5 pages MLA format, double spaced. Answer the following questions in the paper: What does the theorist claim about race and gender? Why are these identity categories important? How do they work in society? And finally, why are they important to think about in studying literature? Try to summarize the theorist’s claims and approach as best you can by combining paraphrase and quotation, but also present your own critique of their work. In other words, ask yourself the following: What value do you see in their approaches? What do you find persuasive or unpersuasive? What merits do you see in their work? Do you see any problems or limitations in their approaches? Read: Unspeakable Things Unspoken: The A fro-American Presence in American Literature TONI MORRISON THE TANNER LECTURES ON HUMAN VALUES Delivered at The University of Michigan October 7, 1988