Why So Many Are Stuck in the “Other” Box
Notes from America with Kai Wright
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Is There Really Just White and Black in America?
Ma, i think white elasticity is a really fascinating and at times quite dangerous concept. It comes back to this idea of if whiteness is synonymous with normal, it becomes kind of amorphous and malleable. And we are always being defined in these really, really concrete ways. But being white is like water is fluid, where it can fit into all these different spaces. There's literally just white and black the way that america operates. Ma, individual experiences and personal narratives count. They should be believed. For example, hy, if you were to tell me about an experience that you've had of racism, i don't want to say, wait a second. I
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