‘Because White Men Can’t Police Their Imagination, Black Men Are Dying’

Claudia Rankine’s preeminent book on race in America, ‘Citizen’, has been given a chilling update. What used to be blank spaces now hold the names of black men killed by the police.With each edition of the book, the publisher intends to update the pages to reflect the current reality. Unfortunately, more names will be added to this list as abusive police and vigilantes continue to disregard the lives of black people.

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