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“White folks get to erase or occlude parts of their history”: Ian Williams on race, language, and his new essay collection, Disorientation

November 2, 2021June 14, 2022
by Steven Beattie

For the author, the titular condition involves those moments when one is just trying to live one’s life and is suddenly reminded of one’s race.

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