Claire eyed the empty chair and sat. She stared at the white curl of smoke from the cigarette. She felt the conversation begin again around her. But she says there are no black outlaws. I think it s very subversive, here, what she s doing.
Law plays a role in our understanding of race.
Law embodies constructions of race . . . Claire heard it all, feeling removed. She watched the cigarette smoke curl, disperse. The smoke reminded her of her father. His last, subdued years.