Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992

Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992

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Anna Deavere Smith

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Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 Symbols

Twilight

Twilight symbolizes the ambiguity of justice and the possibility of hope and healing. In “Twilight #1,” literary critic, writer, and scholar Homi Bhabha describes twilight as “an in-between moment” that is both night and day…

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Violence

Violence symbolizes the oppression of marginalized communities. Maxine Waters articulates this relationship explicitly in her speech to the First African Methodist Episcopal Church, which serves as the source material for “The Unheard.” In this speech…

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