People expect black women to be angry, irrationally so, without reason. They think we are animals and we go around like the Wild Things.
Claudia RankinePoetry has no investment in anything besides openness. It's not arguing a point. It's creating an environment.
Claudia RankineFor me her image, the triptych, became a study of the weight the black male figure carries, given the fact that they are targeted by the police, and are constantly in danger of being misread in public spaces.
Claudia Rankine