How does the author use satire in the novel, We Cast a Shadow?

Ruffin’s novel uses satire to poke fun at, exaggerate, and criticize various forms of racism, from the most benign to the most brutal. He imbues his narrator with a voice that is whimsical, energetic, and quick-witted. The novel contains a mixture of literary and colloquial language reflective of the narrator’s biographical path from the housing projects to a corporate law firm. He uses recognizable idioms from common parlance, like “coming out of the woodworks” (98), alongside more contemporary phrases like “white-girl drunk” (4).