One day she learned that James Baldwin had once been in residence in her studio. This was at the tipping point of her stress, and she became convinced that since Baldwin had been in that studio, and she, the only Black person, was in that studio, it was where “they” put Black people. She started calling it “the slave shack.” She’d come to dinner, and I’d ask, “How is your work going?” and she’d reply, “Another day in the slave shack.” This in a very elite environment normally considered to be a privilege, so the structural racism of the selection process increased her anxiety and created
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I mean, that's kind of hilarious and I get the impression that Schulman's the one most discomforted by it
