The parents may feel that slavery is okay to a certain extent because there parents raised them that way and they May have grandparents that owned some "slaves." Now children's attitudes might be different because nowadays you encounter lots of nationalities and races in the USA and were starting to adapt and open up to them wanting to know more about what they do or why they do something different than you might do.
I like using my phone.
She was using her pen to do her essay.
we were using a microphone to sing loud.
Maggie is a more traditional person than Dee. While Dee is away at school Maggie is the one at home. The guilt represents the African American experience because it is a piece of uniform that their Grandfather used to wear during the Civil War. Dee wants to take the quilt for public display, but the narrator prefers to give it to Maggie, who will wear it as a symbol of taking on the traditions that come with it and to take on the heritage.
It's to show how casual and almost careless Guenevere is.
A female head of a family or tribe.
