“Non-being, i.e., distance from society—social distance—is the very heritage of the oppressed. Which means to the oppressor, social distance is a humiliation. It is to be something less than free, or worse, someone less-than-white. For what does the Karen carry but her dwindling power, dying & desperate? Dangerous & dangling like a gun hung from a tongue?” PoetrySocietyPoemOppressionMarginalizedMarginalized PeopleKarensOppressed People Book:Call Us What We Carry Source: Call Us What We Carry