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> [I think that one of the positions we have taken around the question of race, is that we already know. We know. We know. We know. And so we don't need to look at it again. And yet everybody is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claudia-rankine/i-think-that-one-of-the-positions-we-have-taken-around-the-question/)

[Claudia Rankine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claudia-rankine/)

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## More by Claudia Rankine

> [I don't know about forgiving, but it's an "I'm still here." And it's not just because I have nowhere else to go. It's because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claudia-rankine/i-don-t-know-about-forgiving-but-it-s-an-i-m-still-here-and-it-s-not/)

[Claudia Rankine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claudia-rankine/)

> [So you're just moving along and suddenly you get this moment that breaks your ability to continue, and yet you continue. I wanted those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claudia-rankine/so-you-re-just-moving-along-and-suddenly-you-get-this-moment-that/)

[Claudia Rankine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claudia-rankine/)

> [“because white men can't police their imagination black people are dying”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claudia-rankine/because-white-men-can-t-police-their-imagination-black-people-are/)

[Claudia Rankine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claudia-rankine/)

> [Whereas if you were writing an op-ed piece or an essay, somebody would be asking, "What's your point?" With poetry you can stay in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claudia-rankine/whereas-if-you-were-writing-an-op-ed-piece-or-an-essay-somebody-would/)

[Claudia Rankine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claudia-rankine/)

> [Because white men can’t police their imaginations, black men are dying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claudia-rankine/because-white-men-can-t-police-their-imaginations-black-men-are-dying/)

[Claudia Rankine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claudia-rankine/)

> [Define loneliness? Yes. It's what we can't do for each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claudia-rankine/define-loneliness-yes-it-s-what-we-can-t-do-for-each-other/)

[Claudia Rankine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claudia-rankine/)

> [I asked a lot of friends and people I'd meet, "Can you tell me a story of a micro-aggression that happened to you in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claudia-rankine/i-asked-a-lot-of-friends-and-people-i-d-meet-can-you-tell-me-a-story/)

[Claudia Rankine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claudia-rankine/)

> [“The past is a life sentence, a blunt instrument aimed at tomorrow.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claudia-rankine/the-past-is-a-life-sentence-a-blunt-instrument-aimed-at-tomorrow/)

[Claudia Rankine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claudia-rankine/)

> [The subject who speaks is situated in relation to the other. This privilege of the other ceases to be incomprehensible once we admit that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claudia-rankine/the-subject-who-speaks-is-situated-in-relation-to-the-other-this/)

[Claudia Rankine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claudia-rankine/)

> [Where is the safest place when that place / must be someplace other than in the body?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claudia-rankine/where-is-the-safest-place-when-that-place-must-be-someplace-other/)

[Claudia Rankine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claudia-rankine/)

> [The worst injury is feeling you don't belong so much / to you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claudia-rankine/the-worst-injury-is-feeling-you-don-t-belong-so-much-to-you/)

[Claudia Rankine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claudia-rankine/)

> [I’m not investigating race as much as I’m investigating intimacy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claudia-rankine/i-m-not-investigating-race-as-much-as-i-m-investigating-intimacy/)

[Claudia Rankine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claudia-rankine/)

> [I am invested in keeping present the forgotten bodies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claudia-rankine/i-am-invested-in-keeping-present-the-forgotten-bodies/)

[Claudia Rankine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claudia-rankine/)

> [If you admit to being racist, it says you acknowledge that you are being driven by projections and stereotypes that were formed in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claudia-rankine/if-you-admit-to-being-racist-it-says-you-acknowledge-that-you-are/)

[Claudia Rankine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claudia-rankine/)

> [“I asked another friend what it's like being the mother of a black son. "The condition of black life is one of mourning," she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claudia-rankine/i-asked-another-friend-what-it-s-like-being-the-mother-of-a-black-son/)

[Claudia Rankine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claudia-rankine/)

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