Sojourner Truth (being Black, a former slave, poor, and a woman) makes an impassioned case about the way that her identity was formed at the intersection of various ascribed group identities. How would you describe your own identity in relation to the groups with which you are associated and/or with which you associate? How are these different facets of your identity related? How does the way you are located at their intersection lead other people to treat you? How does this intersectional identity inform your self-understanding? How do you and others fit these identities together? Is the intersectional nature of your identity a positive or negative reality?
In an essay, make an argument responding to this cluster of questions with reference to at least two essays from the Diversity and Other and at least one essay from the Autonomous Self subsection of the HMXP Reader.