write a five-paragraph essay using the studied essays in this section as your support. The overall topic is IDENTITY and HERITAGE. What can also be addressed here is gender and class. We are looking at what these authors know of their history and how that defines them. PROMPT: As indigenous people, people of color, immigrants and women  here in America, how are these authors able to dissect their past and the past of their people to clarify who they have been labeled as, and who they see themselves as now.  Remember, we are talking about America. There are five essays assigned for this essay, but with the 50 Essays book, you are allowed to explore other essays for this assignment. You will find a list of essays under the title Race and Culture on page xxii in the front of the book.