Status Updates From Siyah Deri Beyaz Maskeler

I guess I spoke too soon about chapter 5, because the immediate next 10 pages are a constant jumping between a long poem describing the coming into existence & ongoing experience of blackness, and his interjecting points & occasional sarcasm. So once again, my dumb ass is having a hard time keeping track of where he’s making a point, someone else is making a point, he’s criticizing someone or building on them.

Chapter 5, on the lived experience of the black man, has easily been the most engaging chapter so far. While the previous few chapters were centered on his critique of some contemporary literary works, this feels like a deeply personal way to describe the historical process of the subjugation of black people.