Receding References - E-book - ePub

An MTA train operator reacts violently when he finds a noose hanging in his cab. He slugs the person he thinks was responsible. Subway supervisors call for a meeting of all involved at the Grand Central subway platform. The result is a confusing series of exchanges regarding who did what, various meanings for that particular event, and other racial, sexual, and historical transformations that occur without people changing their now incorrect understanding from what it was when first presented to them.
But Rasheed and Manny eventually find common ground in their commitment to not allow the facade of improvement to obscure the evil that still remains behind it.