noticing it?
What year did Serena have her public outburst at the U.S. Open?
What is 2009?
Who faces discrimination in Rankine’s stories?
Who are Black Americans?
What effect does Rankine’s use of the word “you” have on readers?
It makes them feel part of the experience or included in the story.
What does “a low flame, a constant drip” describe?
What is ongoing frustration or pain?
What does the “you” in Citizen represent?
Who are the readers or anyone who has experienced racism?