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Tiki Torches

These backyard illumination objects were used by white supremacist demonstrators at the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville in 2017, becoming an unintentional symbolism of anti-semitism and white supremacy.

Blond Hair

Rankine points to this particular beauty standard as a symbol of whiteness and a sought-after look for some women who want to exude youth, wealth, and whiteness.

Airports and Airplanes

Rankine uses these areas as places to test out her theories and have conversations with various white men to try to discern their attitudes towards and understanding of their own white privilege.

Dinner Parties

At several different points in the text, these informal gatherings become spaces where Rankine is unpleasantly surprised by friends' or colleagues' racist attitudes and discourse.

The Dessert Tray

When a friend of Rankine's attempts to change the subject during an uncomfortable conversation regarding race towards this object at a dinner party, the...

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