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. Out on Sea Dog .