had been offered a reminder that race is a construct. It is brought into existence by our imaginations, and from there it is deployed with real consequences. There are darker and lighter skin colors, of course, but these skin colors are in and of themselves no more meaningful than blood types. It is we who invent race and its terrible meanings. But though potent, our inventions are not stable. They sprang into existence not so very long ago, they are constantly changing, and one day they will be gone.
