"Expectations on the performance of race and gender are simultaneously high and low, depending on who is looking or asking. I prefer to keep all the options in the air, to try and better understand the conundrum that inequality creates---not just in culture, but internally."
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On the expectations for an African American artist in “Art Talk with Kara Walker” (National Endowment of the Arts; 2012 Feb 1)
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