Answer and Explanation:
The physical environment featured in "Everyday use" is a simple home in a rural setting in the southern USA. Dee's mother had to grow up in this environment that presents few opportunities for blacks and strong racism. This meant that Dee's mother had to work and work hard, feeling what it is like to live in a region that is contrary to her race. Dee, however, did not go through all of this, but lives in contact with the black intellectual community of more progressive states, living a totally different reality than the mother lived. In other words, the physical environment gave the mother a real experience of what it is to be black, while Dee had a theoretical and often glamorized experience.
