In “A New Way of Writing about Rasicm,” by Nick Laird, Laird dicusses many different points brought up in Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine. One of the topics Laird brings up is, “Citizen suggests that racial harmony is superficial—skin-deep—and Americans revert readily and easily to their respective racial camps.” I completely agree with this statement I think racism is something learned at a young age, but is completely pointless because on the inside we are the same. Racism is literally on skin deep, the only difference between races is their skin color. Yet, still many people are still discriminated against by the color of their skin. Rankine bring up many examples of this including instances involving her, celebrities, and
