In this braided personal essay, Patrice Gropo compellingly draws together narrative threads about the solar eclipse in August, 2017, and how it, in ways eclipsed the white nationalist march on Charlottesville 10 days before; and the way in which a white writer effectively eclipsed her by publishing plagiarized portions of an essay she’d read at aloud at a conference.
What Is Common, What Is Rare: Why Extraordinary Events Cannot Eclipse Everyday Racism
Patrice Gopo | Catapult | January 14, 2019 | 2,799 words