Growing Up With Segregation 1) white people.” You know, Maya, I think that may be the biggest challenge you and other brown children will face—not believing the limits that others place upon you.

2) What adjectives does Delpit use to describe the lessons of segregation? What are the lessons she wants her daughter to learn from the experience? How have her experiences as a young girl shaped her attitudes today?

3) What would you like Lisa Delpit and her daughter to know about your experiences with race or racism? How have those experiences shaped your identity?

4) Why do you think Lisa Delpit believes that “in many ways now is a more confusing time to live?” In what sense is it more confusing? In her view, how does that confusion shape the way young African Americans view their identity? Do you agree or disagree with her assessment, and explain why?