The objective of this assignment is to understand how the macro-level United States

socio-political contexts shape intercultural communication as well as the micro-

level specifics of how individuals with different cultural identities interact with each

other. To that end, you will be doing both a macro analysis and micro analysis of

an #Ownvoices short story (either Louise Erdrich's "American Horse" or Alice

Walker's "Strong Horse Tea." Again, an #Ownvoices story is one in which the author

shares one or more marginalized identities (BIBE Rank Target identities) with their

fictional main character.