"...You could be on the phone and suddenly you walk into the room and you’re a black man and, according to the white imagination, you’re someone to be targeted, not someone to be welcomed. The space suddenly has no space for you. And all of that has to be negotiated by that person and by you, so it’s something to see..."
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