crack of dark.

dark building dark. 

r. brings out her suitcase. j. has slunk into the closet. j. slinks back out. he needs a better hiding place. he will always be afraid of being displaced, cast out.
 
 interview with isabel wilkerson.
“There are people who will say that certain white, working-class Americans are voting against their own interests,” she says, arguing that they miss the point. “Maintaining the hierarchy, as it has always been, is in the interest of many people.” Indeed, the caste system, as she explains, is not a static thing; it evolves and adapts to stay viable. The definition of whiteness in the U.S. has expanded over the decades to include ethnic Irish and Italians, for example, because the previous definition was too small to sustain its position atop the hierarchy. But there’s a limit to the hierarchy’s ability to adapt: since the dawn of the U.S. caste system, Black Americans have remained at the lowest rung.

everyone on some level fears the same thing. 

outcast, cast out, caste away.

more than death 
what i fear is hate