Race and gender in Junot Díaz’s story “How to Date a Browngirl, Blackgirl, Whitegirl, of Halfie.”

  Write and essay on the relationship – or intersections – between race and gender in Junot Díaz’s story “How to Date a Browngirl, Blackgirl, Whitegirl, of Halfie.” What do you think Díaz is saying about how these two identity categories shape and influence each other?