Toni Morrison's Only Short Story (Recitatif)

Recitatif is an incredibly complex story which raises all of the issues, well discussed, in this New Yorker article. One thing I was also struck by which is not here is, at least for me, the need to figure out the races of the two characters was caused by a need for moral ranking, not to determine an other (which luckily is separable). If to ‘see the someone in everyone’ is a political modality and political history is being valued (obviously) above individualism, the actions of these characters...