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For my short story Wikipedia page on "How It Feels To Be Colored Me", there is a lot to learn from this short story and within this Wikipedia page is a short description, a plot summary and a historical background paragraph. Not much of information that is given throughout their research to tell me a whole lot about it. I would add in more information in each paragraph by finding more citations and factual evidence that highlights the short story.

Canavan, Michael. "How it Feels to be Colored Me Plot Summary." LitCharts.LitCharts LLC, 16 Aug 2018. Web. 11 Dec 2018

This plot summary by Canavan gives me a lot of details of beckground story on the way Hurston felt and how she felt about the distinction between blacks and whites. The summary begins as stating that she is "colored" and they furthermore explain that she started to come to realization of the distinction, she wasn't all too worried about the whites that came through her town.

American Studies, University Of East Anglia. "Reviewing The Harlem Renaissance" ''Essay. Zora Neale Hurston's 'How It Feels To Be Colored Me''' https://reviewingtheharlemrenaissance.wordpress.com/2014/04/07/zora-neale-hurstons-how-it-feels-to-be-colored-me-by-jenny-whitaker.

My source for my Wikipedia article is "Reviewing The Harlem Renaissance" (American Studies, University of East Anglia). Throughout the article, they explain what "How It Feels To Be Colored Me" means and the background story. They expanded on Hurston's beliefs on her story. In the article, this is stated, "The notion of being ‘colored’ is established as Hurston contrasts her childhood with her adult life. Of key importance is the idea that she ‘became colored’ on a specific day during her thirteenth year"(2). The importance that is shown from Hurston in writing this story really draws out the true meaning, from her childhood to her adult life changes a lot of perspectives on her beliefs and meaning. This article does very well in explaining the meaningful content of the story as there is a lot of different aspects that may draw in opposite perspectives although she has her own meaning. This story is a celebration of her life, not about her race but just as an individual. It is summed up as her, individually, trying to find her unity as a person as she tells vivid descriptions of her uncomfortable feelings of her race.