Question

3. Key Ideas and Details: What is the biggest misunderstanding the speaker

Answer 1

I looked this question up. It is about the poem "Nikki-Rosa" by Nikki Giovanni.

Answer:

The speaker assumes white biographers would misunderstand her childhood and focus on problems such as the lack of a toilet or her father's alcoholism. They would not write about her and her family's happiness.

Explanation:

Nikki Giovanni (born 1943) is an American poet and activist. In "Nikki-Rosa" she says she wishes no white biographer will ever have a reason to talk about her. According to Giovanni, white biographers focus on problems when they write about black people. They do not understand "Black happiness". They are unable to leave stereotypes behind and realize that, even amidst poverty and fights, there is love, comfort, and intimacy. Giovanni had a beautiful childhood, and she does not want it to be misconstrued as being any more difficult than what it actually was.