AllisonJoseph asks many questions in this poem about a black American and how someone from the black community is supposed to speak. Some of these questions include: "Was she supposed to sound lazy, / dropping syllables here and there / not finishing words but / mixing up their last letters / so that each sentence flowed together / the next, slipping in front of the listener? » (34-39), and “Were certain words forbidden, / too erudite for someone whose skin / was naturally tanned? (40-42). Joseph shows his opinion in his poem. She most likely had the experience of people expecting her to speak like her mother, as shown in the quote "Why don't you speak like her, / they would ask." [She] didn’t look like anyone or anything” (22-24). There are so many questions in the “black” community that may never be answered and so many conversations just waiting to happen that never will. Every time a person looks at another person, they wonder if they want it or not. There are many stereotypes that cause some people to think a specific way about different people. If someone has a different skin color, they may have a stereotype