Claudia Rankine - from "Citizen": You are in the dark, in the car...

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You are in the dark, in the car, watching the black-tarred street being swallowed by speed; he tells you his dean is making him hire a person of color when there are so many great writers out there.
 

You think maybe this is an experiment and you are being tested or retroactively insulted or you have done something that communicates this is an okay conversation to be having.
 

Why do you feel okay saying this to me? You wish the light would turn red or a police siren would go off so you cou...