Reading:
Rankine, Citizen, 41-66
Study Questions:
1. Discuss the role of language in its ability to generate the “hyperinvisibility” that Rankine discusses. Can you give additional examples of how language is used to “exploit” presence? (49)
2. To what extend are we able to “refuse to carry what doesn’t belong to us” (55)? How are these accumulating spotlights of racism impacting you? How do they impact Rankine?
