“Blues Ain’t No Mockin Bird” by Toni Cade Bambara READ AND ANSWER QUESTIONS 1. What was Ms. Bambara’s purpose in writing this story?
2.The camera man is filming for the county food stamp program. What has he assumed of Granny and her family? What bias is this showing?
3. Why did Granny tell the children the story of the man jumping off the bridge?4. What biases were showing from Mr. Judson and Mrs. Cooper?
5. What job did Granddaddy once have?
6. What did this camera-man and reporter assume of this family?
7. The camera-man says “If more folks did that (garden), see, there’d be no need...”
a. What stereo-typing was going on here?
b. What assumptions can we make of the two men who are bothering Granny?