Claudia Rankine

books, movies, tv shows, news. While the rest are lost in a sea of hundreds of faces. There are many wonderful sources of clarity that bring light to these experiences and situations. One of the most inspiring in my opinion is the book Citizen by Claudia Rankine. Citizen unveils our eyes to the repetitive structure of racism that people of every age experience. As a white woman, I will never understand this racism to the full physical reality. However, I do witness it, and it crushes me to see…

balance the arguments between each side. My thesis in my Essay 2 is a bit vague so I try my best for the next essay to improve it where I compare and contrast Rankine and Smith’s books and integrate it to the research. In terms of conclusion, I did not state what the readers will learn from the research on Essay 2…

In Claudia Rankine’s Citizen we are exposed to the harsh reality that racism, though in different forms, is still alive today. Rankine is said to have pushed the form’s of poetry in order to “disarm readers and circumvent our carefully constructed defense mechanisms against the hint of possibly being racist ourselves” (Bass). Her lyric fights against the vicious stigmas that lie with the stereotypes associated with African Americans. She was able to change the meaning of the word that is citizen…

Claudia Rankine’s book, Citizen: An American Lyric, touches on current and past issues in the world today. One of the topics she discusses is discrimination. The book is different from other books that are introduced in schools such as, To Kill A Mockingbird and Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Rankine deals with being a citizen in a world where people are worried if they will make it home alive. A citizen is one who is a member of a state or country. The title, Citizen: An American Lyric”…

sailor, a preacher and a concertgoer at Woodstock. Together, the fists raised in unison suggest the idea of a protest, while the use of the poles convey the idea that the photographs are indeed picket signs to be used by the protesters. In relation to Claudia Rankine’s “The Meaning of Serena Williams”, the two are similar in the sense that they provoke a natural attraction of the black community. Rankine’s essay is centered around the idea of Serena’s black excellence, corresponding to the…

American Lyric” by Claudia Rankine expresses many realities where people in the US display racism as a microaggression, which is a subtle, usually distasteful comment about another 's person 's race. One example Rankine talks about is when “Caroline Wozniacki, a former number one player, imitates Serena by stuffing towels in her top and shorts”(Claudia Rankine 111) and proceeded to impersonate and mock her opponent Serena Williams at an exhibition game on December 12, 2012. Rankine addresses…

liberal, diagnosed with bipolar disorder, a cancer patient, and so on"( Steeles, Claude 3). He argue that the social identity or a stereotype of a person has an impact on his daily life. Similarly, in her poem entitled "Citizen: An American Lyrics", Claudia…

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…

Claudia Rankine’s utilization of the word “you” creates a sense of inclusion and a tone of subtle anger and dread. Rankine projects the experiences of black people onto the reader. The inclusion of the word “you” shapes the experience of the reader significantly by making the reader delve deeper into the experiences discussed in Citizen. The presence of the word “you” is particularly note-worthy in pages 69-79. In these pages, “you” manifests experiences and thoughts for the reader. The…

poet Claudia Rankine. This book is a compilation of poems, essays, and visual art to give the reader a closer look of what it is like being black in America. The book is written in seven sections which are all similar in style and content. With each section giving different stories, microaggressions, and short essays relevant to racism. Rankine writes this book in a way that involves the reader to help better understand what black people go through every day in America. In this book Rankine…