Claudia Rankine

Laymon and “The Meaning of Serena Williams” by Claudia Rankine, the authors analyze how people react to racism in their lives. Along with the analysis, both authors also looks at how those perpetrating racism react to the effects of it. In “My Vassar College ID Makes Everything Okay” by Kiese Laymon, Laymon evaluates how the racism in both his and college students’ lives have influenced them, while “The Meaning of Serena Williams” by Claudia Rankine mainly focuses on how racism affects Serena Williams

Mostly spoken about in the world of cinema, mise-en-scéne also describes aspects in theatre. In the instance of stage performance, mise-en-scéne includes all that is present on stage i.e. props, costumes, lighting, use of space. In Mr. Burns: A Post Electric Play by Anne Washburn paying close attention to what is present on stage is essential to understanding situation. In The First Act, the script directs there to be “four people around a fire, on a mixed arrangement of indoor chairs, sports or

great many things. This new freedom of form does have its limits, however. Take, for example, Claudia Rankine’s Citizen: An American Lyric and Kenneth Goldsmith’s Seven American Deaths and Disasters. Rankine incorporates a number of images and collages into Citizen to help augment the messages being put forward by her writing, while Goldsmith’s work is composed entirely of transcriptions of

This past Friday, I attended Claudia Rankine’s reading at Fordham University Lincoln Center. Going into the reading I had no real idea of what was going to be discussed nor the true significance of her work, all I knew is that she is an important and worldly renowned poet. In the reading, she read excerpts from her book named Citizen “An American Lyric.” Which focuses on micro aggressions towards people of color. These events are examples of everyday racism that can be experienced by people of

at all. There are certain events that happen in your life that can change your life completely. Johnson is not the only person who is extremely satisfied with this piece. Many of her readers feel the same joy. One of her readers by the name of Claudia Rankine writes on an online blog saying: I was riveted by this piece—written with the haunting interiority of poetry and the compelling drive of prose. Much like being caught in a novel by

Citizen (2014), by Claudia Rankine, is a book that explores racism and prejudice that is happening in the United States. Rankine incorporates personal encounters, reactions, reflections, writing and art pieces, historical events, and the media to prove the point that racism is still very prominent to this day. For a majority of the book, Rankine writes short pieces about her personal encounters that deals with some form of racism, whether it happened to her or if she witnessed racism happening to

Claudia Rankine analyze racism to its core, bringing to surface that miniscule event are just as problematic as televised one. Her words are beautifully brutal, striking up emotions for anyone that reads it. As readers we are taken through a journey from past to present events of racial incidents experienced by different genders and ages. Above all, Claudia provides a strong indication that racism is far from over. Citizen is formatted into various stanzas and sentences, in some case the stanzas

The first chapter of Citizen by Claudia Rankine immediately caught my attention. It starts with a line that anyone can relate to, “when you are alone and too tired even to turn on any of your devices” (5). This line makes the reader dig through their memory to find a time when they felt these two things, alone and tired. It immediately drew me in and allowed me to relate to the writer. The story becomes Claudia’s memories. However, through second person story telling the reader begins to feel as

Citizen by Claudia Rankine is a book addressing 21st century racism through essay, poetry, and powerful images. She recalls several public and private events where racism was present. Like in a personal trip of hers to the grocery store or in a big event where Serena Williams was playing in an international tennis tournament. Rankine uses a depressed yet angry tone to get the urgency and seriousness of her topic across to the reader. It is evident that it is difficult for a person of color to speak

Citizen by Claudia Rankine is a very powerful book that critiques racial issues in society today. The quote, “I feel most colored when I am thrown against a sharp white background” encapsulates the book as a whole. The many stories throughout provide every day examples where racism is demonstrated in subtle ways, proving the depths of the underlying racism in America. The poignant examples lead readers to question what can be done to change the attitude of all people, and eliminate the negative effects