Claudia Rankine

"...I think the quarantine has allowed us to really sit with things, as a culture. That’s been good..."

"...White people think when I say white privilege I mean economic privilege but I mean white living. The ability to stay alive..."

"... I don’t like telling people what they have to do. I think people should do what they want to do, especially in the realm of creative work. I think you can’t really legislate the imagination..."

"...Race is a constructed thing, so if it’s constructed in one direction it could be constructed in another direction..."

"...You could be on the phone and suddenly you walk into the room and you’re a black man and, according to the white imagination, you’re someone to be targeted, not someone to be welcomed. The space suddenly has no space for you. And all of that has to be negotiated by that person and by you, so it’s something to see..."

"...I’m not interested in public shaming, but I am interested in accountability..."