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Racism In Claudia Rankine's Citizen

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Citizen is a biographical assemblage of experiences collected by a female of color living in America. Claudia Rankine experiences racism by different members of the society and as frequently as it might have occurred, she assembled a collection that were notable and depicts how casual and every day racial incidents can occur. The compilation of experience she illustrated were with people whom she had relationship with, who appeared to have forgotten her race amongst their everyday dealing

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