1) In the following interviews, Claudia Rankine discusses her writing processes, her research processes, and her creative processes, and reflects on how her educational experiences, family, and cultural positioning have shaped these processes. After reading the interviews, reflect on the social, personal, and cultural factors that have shaped your writing, and write a standard 5-paragraph essay (with thesis statement) response describing these influences on your writing processes.
The two links below are the interviews:

• https://www.guernicamag.com/blackness-as-the-second-person/
  -http://thespectacle.wustl.edu/?p=105