In Section IV Rankine's writing moves into the abstract, detailing the transition of sighs into aches, more on the nature of language, memory, and a tennis match watched in silence. Section III features more microagressions and the complex nature of intentional and unintentional racist language. Section II brings in the YouTube character Hennessy Youngman, as well as a number of racially charged incidents in the career of Serena Williams. Section I focuses on microagressions aimed at 'you', the unimagined narrator, whose experience is at times that of a black person and at other times that of a white person witnessing acts and being asked to take part in them. Although few of the poems have formal titles, they are strung together with consistent themes and prosaic tendencies. Some have called the book one single poem, while others break it into its various sections, considering each its own poem.
The book consists of seven poetic sections accompanied by images of paintings, drawings, sculptures, and screen grabs.
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