The Complexity of Identity:
“Who Am I?” By Beverly Daniel Tatum
Three important questions:
1. What big idea(s) or lesson(s) is Beverly Tatum
trying to share with readers in her
essay, “The Complexity of Identity: ‘Who Am I?’”?
2. How can understanding ideas from Tatum help US
society and result in a more
united nation?
3. What are concrete things we can do as a society
as a result of understanding
Tatum’s ideas
4. Three quotes from the essay
1. One quote on how Jd Vance’s video relates to
Beverly Tatum essay
2. one quote from the video for the essay
My Thesis- Please use this thesis for the essay;
Beverly Tatum, the essay’s author, stated
unmistakably that an individual’s identity will always be judged by the vague
filters of society and the outcome is too often an adverse effect on the
individual and the society.