Sure you can ask me a personal question | Analyse | Diane Burns

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The text «Sure you can ask me a personal question» by Diane Burns is a poem that tells us what a Native American hear from other people.

What people ask about, can be hurting and disrespectful to them.

This conversation is awkward because the person who asks these questions about her or his background, is asking questions that are personal, and these questions can be very disrespectful to ask about.

From the answers we get, it’s easy to find out what types of questions that were asked.

For example, when the text says: “No, I don’t know where you can get Navajo rugs real cheap”, or “Yeah, a lot of us drink too much”, we can imagine that the person asked about if it was possible to buy Navajo rugs real cheap, or if “their people” drank too much.